On May 13, 2023, the 67e edition of theEurovision in Liverpool. And France intends to finally win first place, 46 years after the coronation of Marie Myriam! To represent our country in this flagship competition of the European music scene, it is, after the Breton group Alvan & Ahez and Barbara Pravi, the Quebecer La Zarra who was chosen. A mysterious singer, modern and vintage at the same time, who we heard could be quite a diva, following her cancellation of two rounds of shows last month. Known in France since 2021 with her hit you will go awaytaken from his first album Treachery who will be certified platinum, the 25-year-old beauty from Morocco and born in Montreal, should seduce a very large audience with her title… Obviously.
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“You’re crazy, if you win you’ll be fired!”
In any case, this is the opinion of Yves Bigot, current boss of TV5 World who was invited this Sunday, May 7 in the show C Media on France 5. “She has the disco tempo. It happens in all countries, including the countries of the great variety which are 25 years behind what is actually happening in music today, but it is what it takes for Eurovision .”, he predicted. And Eurovision knows it! This former boss of France 2but also of RTBF (Belgian national channel, editor’s note) reveals that, behind the scenes, he received on several occasions “the orderto lose”the competition ! A revelation that is already causing a stir! Faced with host Mélanie Taravant, this channel president develops: “The problem is that if you win, you’re the one organizing the year after,” he announces, evoking a figure of “20 to 25 million euros” to be spent on the television channels which have to organize the event. “The channels do not have this money, except in small countries where it is the Ministry of Tourism which finances, so that the competition organized by the European Broadcasting Union is a good showcase for the country ”, he explains. Yves Bigot, on his momentum, specifies to his taken aback interlocutors: “When I was at France 2, I had orders to lose and when I was at RTBF, I had orders to lose”. He admits that the RTBF “had to lay off 2,000 people after winning Eurovision”, in order to have the necessary funds to organize the event the following year. In 1998, when he was director of the variety, games and entertainment unit of France TV, he had according to him “the girl to win” but had heard himself say: “You’re crazy, if you win you’ll be fired!”
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️: “I had orders to lose. The problem is that if you win, you are the one who organizes the following year, it costs 20/25 million €, the channels do not have this money. “@YvesBigotformer director of @France2tvspeak #Eurovision In #Cmedia with @melanietaravant ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/aoLhjS2Ijk
– Cmedia (@cmedia) May 7, 2023