Celebrate!

**#Celebrate!** is a local selection for the French Song Contest, supervised by Alex. This selection made its first edition for the tenth participation of the supervisor in the FSC at the 21st edition.

Each edition, a total of five songs compete to represent the city that have been chosen by the supervisor. The other participating cities vote, giving their top 5. The points are converted in 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points.

The selection come back every 5 editions.

## Celebrate!

### Cities

 Terre Adélie (#21)
 Barcelone (#26)
  Rouen (#31)
  Charleville-Mézières (#36)
  Dom-Tom (#41)
  Corse (#46)
  Gap (#51)
  Nouvelle-Calédonie (#56)
  Nicosie (#61)
  Pontoise (#66)

## #Celebrate! 1 ( Terre Adélie / #21)

For its first edition, five songs competed to represent  Terre Adélie :

* "Si on parlait" - Sheryfa Luna
* "Vegas" - Emji
* "Ne m'oublie pas" - Pablo Alborán
* "On m'a dit" - Aysat
* "Prelude" - Michael Calfan

The final was held on February, 5th 2020.

Michael Calfan won the first edition of #Celebrate! and represented  Terre Adélie in Toulouse.

He managed to finish the 2nd of the 2nd semi-final with 136 points. That was the second qualification of  Terre Adélie in two editions.

In the end, Michael ended the 8th of the final with 102 points.

## #Celebrate! 2 ( Barcelone /  #26)

The second edition symbolizes the first participation of a guest city, Barcelone ; only present for edition 26, 27 and 28 of the FSC. Five artists participated as well for this second edition :

* "Desastre" - Pol Granch
* "No vaya a ser" - Pablo Alborán
* "T'en va pas comme ça" - Agustín Galiana
* "Volver" - Olivia Ruiz
* "Polvo de estrellas" - Calle París

The final was held on July, 18th 2020

Olivia Ruiz won the second edition of #Celebrate! and became the first representative of  Barcelone in the FSC.

As a guest city,  Barcelone is prequalified for the grand-final.

In the end, Olivia finished 15th in the final with 60 points.

## #Celebrate! 3 ( Rouen /  #31)

For this third edition of #Celebrate!, five songs fought to represent the city of  Rouen, absent from the contest since the edition North/South of the contest :

* "Love Corail" - Louise Verneuil
* "Laisse-moi t'aimer" - Laurie Darmon
* "La Mer" - Saskia
* "Cabrioli" - Moussa
* "Page Blanche" - DYNAH

The final was held on November, 25th 2020

Louise Verneuil won the third edition of #Celebrate! and represent  Rouen in the FSC.

For its comeback,  Rouen won its the semi-final with 164 points. The city won the edition with 136 points and host the French Song Contest 32.

## #Celebrate! 4 ( Charleville-Mézières / #36)

For the fourth edition of #Celebrate!, 5 songs competed and tried to represent the city of  Charleville-Mézières for the first time :

* "Promets pas la lune" - Cheraze
* "Be Mine Tonight" - Breakbot feat. Delafleur
* "Douleur je fuis" - Stéphane
* "halfpastnine" - Oscar Anton
* "quand j'entends les gens" - Mélodie Lauret

The final was held on May, the 6th of 2021.

Stéphane won the fourth edition of #Celebrate! and represented  Charleville-Mézières at the FSC.

He managed to qualify for the final, ending 4th of its semi-final with 126 points.

In the end, he finished 12th in the final with 85 points.

## #Celebrate! 5 ( Dom-Tom / #41)

For the fifth edition of #Celebrate!, 5 songs competed and tried to represent the  Dom-Tom, the city that the supervisor of the selection represented the most in the contest :

* "Mayday" - Lycinaïs Jean
* "Feel Good" - POLO & PAN
* "Gucci Slides" - Boston Bun feat. LORYN
* "Le dernier jour du disco" - Juliette Armanet
* "For Too Long" - Ready For Mars

The final was held on October, the 9th of 2021

Juliette Armanet won the fifth edition of #Celebrate! and represented the  Dom-Tom at the FSC.

