France FRANCE 2021 - Barbara Pravi - Voilà

[escYOUnited]

Écoutez moi
Moi la chanteuse à demi
Parlez de moi
À vos amours, à vos amis
Parler leur de cette fille aux yeux noirs et de son rêve fou
Moi c'que j'veux c'est écrire des histoires qui arrivent jusqu'à vous
C'est tout

Voilà, voilà, voilà, voilà qui je suis
Me voilà même si mise à nue j'ai peur, oui
Me voilà dans le bruit et dans le silence

Regardez moi, ou du moins ce qu'il en reste
Regardez moi, avant que je me déteste
Quoi vous dire, que les lèvres d'une autre ne vous diront pas
C'est peu de chose mais moi tout ce que j'ai je le dépose là, voilà

Voilà, voilà, voilà, voilà qui je suis
Me voilà même si mise à nue c'est fini
C'est ma gueule c'est mon cri, me voilà tant pis
Voilà, voilà, voilà, voilà juste ici
Moi mon rêve mon envie, comme j'en crève comme j'en ris
Me voilà dans le bruit et dans le silence

Ne partez pas, j'vous en supplie restez longtemps
Ça m'sauvera peut-être pas, non
Mais faire sans vous j'sais pas comment
Aimez moi comme on aime un ami qui s'en va pour toujours
J'veux qu'on m'aime parce que moi je sais pas bien aimer mes contours

Voilà, voilà, voilà, voilà qui je suis
Me voilà même si mise à nue c'est fini
Me voilà dans le bruit et dans la fureur aussi
Regardez moi enfin et mes yeux et mes mains
Tout c'que j'ai est ici, c'est ma gueule c'est mon cri
Me voilà, me voilà, me voilà
Voilà, voilà, voilà, voilà
Voilà​

 

[lacrymea]

I just hope Barbara is at ease tonight. I loved the organic build up into the final chaos. That was perfect in her winning performance.

The full clip from semi 2 seems a bit more forced. The chaos arrives without warning and she seems on the verge to overdo it.

But these are little details. I'm so used to her performance in the national final that I'm just over analyzing it.

Good luck, Barbara!

 

[hawadharma]

I would love it if Barbara performed just like in her NF performance.

 

[i anixi]

I don't think a song like this is ever old fashioned. Classic, yes, but on the exact right side of it. I mean, if your intention is to go all classic, than this is the way to do it: Make it grand, make it magnificent, make it classy, make it beautiful and make sure it touches all of your senses.
I'm all for fresh and change really, always have been, but when something as classically brilliant as this happens to show up, then we should all bow to it and make it win, because it doesn't happen so often.
Italy is just as classic after all, there's nothing new about it. Mick Jagger and Co were doing the exact same thing more than half a century ago and a million others have followed. It's quite well done too though , one has to admit it.
It's all really down to who raises more hairs on your body, I guess. Italy doesn't do it for me as I don't care to be yelled at. I'm not in the mood, nor is this the right time, to have angry people pointing at me, complaining about whatever is worrying them in raspy, aggressive voices. I do struggle to see how Europe will adhere to this massively tonight, but betters should know better I suppose ... It's all about money, it 's their job. I still struggle though.

 

[HayashiM]

I think France is a guaranteed top 10 tonight. I'll take anything beyond that as a nice bonus, though I don't believe anymore in a victory, I still hope very badly that it happens. Fingers crossed, alleeeeez Barbara!

 

[Lindon]

This could be the comeback of French. Where the heck is Zoë Straub? Loin d’ici?

As I said.

 

[eurovizian]

Well done France!

 

[John1]

OUR BEST RESULT SINCE 1991 WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE TRULY WON TONIGHT TOO

 

[Preuss]

Well done

 

[harey]

Third in televote, I didn't expect that! Happy with 2nd place because to me it tastes like a win and I hope we will win soon for real. (And Europe said language diversity!)

 

[Uto]

Sad that jury and teledumbasses overrated Italy. France deserved to win. Can always be proud of this. It's the song people of superior taste will remember. And if I am wrong, it will still hold true for me. My hat is off to France.

 

[popavapeur]

i'm pretty impressed with the televote honestly ! and the Ukraine-France did benefit both countries as I expected.

 

[Chorizo]

It's great to see that France got major support from both the juries and the televote. A deserved good result.

 

[Sabrewulf238]

I'm actually surprised that France beat Switzerland in the televote. When the juries had finished their voting I figured there was no way France could win because I just couldn't see her beating Gjon in the televote.

Turns out she didn't win, but not because of Switzerland.

 

[soulm8]

Proud of you, queen! Didn’t really like the end of the performance, but otherwise it was stunning. Felt like a French movie.

 

[Chorizo]

I'm actually surprised that France beat Switzerland in the televote. When the juries had finished their voting I figured there was no way France could win because I just couldn't see her beating Gjon in the televote.

Turns out she didn't win, but not because of Switzerland.

The French staging was simple but it worked very well. I think Switzerland suffered in the televote because it just didn't look good. He was badly dressed and the close-ups were a little too close. France looked classy and dynamic. Sometimes shaky camerawork is all it takes.

 

[Sammy]

25 points!!!!!! Honestly: The juries who didn't give a single point to her (yes, Belgium, I'm looking to you also!) have disqualified themselves for a lifetime. Of course it's a matter of taste but thinking that Barbara is NOT in the top 10 this year is a proof that you can't see quality when it's before your eyes.
Rant stopped.
Congratulation to Barbara for this great result for France.

 

[Edweis]

To add about how ESC's perceived in France, only a very few of my friends and my parents know I follow Eurovision, usually the sentence I get when the contest is mentioned is the classical french "C'est de la merde".Still, most of them are totally indifferent to it. They couldn't care less if we win or not, ESC is just a waste of time and especially, money.
People seem to be proud we finished 2nd with this song, which is understandable.
Now let's hope next year we'll finally bring something more upbeat and original.

However I would really like to know who were our juries because juror B is lacking some semi/final coherence in their votes

 

[popavapeur]

French jury :

• Adrien Kaiser
• Gilbert MARCELLUS
• Géraldine Allouche
• Kahina kimoune
• Loic Parent
  
  Never heard of them before lmao who are they

 

[Edweis]

French jury :

• Adrien Kaiser
• Gilbert MARCELLUS
• Géraldine Allouche
• Kahina kimoune
• Loic Parent
  
  Never heard of them before lmao who are they

LMAO same, I did a small google research to see what came up :

Adrien Kaiser : mixer https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/3035200-Adrien-Kaiser
Gilbert Marcellus : music manager https://www.instagram.com/gigikcm/
Géradine Allouche : vocal coach https://www.instagram.com/geraldineallouche/
Kahina Kimoune : label manager https://podcast.ausha.co/entourage-1/kahina-khimoune-un-label-familial-pour-une-star-internationale
Nothing about Loic Parent

 

[Sammy]

I gave this song 1 point just because it was such a strong fan favourite and everyone including jurry put it in 1st place, so when I heard it yesterday for the first time, i was shocked how mega boring this song is. 2/3 of the song made me fall asleep.

Nothing happens, Instruments and melody and chorus everything needs to be bigger. There is no explosion, No nothing. She sings nice, but is repetitive, the naration, her standing alone in dark background. No, sorry. Not for me. Its not competitive Song and is very boring.

On esc it will be on the bottom unfortunately.

Another proof of musical instinct... Like a compass needle that points constantly south.