French Song Contest 42

Previous edition: French Song Contest #41
Following edition: Junior French Song Contest 02

The forty-two edition of the French Song Contest held in 2 cities : Saint Pierre & Miquelon  Dom-Tom &  Cholet. After the victory given after a tie in scores by, respectively, **Juliette Armanet** & **La Zarra**.

Since both cities came first in the final scoreboard, the supervisor decide to didn't chosen one winner. Dom-Tom will held the semi-finals and Cholet will held the Grand Final in St Louis Theater's stage.

Among 26 delegations take place in these stages,  Tarbes
 make his debut in the contest.
We see the return of the moroccan capital :  Casablanca.
And cities we didn't see for a while :  Troyes.

Two semi-finals of 12 cities and the famous second chance round will determinate the 15 cities who' join the hosts for a final with 17 cities.

For the second time,  Paris grab his second trophy after bein also first in semi-final. **Emmy Liyana** won the victory with the song *"Brille encore"* and 148 points.

With 134 points,  Montreal is the runner-up of this edition, thanks to the female solo artist **Amay Laoni** and the song *"Sa Couleur"*.

And finally,  Tours close the Top 3 with the song *"DISTANCE"* by the band **ICI DIX-SEPT**. The city earned a total of 126 points

## Hosts

To ensure fairness in the organization of the edition, the visual art is a tribute to the winning title of Dom-Tom. While "the Choletaise touch" will be seen in the choice of presenters : the rapper **Boostee** & the creator of the French Song Contest **Damien Lambrun**, both from the city of the handkerchief.
For the very first time, the presentation of the French Song Contest will be provided by two males.

## Slogan & logo

**#Celebrate** and **discoballs** will be here for this edition who wanna be **special and festive**.

This is also a nod to the winning title of the Dom-Tom *"Le dernier jour disco"* and also to the selection that brought the song to the competition.

## Semi-Final

Color key
     **Qualified for the Grand Final**

     Qualified for The Last Chair

     Dead last

### First Semi-Final

Out of the 12 participating cities in this semi-final, 7 cities will qualify for the Grand Final.

 Cholet vote in this semi-final.

### Second Semi-Final

Out of the 12 participating cities in this semi-final, 7 cities will qualify for the Grand Final.

 Dom-Tom vote in this semi-final.

## The Last Chair

Contrary to the previous appearances of the second chance phase, this one gonna try to save the cities who failed to qualify for the final which obtained the 2 highest scores (the two semi-finals mixed).
Each juries and each televote have to give their 12 pts for the city they want to see in the Grand Final.

Color key
     **Qualify in Grand Final**

## Grand Final

#### Predictions for the trophy

  Montreal | Amay Laoni
  Troyes | TARDIGRAADA
  Bordeaux | Doria D

### Results

Color key
     **Winning city**

     Runner-up

     3rd place

     Dead last

17 cities fought to win the 42th Edition, the 14 qualified cities from the semis-finals,  Saint-Brieuc who won his ticket during the Second Chance round & the hosts  Dom-Tom &  Cholet.