Before the Eurovision final, Slimane said he aspired to “the place of pride.” The objective was achieved according to the reaction of the representative of France at the end of this afternoon that saw the victory of the Swiss Nemo. The Frenchman, with his moving song My loveHe stayed at the foot of the podium, in fourth place.
“So yes, I’m not the first, but I sang in French with a ballad that spoke of the love of having kept my path, what I thought, what I kept in my heart,” declared the singer, who could not hold back tears. her in front of journalists.
“And that is thanks to everyone, thanks to all the people who followed me, to all the people who gave me strength,” he said.
“There will be a before and after in my life”
“I always said that when they asked me to do Eurovision, I just wanted to be proud of myself,” he also said.
“And today I am not only proud of myself, I am proud of us because in France we have talents whose quantity we do not measure.”
“I think there will be a before and after in my life not as an artist but as a man,” added Slimane, who was able to believe in the final victory for much of the evening. In fact, he occupied second position in the ranking after the jury’s vote.
Slimane also confided that on Friday, the eve of the competition, “he had no more say.” “And I received so many messages, so many people who supported me from France and everywhere,” he stressed, saying “thank you from the bottom of my heart”: “I hope you are proud of me. We are proud of me. ourselves.”
Source: BFM TV
