French entrant Patricia Kaas and her staff will arrive in Moscow tomorrow, Friday 8th May. This year's French delegation is bigger than ever, including many of journalists from big daily papers like Libération, Le Parisien / Aujourd'Hui, Le Figaro, as well as TV teams (France 3 of course, but also private channels like TF1 and Canal Plus) and radio stations (France Bleu), to name a few.

Bruno Berberes, head of the French delegation, arrived earlier this week to organise the promotional campaign around the artist, who is a star in Russia and will therefore receive a lot of media attention. A 48-pages portfolio will be distributed with pictures of Kaas along her Kabaret Tour and with lyrics of her song in no less than 33 languages, including Esperanto. The translations have been possible thanks to a close cooperation with the French OGAE club and a lot of OGAE friends around Europe. This superb collector item has been printed in a limited edition (500 copies). Besides, promo copies of a cd single are also meant to be given in each press conference.

Meanwhile, three different teasers are broadcast on France 3, advertising the contest and the singer, with the motto "Une chance pour la France" ("A chance for France"). Have a look on Kaas’ official website here, click on Video, then on Star de l’Est, Mademoiselle Succès and Et si elle gagnait ?

Competition – Win one of ten promo singles!

Ten readers who answer the following three questions correctly will win one of ten promotional singles of the French entry Et s'il fallait le faire. Send your answers to [email protected] by Sunday 10th May. Please include your full name, esctoday.com member number and your address.

1. In which year Patricia Kaas was part of the interval act in the German national final?
2. At which spot did the album Kabaret, which includes the French entry, enter the French charts?
3. How many times since 1956 got Francemore than 100 points in the Eurovision Song Contest?

Patricia Kaas represents France with the song Et s’il fallait le faire, to be performed on third spot at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest on 16th May.