Slimane passionately performs his title “Mon amour” on the Swedish stage

This year, France is betting on Suleiman. During the semi-finals, the French nominee was actually able to perform his song “Mon amour” a cappella on the Swedish stage of Eurovision 2024.

Amid a cloud of smoke, Suleiman sang his song, his arms outstretched towards the audience my love On the big stage of Eurovision 2024 which will be held in Malmö, Sweden this year. During the second semi-final of the competition on Thursday, May 9, the French nominee performed his song a cappella, dressed in a cheerful white outfit.

He told the fans with emotion: “I love you, I don’t know why I’m playing here.”

France, which qualified directly to the final of the European Singing Contest scheduled for Saturday, May 11, will not participate in the semi-finals. But the French candidate has the opportunity to perform his title in live conditions for the first time, just like the other five countries that have already been automatically selected for the final, namely Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain.

“A song similar to him”

Earlier on Thursday, the artist told BFMTV that he “tried to make a song that looked like him.”

He declared again: “I aim for a position of pride. I want to be proud of myself, of my team, of what will remain, of the video that I will show to my daughter when she grows up.”

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Slimane, who began making a name for himself in France by winning talent show The Voice on TF1 in 2016, is now well established in the French music scene. The artist can boast of notable titles: more than 40 million plays Thousands of love you, one of his hit songs, on Spotify, the market leader in music streaming. During his duet with singer Vita, who now also performs solo, he even topped the album sales chart in France in 2020 with their composition. Reverse.

France has not won Eurovision since Marie-Miriam in 1977. In recent history, since the impressive performance of Barbara Bravi, who finished second in 2021, France has disappointed. Alfan and Ahiz, two emerging artists like her from the jury and public vote, who have been used in recent years in France, take the penultimate place in 2022.