Who is Lou Deleuze? Meet the representative of France for Junior Eurovision 2025

Junior Eurovision 2025 is just around the corner. The children’s contest will be held in the city of Tbilisi, located in Georgia. Thanks to the victory of Andria Putkaradze with the song “To My Mom” in Madrid 2024, Georgians will be able to enjoy the children’s festival in their own country for the second time, as they did in 2017.

In the case of France, the song “Comme Ci, Comme Ça” performed by Titouan placed a solid fourth with a total of 177 points. France has maintained a streak of good results since its return to the children’s contest in Minsk 2018: they have won three times, two of them consecutively, and their lowest position so far was sixth place with 78 points with the song “Si On Voulait Bien” by Thomas Pontier in Lillehammer 2004.

This year is the moment for Lou Deleuze, the artist that French television has internally selected to represent France at Junior Eurovision 2025. The young artist had already participated in the broadcaster’s selection process in 2024, but ultimately the chosen representative was Titouan.

In this 23rd edition of the children’s festival, Lou Deleuze will take the Eurovision stage with the song “Ce Monde,” aiming to reach Georgia with its fourth victory in its successful record at the Junior Eurovision Festival.

This is Lou Deleuze: France’s new child star

Lou Deleuze, born on March 23, 2014, is an 11-year-old artist whose life has always been connected to music. From a young age, she showed an inner world full of melancholy, poetry, and tenderness, traits that define her style. Her character combines strength and delicacy, conveying an emotional maturity surprising for her age. At seven, she debuted in film with Le Parfum vert (2022) by Nicolas Pariser, and appeared in short films such as Poupée and Une Nuit.

Her rise to fame came with Les Dents du bonheur, a role that earned her the Unifrance Award for Best Female Performance in 2023 at the Cannes Festival. In 2024, she played Alma in Le rendez-vous de l’été and participated in Louna. In 2025, she stood out in Maldoror by Fabrice Du Welz and is currently filming Happy Deal. She has also acted on television, in Paris Police 1905 and Léo Mattéï, where she played Mathilde Dumont.

Music is her most intimate means of expression. She released covers of “Désenchantée,” “Papaoutai,” “Donne-moi ton amour,” and “Rêver,” and in 2024 launched her original songs “Allo la Terre” and “Jeux d’enfants.” She admires Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Hoshi, and Linh, who wrote “Ce monde” for her. Outside of art, Lou loves animals, lives with her dog Umu, adores bubble tea, writes stories on her typewriter, and enjoys rain, skiing, horseback riding, climbing, and piano.

“Ce monde” is written in French by the Niçois R&B and soul singer Linh. It is a typical chanson française song in the style of Barbara Pravi’s Voilà, combining childlike innocence with a surprisingly mature awareness. The lyrics reflect the view of a girl who observes the world with tenderness but also concern, and feels called to act to transform it.

This is “Ce Monde”, France’s entry for Junior Eurovision 2025

On her second attempt to represent France in Junior Eurovision, Lou Deleuze succeeded. This time, luck smiled on the young artist as she was selected to represent the French country in the contest. She will perform the song “Ce Monde,” which was officially presented on September 29 on the official Junior Eurovision channel on YouTube and across all digital platforms.

“Ce Monde” is a song about idealism, hope, and the determination to change the world, despite it being in a “cold” and “unhappy” (malheureux) state. In the song, Lou Deleuze addresses a person who seems to look at her with some skepticism (“Pourquoi tu m’regardes comme ça”), believing that this person considers it naive or childish that she doesn’t realize the real problems of the world.

Among the main themes of the song are awareness of suffering, in which the artist knows perfectly well that the world suffers but refuses to accept it passively. She also expresses the desire for change, so that hope, love, and the blue sky return.

Additionally, there is a plea that if she is given “the future” and “all the love,” she promises to “make that future bloom” and to reignite the day and the world of tomorrow. Finally, there is a certain determination in the face of the collective pessimism of others, emphasizing that the world of tomorrow is a responsibility and property of all the people who inhabit it.

The French candidacy features a carefully crafted music video released on October 22. The video has a cinematographic aesthetic, playing with close-ups of Lou Deleuze in black and white to simulate a gray world. Gradually, the environment begins to bloom and fill her city with red roses and an explosion of colors. Additionally, the video includes English subtitles.

“Ce Monde” was created by Linh, the pseudonym of Pauline Thisse, and composers Jonathan Thyssens and John Claes. The production of the song involves the same composers, and its release is managed by the record label Jo&Co, which belongs to the independent music company Believe Music.

Lyrics of Ce Monde

France in Junior Eurovision

France debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Lillehammer 2004, when Thomas Pontier performed “Si On Voulait Bien,” achieving a sixth place with 78 points. Despite the good result, France 3 decided to withdraw from the contest, considering it did not fit their programming, resulting in an absence of more than a decade.

The return came in 2018 with Angélina and her song “Jamais sans toi,” which achieved second place with 203 points, marking the start of a golden era. In 2019, Carla performed “Bim Bam Toi,” reaching fifth place, although her song became a global viral phenomenon on TikTok, transcending the contest.

The great victory arrived in 2020 with Valentina and “J’imagine,” France’s first-ever win in the history of the festival with 200 points. Thanks to that achievement, France hosted Junior Eurovision 2021 in Paris, where Enzo achieved third place with “Tic Tac.” In 2022, Lissandro secured France’s second victory with “Oh Maman!” in Yerevan, reaching 203 points with a mix of children’s rock and stage energy.

The highlight came in 2023, when Zoé Clauzure won in Nice with “Cœur,” scoring 228 points, the highest French score in the contest and their third victory in four years.

Finally, in Madrid 2024, Titouan Hervo represented the country with “Comme ci comme ça,” a song about inclusion and diversity that obtained fourth place with 177 points, consolidating France as the absolute benchmark of the junior festival.