It is she who will represent France at Eurovision 2023. On Thursday, France Télévisions revealed that the Quebec singer La Zarra had been chosen to defend the tricolor flag in Liverpool, on May 13 in Liverpool. Moments after the announcement, the young artist confided her impressions of her to BFMTV… hiding nothing about her ambitions:
“(I’m aiming for) first (place),” he said with a smile. “I didn’t accept losing! I’m going to fight.”
An American side, “a little more show”
This is not the first time that a Québecois has represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest. And this choice brought luck to the delegation in 2001, when France placed fourth in the competition thanks to Natasha St-Pier and her title. I only have my soul. La Zarra, whose universe is at the crossroads of pop, French song and rap, intends to make a strength of this singularity:
“I’m in love with the French variety of yesteryear,” she explains. “We will understand that I have certain codes. In Europe or around the world, when you think of France, whether it is the rolling of the ‘r’, the melodies or the French elegance… I think I will be able to defend that. And on the other hand, I’m going to be able to bring that American side that’s a little more flashy.”
Unlike many of her Eurovision predecessors, La Zarra is not unknown to the public. Active since 2016, she has posted several successful songs and covers on the web, before experiencing her first success in 2021 thanks to the tube. you will leavetaken from their first album Treason.
In addition, La Zarra did not appear for a preselection. While, for several years, the nomination of the French candidate was almost always the subject of a television contest during which viewers were asked to vote, the singer was chosen internally. Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of the delegation, has explained that it is a “parenthesis”, since her meeting with La Zarra “changed the course of things”. Especially since the delegation has been trying to engage her for several years.
The title he will hold in Liverpool to represent France has not yet been revealed. We just know that she wrote it and that she will stick to her taste for “genre mixing”:
“It’s about hope,” he sums up. “It’s a bit dramatic, but I think that in the drama we can search for the truth and so we can move forward.”
Source: BFM TV
