France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

France is set to host and participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris.[1] French broadcaster France Télévisions is responsible for the country's participation in the contest and will also host it for the first time after winning the previous edition in 2020.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country France
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)21 October 2021
Selected entrantEnzo
Selected song"Tic Tac"
Selected songwriter(s)Alban Lico, Léa Ivanne
France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2020 • 2021

Background
Main article: France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

France debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with "Si on voulait bien" by Thomas Pontier.[2] Despite getting sixth place, France Télévisions decided to withdraw from the contest after 2004, saying there was no motivation to compete and that "too much Eurovision kills Eurovision".[3] France returned to the contest in 2018, and achieved second place with Angelina with the song "Jamais sans toi".[4] In the 2020 contest, Valentina represented France in Warsaw, Poland with the song "J'imagine". She placed 1st out of 12 entries with 200 points, achieving the first ever French victory at the contest and the first win for France in any Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989.[5]

Artist and song information

Enzo
Enzo
Birth nameHenzo Hilaire
Born (2008-11-26) 26 November 2008
Yvelines
GenresHip-hop, R&B
InstrumentsVocals, guitar

Henzo Hilaire (born 26 November 2008),[6] better known by his stage name Enzo, is a French hip-hop and R&B singer. He was born in Yvelines, Île-de-France, but as his father is an airplane pilot, he grew up between France, Macau and Hong Kong.[7] He plays the guitar and has singing lessons.[8] Enzo has a YouTube channel on which he posts vlogs, covers and original songs.[9]

Aside from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, he also participated in season 7 of The Voice Kids France in August 2020 (although the blind auditions were filmed in November 2019), where he made it to the final with judge Soprano.

Tic Tac
"Tic Tac"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Enzo Hilaire
As
Enzo
Language
Lyricist(s)
Alban Lico
◄ "J'imagine" (2020)

"Tic Tac" is a song by Enzo. It will represent France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Released at midnight on 22 October and written and composed by Alban Lico, it is "an invitation to take a break to enjoy simple things far from our hectic and hyperconnected lives", according to France 2.[7]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw, which both took place on 19 December 2021, host country France was drawn to perform thirteenth on 19 December 2021, following Ukraine and preceding Azerbaijan.[10]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on Sunday 19 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for a maximum of three songs.[11] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.


References
  1. "🇫🇷 Junior Eurovision 2021 will take place in Paris". ESCXTRA. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Philips, Roel (7 October 2004). "Junior: Thomas to sing Si on voulait bien". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  3. Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. "Final of Minsk 2018". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020.
  5. Bonnefoy, Nawal (9 October 2020). "Valentina des Kids United représentera la France à l'Eurovision Junior 2020" [Valentina from Kids United will represent France in Junior Eurovision 2020]. BFM TV (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. "🌟 E.N.Z.O 🌟 on Instagram: "Titre : Happy Birthday Enzo 🙈❤ Fait pour : @enzo_hilaire Fait par : Moi 🙈♥ Musique de fond : Jusqu'ici tout va bien - Maitre Gims ( @gims…"". Instagram. 26 November 2020.
  7. Randanne, Fabien (21 October 2021). "Eurovision Junior 2021 : Enzo représentera la France avec « Tic Tac »". 20 Minutes.
  8. Abbest, Oranie (21 October 2021). "Junior Eurovision 2021: Enzo will sing "Tic Tac" for France". Wiwibloggs.
  9. Senkishev, Georgi (21 October 2021). "🇫🇷 France: Enzo to Represent The Host Nation at Junior Eurovision 2021". Eurovoix.
  10. "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  11. "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
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