Madame Monsieur has just won the final of Destination Eurovision after an exciting show that featured eight potential candidates. They will sing the song ‘Mercy’ on 12th May in Lisbon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RROBzwGJNeo
After two semi-finals and four qualifiers from each one, the line-up for the show looked as follows:
- Lisandro Cuxi – Eva
- Emmy Liyana – OK ou KO
- Malo’ – Ciao
- Louka – Mamma mia
- Madame Monsieur – Mercy
- Max Cinnamon – Ailleurs
- Nassi – Rêve de Gamin
- Igit – Lisboa Jérusalem
At today’s show, the candidates performed twice as they also sang duet songs with guest artists. The winner was decided by a 50/50 combination of televoting and the voting of an international jury panel made up of ten members:
- Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan (Eurovision 2016)
- Belarus: Olga Salamakha (Head of Delegation)
- Bulgaria: Ivan Katsarev
- Finland: Terhi Norvasto
- Iceland: Felix Bergsson (Head of Delegation)
- Israel: Tali Eshkoli
- Italy: Nicola Caligiore (Head of Delegation)
- Russia: Sergueï Pavlov
- Sweden: Christer Björkman (Head of Delegation)
- Switzerland: Reto Peritz (Head of Delegation)
You can find the final scoreboard below:
The last year’s French representative Alma passed the baton to the winner at the end of the show.
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