Alvan & Ahez to represent France at Eurovision 2022 with "Fulenn"
Tonight Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez! selected the French entry for Eurovision 2022: Alvan & Ahez with "Fulenn"
The French broadcaster France 2 held their selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez! live from the France Télévisions studios in Saint-Denis, Paris.
12 selected entries had the opportunity to perform on stage tonight and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. Now we can reveal the winner of the French competition and, therefore, going through to Eurovision 2022 in Turin is Alvan & Ahez with the song "Fulenn".
Fulenn is written by Marine Lavigne and Alvan Morvan Rosius.
C'est vous qui décidez
First round
Second round
| Voting | 50% jury 50% televoting |
Alvan & Ahez
Alvan is a 29 year old singer from Rennes and is famous on the Electro scene. Alvan notably performed at the Trans Musicales in Rennes.
The group Ahez is composed of Marine Lavigne, Sterenn Diridollou and Sterenn Le Guillou.The group is known for performing Breton traditional heritage songs. They took part in the Festival Interceltique de Lorient and the Celtic Connections in Glasgow. They write songs in Breton, and mostly about contemporary stories mixed with myths of their region.
Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez!
Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez! was hosted by Laurence Boccolini and Stéphane Bern. After the first round, 5 songs were selected by the public televote and 1 Song was selected as a wildcard by the 10 member jury. The jury consisted of Jenifer Bartoli, Gjon's Tears (Switzerland 2020 and 2021), Nicoletta Grisoni, Cyril Féraud, Yseult Onguenet, Agustín Galiana, Élodie Gossuin, André Manoukian, Joyce Jonathan and Sundy Jules.
Barbara Pravi (France 2021) featured in the interval act.
France in Eurovision Song Contest
France is a grand old country in Eurovision. They have participated 62 times since the start of Eurovision in 1956.
The best results are five victories in 1977, 1969, 1962, 1960, 1958. The latest victory was in 1977 – 44 years ago! The worst result was in 2014, where France ended last in the Grand Final.
France is a member of "Big 5", so they don't have to go through the semi-final-qualifications, but are automatically qualified for the Grand Finals.
