“It will always be a celebration” for French fans, who see Slimane “in the Top 5” or even winner

The 2024 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place on Saturday May 11 in Sweden. One week before the competition, supporters of French representative Slimane are already very mobilized.

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The 2024 competition is held at the Malmö Arena (Sweden) on May 11 (JOHAN NILSSON/TT / TT NEWS AGENCY)

It is the most watched singing competition in the world: Eurovision takes place this year in Malmö, Sweden. The representative of France is the singer Slimane, with his title My love. But this edition is hit by the geopolitical context, due to the Israeli candidacy: calls to boycott Eurovision are circulating on social networks, demonstrations have been announced, and the Swedish authorities have raised the security level to the maximum.

For their part, French Eurofans gathered recently for a party evening in a bar in the Marais, in Paris, to get in the mood for this Eurovision, between glitter and tension. franceinfo was there.


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