French Song Contest 62

Slogan : "Break The Rules"

Previous edition: Europe Edition 02
Following edition: French Song Contest #63

The sixty-two edition of the French Song Contest held in  Cholet after the **Thérèse'**s victory 2 months agos, with her song *"NO RULES"*.
 The supervisor *(who's also winning user)* had given their advantage of hosting the previous European edition to the person who came in second place in order to organize the July edition in their home town.

As excpeted since the annoucement made the 25th of April, a TOP 3 composed by the podium of the last edition is created. This TOP 3 composed of  Châteauroux,  Lille &  Tarbes find themselves directly in the final, with the host city  Cholet.

With 32 delegations at the rendezvous, this edition will see 2 semi-finals of 14 and 15 cities in order to determine the delegations that will join the host as well as the TOP 3 of this edition.

## Slogan & logo

For this edition 62, supervisor decide to give a trribute to his hometown, and host of the edition. Inspired by the losanges present on the Cholet's armory, this is with a modern version, glitched, that the edition invite people break the codes and didnt get lock in the boxes of the society.

With the slogan *"Break The Rules"*, the supervisor underlines its desire to go beyond the codes of society while paying tribute to the title which earned a second trophy for the city of the handkerchief.

## Venue and staging

After hosting the Grand Final of the 42 edition in the Theater St-Louis, it's at La Meilleraie that this "choletaise" edition takes place in its entirety. With a capacity of 5,191 seats, this hall, also called *"L'Espace Rouge"* or *"Le Hangar"* is mainly used for matches of the Cholet Basket club.

## Presenters

It is a 100% Cholet duo that this 62nd edition sees in the animation:

* **Elise Denis** : A field journalist but also for the JT, Elise made her debut on local television in 2015. She has become an emblematic figure of information in Cholet. She also ensured the French part of the presentation.
* **Damien Lambrun** : Iconic figure, Damien is a pure inhabitant of the city of tissue and also a seasoned eurofan... To the point of having created a game based on Eurovision: the French Sont Contest itself ! He ensured the English-speaking part of the animation.

## Semi-Final

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

     Dead last

### First Semi-Final

Out of the 14 participating cities in this semi-final, 8 cities qualify for the Grand Final.

### Second Semi-Final

Out of the 15 participating cities in this semi-final, 8 cities qualify for the Grand Final.

## Grand Final

### Predictions for the trophy

  Casablanca | Martin Solveig & Faouzia
  Fribourg-en-Brisgau | XANDRIA
  Millau | Born For Greatness

### Results

Color key
     **Winning city**

     Runner-up

     3rd place

     Dead last

20 cities fought to win the 62th edition, the 16 qualified cities from the semis-finals,the TOP 3 & the host  Cholet.

### Spokepersons

* Châteauroux : Michel Denisot *(journalist & TV host)*.
* Tarbes : Wenceslas Lauret *(international rugbyman).*
* Lille : Nicolas Hulot *(journalist, tv host, environmental activist & preivous Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition).*
* Montreal : Celine Dion *(French Canadian singer winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1988).*
* Auxerre : Irina Rimes *(Romanian singer and previous act for Auxerre).*
* Casablanca : Sofia Essaïdi *(French-Morrocan singer & actress).*
* Rennes : Renan Luce *(singer, songwriter & musican).*
* Martinique : JoeyStarr *(rapper & comedian).*
* St-Etienne : Suzane *(singer, dancer & previous act for St-Etienne).*
* Bordeaux : Zazie *(singer, songwriter and previous act for Bordeaux).*
* Strasbourg : Pio Marmai *(actor).*
* Jersey : Graham Norton *(Irish comedian, actor, author & television host in the UK).*
* Millau : Gaëtan Roussel *(singer, songwriter & musician).*
* Limoges : Natoo *(Internet celebrity, vlogger & actress).*
* Fribourg-en-Brisgau : Lena Meyer-Landrut *(German singer &* *winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010).*
* Charleville-Mézières : Christophe Willem *(singer, songwriter and previous act for Charleville-Mézières).*
* Kinshasa : Lous and The Yakiza *(Congolese-Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter, model, & artist).*
* Bruxelles : Blanche *(singer & belgian representative in the Eurovosion Song Contest 2017).*
* Laval : Florian Bercault *(Mayor of Laval).*
* Cholet : La Zarra *(singer, previous winner of the FSC & french representative in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023).*

## 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** |  Bruxelles | RORI
 **Musical Prize** |  Châteauroux | Zaho de Sagazan
 **FSC Group Prize** |  Montreal | Josiane