The Quebec singer La Zarra will represent France during Eurovision 2023, announced the French delegation of the competition on Thursday, January 12. The song she will sing for this 67th edition, the final of which will take place on May 13 in Liverpool, will be unveiled soon.
The artist, known for her hit Tu t'en iras en 2021 (20 million plays on Spotify), was chosen internally. In recent years, the selection of the French candidate was made via the vote of a jury and the public during programs broadcast on France 2 (Destination Eurovision produced by ITV Studios France in 2018 and 2019, Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez produced by france.tv studio in 2021 and 2022).
"Each year, the history of Eurovision is different in France. The external selection, by vote of a jury and public, is put on hold in 2023 but will return in 2024," assured Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Director of the Games and Entertainment unit of France Télévisions and head of the French delegation to Eurovision. "As an entertainment director, I meet a lot of artists all the time and two years ago I met La Zarra, who is in line with what I'm looking for for Eurovision."