France Televisions have the act that will represent France at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. They are in meetings today finalising contracts and arrangements. Until everything has been signed and sealed, an announcement will be made in a few days time. esctoday.com will be able to name the artist in the middle of next week.

France Television has made a great effort to talk to some of the biggest names in the music industry this year to improve local interest in the Eurovision Song Contest and continue to rebuild credibility in the competition in France. esctoday.com believes that France Television have succeeded in this objective.

The announcement of the name will be delayed until the middle of next week, once the ink has dried on the contracts and additional details have been confirmed. We are told there are no problems, and the delay is simply to ensure everything is in place before the announcement.

After the announcement of the artist, Bruno Berberes, the man responsible for finding the French entry, will give a no-holds-barred interview exclusively to esctoday.com explaining the process and lifting the lid on who was approached and what happened along the road to deciding the French entry for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.