Tonight sees the start of the French national selection for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, as the first semi-final of Destination Eurovision airs.

How to watch

You can watch the Destination Eurovision show from 20:55 CET via the following:

• France 2
• TV5Monde
• Live webcast via france.tv
• Live webcast via tv5monde.com

The show will also air live via the official Eurovision France Facebook page.

The show

The show was pre-recorded and was filmed on the 8 January. The first semi-final will see the first nine songs performed in front of 2 juries, who will determine their four favourites to commence to the live final on 27 January.

The two separate juries are a Francophone jury and an international jury. The Francophone jurors are:

• Amir – Singer, songwriter, represented France in the 2016 Contest
• Isabelle Boulay – Singer
• Christophe Willem – Singer

The international jury consists of:

• Christer Björkman – Head of Delegation for Sweden at Eurovision, supervisor of Melodifestivalen
• Nicola Caligiore – Head of Delegation for Italy at Eurovision
• Olga Salamakha – Head of Delegation for Belarus at Eurovision

Whilst the results of both semi-finals are determined by 100% jury voting, the winner of the final will be determined by 50% televoting and 50% of a ten-member jury panel.

The participants

The nine songs competing in the first semi-final are:

1. Masoe – Paradis
2. Noée – L’un près de l’autre
3. Lisandro Cuxi – Eva
4. Malo’ – Ciao
5. Emmy Liyana – OK ou KO
6. Enéa – I’ll be there
7. Pheno Men – Jamais sans toi
8. Louka – Mamma mia
9. Ehla – J’ai cru

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