French Song Contest 06

Previous edition: French Song Contest #05

Following edition: French Song Contest #07

The sixth edition of the French Song Contest will be hold in Amiens following **Alexe**'s victory with the *"Echo"* during the fifth edition.

All cities which took part in the fifth edition are back and one guest city will debut making the number of participants equal to 30, the biggest in the history of the contest.

Two semi-finals of 14 cities occured to determine which 7 cities in each semi-final would join Amiens, the host, and the guest city Montreal, in the final. 7 cities will qualify for the Grand Final in each semi-final.

 Dom-Tom won the contest with 152 points.

The host  Amiens was the runner-up with 134 points.

 Rouen closed the podium with 105 points.

## Slogan & logo

For the first time, anthem choose by the supervisor is not a material thing, but one color... the red !

Everything was thought about the guest city.. Montreal. Indeed, the red leaf is the Canada's symbol and by the way, the logo of the sixth edition.

## Guest city

This is the big originality of the edition. The executive supervisor announced that a guest city would debut in Amiens for the sixth French Song Contest. He revealed on the 27th of October that the other cities will actually decide which guest will debut between 5 foreign cities with a strong connection with French languages : Bruxelles (Belgium), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Monaco (Monaco), Genève (Switzerland) & Montreal (Canada).

The choice has been made in a shape of a poll where everyone was able to vote, through two rounds .It was announced on the 31th October that Montréal (Canada) will debut as a guest city automatically qualified for the Grand Final of the contest.

### First round

Color key
     Qualified to the Final Round

After two days of votes, 2 of them qualified for the final round.

  Geneva
  Montreal

### Final round

Color key
     Qualified the French Song Contest

The two most voted cities from the first round battle for the last time to announce which one will compete in the Grand Final of the sixth French Song Contest in Amiens.

## Local Selections (NF)

### **By videos**

* Dom-Tom held a Local Selection called *The Next Flop* with videos, introducing 4 artists from 4 different DOM-TOM from three continents. The show concluded by the winning of **Anna Leone** and "If You Only" representing Guadeloupe with 72 points.
* Chambéry held a Local Selection with videos named *Destination Amiens* containing 5 songs fighting for a place in the sixth French Song Contest. The show concluded by the winnning of **Marina d'Amico** and the song "Feelings" with 100 points.
* Lyon held a Local Selection putting 6 songs in competition called *"Les Victoires Lyonnaises"*, concluding by the winning of **Petite Meller** with the song "Baby Love" by 69% of the votes.

### **By polls**

* Dijon held a Local Selection putting 5 songs in competition, concluding by the winning of **Damien Lauretta** and the song "Dreamin' " with 79% of the votes.
* Limoges held a Local Selection containing 2 slightly different entries, Pop music VS Viking music, concluding by the winning of the band **SKÁLD** and their song "Rún" with 82% of the votes.
* Rouen held a Local Selection a bit different from others because the singer is already known: Woodkid returned after being the runner-up of the third French Song Contest. Two songs of **Woodkid** fought, concluding by the winning the song "Run Boy Run".
* Cannes held a Local Selection exclusively with the french DJ **Martin Solveig**. 4 songs competed, concluding with the victory of the song "All Stars" feat. **ALMA** with 53% of votes.
* La Rochelle held a Local selection called *"A Song for La Rochelle"* between two songs respectively "Floppy & Old" and "Catchy & New", concluding with the victory of the duet **Galantis** & the singer **Uffie** with the song "Spaceship". They're winning with 83% of votes.

## Returning artists

 Slimane
 Richard Orlinski

## Semi-Finals

Color key
     Qualified for the Grand Final

     Dead last

### First Semi-Final

Out of the 14 participating cities in this semi-final, 7 will qualify for the Grand Final.

Among the fourteen songs competing in this semi-final, two are in English and the twelve other are in French (with portuguese words in the Nantes's song).

 Montreal will vote in the semi-final.

### Second Semi-Final

Out of the 14 participating cities in this semi-final, 7 will qualify for the Grand Final.

Among the fourteen songs competing in this semi-final, nine are in English, two are in French. and one in Old Noise. The parisian and Metz's songs includes english chorus between french lyrics.

 Amiens will vote in the semi-final.

## Grand Final

Color key
     Winning city

     Runner-up

     Third place

     Dead last

This Grand Final is the biggest so far with 16 cities fought to win the sixth French Song Contest : the seven qualified cities from the first semi-final, the seven
 from the second semi-final. You can add the host Amiens who win the previous contest in Brest. And also the guest canadian city : Montreal.