White outfit, grandiose staging and vocal song: Slimane will introduce his song to the European public My love this Thursday, May 9, 2024 in the evening, on the occasion of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2024.
The French representative will indeed perform live on stage in Malmö, Sweden. This will be the first time that the entire scenography planned for Eurovision will be shown to the public, only extracts having been shown so far.
In France, this second semi-final will be broadcast on France 4 from 9 p.m. and presented by drag queen Nicky Doll.
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Hopes for a good ranking
France is already qualified for the final on Saturday May 11, like four other countries which contribute the most financially to the competition as well as the host country Sweden. But this performance still has important stakes since it can help convince the European public to vote for him for the final and therefore obtain a good ranking on Saturday.
Thursday morning, the bookmakers ranked France 7th. France, which has not won Eurovision since Marie Myriam in 1977, hopes to do better than in 2023 (where La Zarra finished 16th) and only in 2022 (where the Bretons Alvan & Ahez finished 24th). Slimane has in any case already obtained the support of the Minister of Culture: “There is no doubt that his talent and his voice will convince tomorrow evening in the semi-final and next Saturday in the final of the competition”published on X (ex-Twitter) Rachida Dati Wednesday evening.