French song not in French

A few French people are a little ticked off after they found out the French song to be performed at the Eurovision song contest has only two lines in French. It seems the country isn’t too keen on being represented in English.

And who can blame them? I’d want my country to sing in it’s national language as well. You have 100 million viewers and a chance to display your language and culture…so why not use it?

Plus, French is widely touted as the language of love, so wouldn’t a French song sound better anyway?

Last but not least, Serbia’s Marija Serifovic won last year singing the ballad “Molitva” in her native language. Take a hint French song selecting people…