The Internationalist Eurovision Blog

Hello everybody! I am only just coming back down to earth after a sensational World Cup victory for France ten days ago. In celebration of a moment that has sent the Western European country into total pandemonium, I am sharing with all of you my top 10 French entries. This is a slightly more difficult choice to make than my Israeli top 10 a few weeks ago (http://internationalisteurovisionblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/israel-top-ten.html) because the reality is that there are far more entries to choose from. France was one of the original Eurovision countries and there are a whopping 61 entries to sift through in picking out the top 10. I am proud to say that the French top 10 covers almost every decade of Eurovision history and is a nice indicator of France as a country and what its music has told us over time. 10. 'Tom Pillibi' by Jacqueline Boyer (1960) Perhaps appropriately, we begin in 1960 with France's second victory in the first contest to be held on British soil. T...

Hello all! I apologise for not making posts more regularly, you see I've been following the World Cup! When I'm not being a Eurovision enthusiast, I am a West Ham United supporter and I enjoy spending many a weekend travelling up and down the country to watch football matches. We are now down to the Semi-Finals of the World Cup and after losing Brazil and Uruguay in the Quarter Finals, we have now come to an all European last four! With this being the case, I saw a perfect opportunity to unite my two loves and find a way to pique the interest of football fans in Eurovision and Eurovision in football fans. This is the World Cup Semi Finals 2018 Preview (Eurovision style): So for this preview, I have selected three Eurovision editions in which the two countries in question finished close to each other and I ask you to judge which of these songs you prefer and let me know your opinion by voting in the comments below. France vs. Belgium 1978 The last time that France hosted...