The choice of a song primarily in English (with an English title) to represent France at Eurovision generated controversy, with the Minister for Culture, Franck Riester, responding to a question in the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee: "It's true that the chorus is in English, it broke my ears a little this morning on the radio ... I conveyed the message of my astonishment at a song whose chorus is written in English. Everyone must set an example to ensure that France is carried with pride everywhere, all the time." This echoed similar public criticism received on Sébastien Tellier's song 'Divine', which was selected to represent France in the 2008 contest.