Yesterday�s weekly talk show �+ Clair�, on French private channel Canal Plus, had Sébastien Tellier and Marie-Claire Mézerette, head of Entertainment on �France 3�, as guests. A 9-minute special was dealing on how this year�s French choice was made. Journalist Charlotte Le Grix de la Salle also focused on Eurovision�s latest changes.
A short report was shown with pictures of old contests and excerpts of this year’s entrants – Charlotte Perelli, Rodolfo Chikilicuatreand Dustin the Turkey. More interesting were Marie-Claire Mézerette’s answers. The lady said that she first wanted Philippe Katerine to be 2008’s French entrant. “We talked a lot but couldn’t reach an agreement on the song”she said. Another question was on the name of this year’s French commentators. “More than certainly Julien Lepers”, M.-C. Mézerette said (Lepers being the channel’s biggest star). “And someone big, whose name we can’t reveal yet”.
The entire interview can be watched on Canal Plus’s website here. Then look for Tellier’s face on “Extraits de l’émission” and click.
