France: Tom Leeb's song for Eurovision 2020 released
Tom Leeb's song for Eurovision Song Contest 2020, "The Best in Me" has been official released tonight, live from the Eiffel Tower in Paris
A month ago French broadcaster France 2 confirmed that 30-year old Tom Leeb will represent the country in Eurovision Song Contest 2020.
Tonight his song The Best in Me was officially released, while it was already released on digital streaming services in other countries prior to the official release.
"The Best In Me" is a ballad composed by Peter Boström and Thomas G:son. The lyrics are by John Lundvik (Sweden 2019), Amir Haddad (France 2016), Léa Ivanne and Tom Leeb himself.
Tom Leeb
Tom Leeb is an actor, comedian and singer-songwriter from Paris, where he grew up in a musical family. His father is the famous French comedian Michel Leeb, his mother Béatrice Malicet is a journalist and his sister Fanny Leeb is a singer too, well known from the French version of the Voice in 2013.
Tom lived in New York for five years, where he studied theatre, cinema, singing and dance.
In 2013, he was chosen for his first role, Tom in the series Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez , and also played the role of Adrien in Section de Recherches. In 2014, he played along with his father in the theatrical play Mrs. Doubtfire.
The Eurovision Song Contest is an iconic and unifying event; I am so proud to be representing France and I can't wait to live this experience with you all.Tom Leeb
When questioned about Eurovision, Tom answered to the following:
– The Eurovision Song Contest is an iconic and unifying event; I am so proud to be representing France and I can't wait to live this experience with you all.
France decided to have an internal selection after two years of national finals.
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 – 43 years ago! The worst result was in 2014, where France ended last in the Grand Final, and in the last 16 years, they only managed twice to be in top-10.
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.
