Eurovision 2025 starts tonight European time, so it’s time to discover this year’s contestants and the French language songs in competition. France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have all won 5 times, will one of them win this year? Switzerland has won 3 times and poor Belgium has only ever won once. Who will win Eurovision 2025?
FRANCE: Louane “Maman”
Louane is this year’s representative for France. You may recognise her from films she’s acted in like The Belier Family and Take a chance on me.
Discover her song which is France’s entry for Eurovision 2025 in the clip below:
You can also watch her 2024 concert at the Olympia in Paris on Canal+ Australie.
France has not won Eurovision since 1977 when Marie Myriam sang ”L’oiseau et l’enfant”
The closest it has been to winning in recent years was second place in 2021 with the magnificent Barbara Pravi singing “Voilà”. She even drew comparisons to Edith Piaf. Watch her grand final performance here:
The worst France has ever scored in Eurovision was 2 points putting them last in 26th place in 2014. That was with Twin Twin singing “Moustache”
The youngest ever main artist to participate in Eurovision Song Contest was Belgian Nathlaie Pâque who represented France in 1989. Check out that 80s hair, outfit and obligatory saxophone!
LUXEMBOURG: Laura Thorn “La poupée monte le son”
A song about a woman who won’t be your little doll. She’s puling the strings.
Luxembourg hasn’t won Eurovision Song Contest since 1983 but to be fair it didn’t participate from 1994 to 2023. Its last win was Corinne Hermès with “Si la vie est Cadeau”.
French France Gall singing “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” won Luxembourg an award, in 1965.
Luxembourg received the dreaded nul points in 1970 when David Alexandre Winter performed “Je suis tombé du ciel”.
THE NETHERLANDS: Claude “C’est la vie”
A French language song, with occasional English, from the Netherlands is a little unusual for Eurovision but it’s a catchy, inspiring song from a singer with a great voice. It seems it is The Netherlands’ first French language entry.
The Netherlands won in 2019 with Duncan Lawrence’s “Arcade”.
Despite being favourited and tipped to perhaps win Eurovision 2024, they were disqualified last year after comments allegedly made by the singer Joost Klein at the semi-final.
It came last two years in a row, in 1962 and 1963.
1962 De Spelbrekers “Katinka”
1983 Annie Palmen “Een speeldoos”
BELGIUM: Red Sebastian “Strobe lights”
Belgium has gone with neither of its official languages, instead choosing an English language track with a dance beat.
Watch the Belgium’s national final performance of the song in the clip below:
Poor Belgium has only won Eurovision once, in 1986 with Sandra Kim singing “J’aime la vie”. Sandra Kim is the youngest ever winner of the Eurovision Song Content being just 13 when she won!
Belgium has come last on 8 occasions including twice when they scored no points at all: 1965 and 1962. See the nul points performances below.
1962: Fud Leclerc “Ton nom”
1965 Lize Marke “Als het weer lente is”
SWITZERLAND: Zoë Më “Voyage”
A French language song in which she sings what confusingly translates to:
“One day you’ll understand that flowers are more beautiful when you water them.
You’ve cut me so many times.”
Switzerland is the host country this year having won Eurovision 2024 with Nemo singing “The Code”.
We’re still quite fond of Gjon’s Tears “Tout l’univers” from 2021 which came third.
Switzerland was the first ever winner of Eurovision Song Contest. It was in 1956 with Lys Assia singing “Refrain”. It has a completely different to feel to the Eurovision songs of today!
Céline Dion represented, and won for, Switzerland in 1998 with “Ne partez pas sans moi”
Switzerland’s worst scoring year was 1998 when Gunvor’s “Lass ihn” scored them nul points.
So you’ve seen this year’s entrants, and the the best and the worst. Who do you like best? Who do you think will win Eurovision 2025?
You can watch Eurovision in Australia live, and again in prime time, on SBS and later on SBS on demand. SBS tells you all about its Eurovision 2025 programming here. It all starts with Semi Final 1 live from Basel on Wednesday 14 May at 5:00am AEST!
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