French Song Contest 63

Slogan : "Rise Like A Phoenix"

Previous edition: French Song Contest #62
Following edition: French Song Contest #64

The sixty-three edition held in  Tarbes after the **ASHEN**'s victory woth the song *"Angel"* on La Meilleraie stage,
in  Cholet.

4 years after the Comeback Edition, it is a new edition of this style which occupies the season 63... But in a different style. Each delegation must compete with a title that failed to qualify for the final during a first participation *(Except for the cities who can count 1 or less NQ in their track record)*. This is called the ***Phoenix Edition***... A season where each artist will reborn from the ashes.

A total of 24 delegations are taking part in this special edition. Among them, 21 will have to fight in semi-finals at 10 & 11 in order to win one of the tickets for the final. The cities qualified in the final will join the TOP 3,  Tarbes,  Millau &  Montreal, for a musical fight which will be played at 17, on the stage of the Parc des Expositions de Tarbes.

## Presenters

After a long break, it is a male-female duo well known to eurofans who takes over the reins of the presentation**...**

**Laurence Boccolini** & **Stéphane Bern,** the legendary duo of the Eurovision France group, which notably provides commentary for each Eurovision final, will occupy the French and English part during the shows.

## Semi-Final

**Color key**
     **Qualified for the Grand Final**

     Dead last

### First Semi-Final

Out of the 10 participating cities in this semi-final, 7 cities qualify for the Grand Final.

 Tarbes &  Millau vote in this semi-final.

### Second Semi-Final

Out of the 11 participating cities in this semi-final, 7 cities qualify for the Grand Final.

 Tarbes &  Montreal vote in this semi-final.

## Grand Final

### Predictions for the trophy

  La Réunion | Tess
  Cannes | Martin Solveig ft. Alma
  Vichy | Fishbach

### Results

Color key
     **Winning city**

     Runner-up

     3rd place

     Dead last

17 cities fought to win the 63th edition, the 14 qualified cities from the semis-finals & the TOP 3  Tarbes,  Millau &  Montreal.

### Spokepersons

* Bordeaux : Julien Courbet *(TV host).*
* Roanne : Anne-Sophie Girard *(comedian & humourist).*
* Reims : June The Girl *(singer, musician, & preivous act for Reims).*
* Nice : Jenifer *(singer & actress).*
* Villeneuve-sur-Lot : Francis Cabrel *(singer-songwriter, musician & composer).*
* Rennes : Nolwenn Leroy *(singer).*
* Corse : Patrick Fiori *(singer).*
* Cannes : Adé *(singer & previous act for Cannes with the band Thérapie Taxi).*
* Vichy : Marvin Dupré *(singer & previous act for Vichy).*
* Andorre : Susanne Georgi *(singer & last act for Andorra in 2009).*
* La Réunion : Valérie Bègue *(French TV personnality, Miss France 2008 & comedian).*
* Marne-la-Vallée : Mickey & Minnie.
* Kinshasa : Gaz Mawete *(Congolese singer-songwriter and dancer).*
* Annecy : Frédérique Bel *(actress, tv host and mannequin).*
* Millau : William Maury *(Comic-book artist).*
* Montreal : Olivier Dion *(French-Canadian singer and preivoous act for Montreal).*
* Tarbes : Lionel Beauxis *(retired international rugby player).*

## Marie Myriam Prizes

The Marie Myriam Prizes organised in 2023 by the supervisor and moderators of the French Song Contest honours songs of the contest's final. The prizes are divided in four categories: the Charisma Prize, the Visual Prize, the Musical Prize and the FSC Group Prize.
The winners will be revealed shortly after the Grand Final.

 **Visual Prize** |  Millau | SKÁLD
 **Musical Prize** |  Bordeaux | Zazie
 **FSC Group Prize** |  Annecy | Ofenbach & SVEA