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Tonight concludes the semi-final stage of the French national selection, as the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision 2018 this evening.

How to watch

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

The show will also air live via the official Destination Eurovision YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk4Oso2p4GM

The show

The show was pre-recorded and was filmed on the 9 January. This semi-final sees the last 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 four songs already qualified from the first semi-final for the final are:

  • Lisandro Cuxi – Eva
  • Malo’ – Ciao
  • Emmy Liyana – OK ou KO
  • Louka – Mamma mia

The participants

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

  1. Max Cinnamon – Ailleur
  2. Igit – Lisboa Jérusalem
  3. June The Girl – Same
  4. Lucie – My world
  5. Sweem – Là-haut
  6. Madame Monsieur – Mercy
  7. Nassi – Rêve de gamin
  8. Sarah Caillibot – Tu me manques
  9. Jane Constance – Un jour j’ai rêvé

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The final of Destination Eurovision will take place on 27 January.


Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.