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Eurovision Junior: Valentina gives France its first victory

2020-11-29T20:06:38.713Z


Valentina, 11, won Eurovision Junior with her song “J'imagine”. France had never won this competition, and it does


Cock-a-doodle Doo!

It is an 11 year old girl who offers France's first victory at Eurovision since ... 1977!

The Junior version, reserved for children aged 9 to 14, was broadcast this Sunday on France 2, live from Warsaw (Poland).

And it is little Valentina, the French candidate who faced competitors from 11 other countries, who came out ahead with 200 points, ahead of her counterpart from Kazakhstan (152 points).

The presenters kept the suspense going until the last second.

France led the jury's vote, it remained so at 6:53 p.m. when the addition of the public vote fell.

When the result was announced, Valentina cried with joy as she continued to hop with glee in her pink tulle dress.

It must be said that the young girl with the mischievous green eyes was, without being chauvinistic, the most sparkling and the most joyful of the candidates.

Around her and her dancers paraded drawings of rainbows, candies, donuts, all in colors, matching the joyful rhythm of her title, "I imagine".

"The goal of this song is really to send a positive message, to imagine a better world, the world of tomorrow where we would all be united", explained the winner on the France Télévisions website before the show.

"Solar, sparkling"

“J'imagine” was written and composed by the duo Barbara Pravi and Igit, already at the origin of “Bim Bam Toi”, by Carla Lazzari, who finished 5th at Eurovision 2019. The director of entertainment for France Televisions, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, who led the French delegation to Eurovision, loves this young singer.

“Valentina is sunny, sparkling.

When she arrived with

J'imagine

, it was obvious.

A favorite!

"

At 11, Valentina is not a novice in competitions.

She started at 7 years old in the show "The Voice Kids", of TF1, singing Laura Pausini, of which her mother is a fan.

The girl had "lived well her elimination", confided her mother, an Italian teacher.

She will keep her coach Geraldine from this adventure, who accompanied her until the Eurovision Junior.

In 2018, Valentina joined the New Generation Kids United.

She begins a 30 Zenith tour with the musical troupe, participates with the Kids in Unicef ​​missions to raise awareness of children's rights around the world and the Green Team project, which mobilizes young artists to the ecological cause.

In 6th grade in a college in Rennes, Valentina was rocked by the sweet songs of her mother.

This little Breton girl with an angelic smile sings all the time.

“I will not be able to live in a world without music,” she says.

The college girl has developed an impressive fan base on social networks, accumulating more than 300,000 subscribers.

His video "I imagine" has been viewed over 2 million times.

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If her lifelong idol is Ariana Grande, alongside the voices of Celine Dion and Whitney Houston, Valentina also likes French rap artists Niska, Ninho, Vegedream and Booba.

And sings Laura Pausini's arias in Italian.

Source: leparis

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