She won her semi-final with 162 points and managed to won the edition with 172 points, alongside with  Cholet. Both cities made an agreement and hosted the 42nd eddiion of the contest together, the  Dom-Tom hosting the semi-finals in St-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

## #Celebrate! 6 ( Corse / #46)

For the sixth edition of #Celebrate!, 5 songs competed and tried to represent the city of  Corse after an absence of 8 editions in the contest :

* "Paradis Bleu" - Revers Gagnant feat. Matild
* "Chanté" - Mind Haze feat. Lexie Au
* "arrogance bikini" - Emma Hoet & BLOWSOM
* "Qui es-tu?" - Poom
* "Déhanche" - Julie Zenatti

The final was held on May, the 2nd of 2022.

Julie Zenatti won the sixth edition of #Celebrate! and represented  Corse at the FSC.

Sadly, she failed to quaify for the final, finishing 10th of her semi-final with 85 points.

## #Celebrate! 7 ( Gap / #51)

For the seventh edition of #Celebrate!, 5 songs competed and tried to represent the city of  Gap that began to participate 2 ediitons earlier :

* "I Think I Like U 2" - JAMAICA
* "Après le déluge" - Alma Forrer & Cyril Mokaiesh
* "One and Only" - Leska ft. LIA
* "Running Free" - Benjamin Braxton
* "Tinderement" - Fanny

The final was held on August, the 6th of 2022.

Fanny won the seventh edition of #Celebrate! and represented  Gap at the FSC.

She managed to get the first qualification of  Gap, finishing 6th of her semi-final with 98.

In the end, Fanny finished at the 14th position in the final with 84 points.

## #Celebrate! 8 ( Nouvelle-Calédonie / #56)

For the eighth edition of #Celebrate!, 5 songs competed and tried to represent the island of  Nouvelle-Calédonie for its first time in the FSC after  Dom-Tom separation :

* "Indian Summer" - Mina Tindle
* "Âme d'enfant" - KRN
* "Imperméable" - Violette Fleur Bleue
* "Quiproquo" - JADE
* "Papa" - Matenka ft. Sapir Amar

The final was held on January, the 10th of 2023.

Matenka and Sapir Amar won the 8th edition of the #Celebrate! and represented  Nouvelle-Calédonie at the FSC.

They managed to qualify, finishing 3rd of their semi-final with 172 points.

In the end, they ended at the 13th place with 99 points.

## #Celebrate! 9 ( Nicosie / #61)

For the ninth edition of #Celebrate!, 5 songs competed and tried to represent the island of Cyprus and the capital city  Nicosie. It's the first time that #Celebrate! is held during a special edition :

* "Never Back Down" - HARMONIZE
* "Long Way Home" - Antigoni
* "The Beast" - BLVZE & X-Ray & Justtjokay
* "Μέχρι Τον Ουρανό" (Up To The Sky) - Λούκας Γιώρκας (Loukas Yorkas)
* "You, me and Picasso" - Sophia Patsalides

The final was held on June, the 4th of 2023.

Loukas Yorkas won the 9th edition of the #Celebrate! and represented  Nicosie at the FSC.

He managed to qualify, finishing 8th of his semi-final with 124 points.

In the end, he ended at the 23rd place with 39 points.

## #Celebrate! 10 ( Pontoise / #66)

For the tenth edition of #Celebrate!, 5 songs competed and tried to represent the city of  Pontoise for its first time in the FSC :

* "Qui tu es ?" - Stan Rittner
* "The Power of Self-Love" - Théo Lémos
* "Seule" - Cloetim
* "CONNECTION" - Rxm リム
* "Layla (Take Me On Your Way)" - Claude

The final was held on November, the 10th of 2023.

Claude won the 10th edition of the #Celebrate! and represented  Pontoise at the FSC for its first appearance.

He managed to qualify, finishing 3rd of their semi-final with 131 points.

In the end, he finished 2nd, behind  Paris, with a score of 169 points.