“1,2,3 just clap your hands. I want to hear you raise the fever. You need the look, the footwork. My dream comes true as in the mirror of my room. Oh yeah ! “Lissandro will swing the Eurovision Junior. With the song Oh Mom!the young 13-year-old artist will represent France in the competition, on December 11 in Yerevan (Armenia).
Revealed in 2020 in The Voice Kids, of which he was one of the finalists, the Moselle came out on top among a dozen applications. “He arrived with this pop and rock universe. He knows American crooners and rockers perfectly, including Elvis, ”says Alexandra Redde-Amiel, the head of the French delegation to Eurovision to explain what made the difference. “It’s interesting to defend a different universe at Junior, to tell a new story,” she adds.
“A very theatrical song”
Oh mom! was co-written by Frédéric Château – who put his pen to the service of Patricia Kaas, Florent Pagny or M Pokora – and Barbara Pravi. This is the third time after Bim Bam You and I imagine, in 2020 and 2021, that the author, composer and interpreter brings her paw to a Eurovision Junior song. “It happened naturally, says Alexandra Redde-Amiel. I told her about Lissandro, she found him very inspiring. »
The lyrics are a message that the younger generation sends, through Lissandro, to their elders. It’s about believing in your dreams and the power of the imagination. “The song comes to life when he sings it on stage. It is very theatrical, underlines the head of delegation. She has a timeless side. She swings between speakeasy music and Bruno Mars. »
Will this recipe allow Lissandro to once again bring a very good result to France – which, since its return to Eurovision Junior in 2018 has always finished in the Top 5? Response in the afternoon of Sunday, December 11, live on France 2. Fifteen other countries will be in the running.