The young Lissandro, 13, will represent France at Eurovision Junior with a title Oh maman ! inspired by rockabilly and co-written by Barbara Pravi, who came second in Eurovision in 2021 with Voilà, France Télévisions said on Friday October 28 in a press release. For its 20th edition, Eurovision Junior will take place on Sunday, December 11 in Yerevan, Armenia and, this year, 16 countries will participate. The public will be able to vote on the junioreurovision.tv site from Friday 9 December.
Lissandro's song is "a delicious mix between Bruno Mars and Elvis which will "groove" Europe", assures Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of the French delegation to Eurovision and director of varieties for France Télévisions, quoted in the press release. Originally from a village in Moselle, the teenager sings in five languages and his influences range from old-fashioned rock to pop. After Valentina 's victory in 2020 with her song J'imagine (Satellifacts of November 30, 2020), France had organized the competition in 2021 and was represented by Enzo (13) and his song Tic Tac, who finished in third position.