What was supposed to be Lebanon's first Eurovision Song Contest entry ever, will now be the country's song at the Festival de la Francophonie, which takes place between 7th and 10th of July in Deauville, France. Her official website reported that.

Representing Lebanon at the French music festival, Aline Lahoud will perform Quand tout s'enfuit, originally produced to represent Lebanon with in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

21st October 2004, Ibrahim El Khoury, President Director General of public broadcaster Télé-Liban, informed esctoday.com that Lebanon was going to be present at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. 3rd November 2004, it was announced that Aline Lahoud would be the first Lebanese Eurovision Song Contest participant. On 18th March, the EBU finally confirmed that Lebanon would not participate in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. According to the Lebanese broadcaster in a statement to the EBU, legislation in Lebanon makes it nearly impossible for Télé-Liban to broadcast the Israeli performance. Télé-Liban faced a difficult situation, as they had to broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in accordance with the rules. The EBU asked Télé-Liban to assure they would broadcast the contest without interruption, but the Lebanese broadcaster could not assure that. Télé-Liban finally decided to pull back from the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, leaving a devestated delegation behind.

Aline's involvement with the Festival de la Francophonie is, finally, a new challenge, which she seems to take with both hands. We will continue following Aline on her new adventure and wish her the best of luck!