“By mutual agreement, we decided not to leave together next year. Tom has a very busy schedule and we want to bring the Eurovision brand to life. France 2's entertainment director, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, announced to us on Saturday that Tom Leeb would not be France's candidate in Rotterdam on May 22, 2021. The coronavirus and the cancellation of the competition, there is a months, showered the dreams of the singer-actor-comedian of 31 years who, decidedly, will not have had any luck with "The Best In Me".
France 2 wants to "bring the Eurovision brand to life". That is to say ? "We need to get Eurovision back on the table as quickly as possible," says Alexandra Redde-Amiel. Two years without Eurovision is a very long time! We therefore decided to launch a public selection and a call for candidates as of June 29. We will select the candidate during a major broadcast in a large hall in the region three or four months before the competition in Rotterdam ”.
"There will be a jury, but the public will have the power. But it will not be a Eurovision bis Destination , specifies the head of the Eurovision delegation. We realized with the cancellation of the competition that we really needed communion. Eurovision must be event-driven and live all year round. We are looking for talents! Wasn't Tom Leeb one of them? “We are disappointed not to have experienced Eurovision with him, but not disappointed with the artist he is becoming. As we showed at the Fête de la Musique on Friday evening, we will continue to accompany Tom. "
"Eurovision was a bonus in my journey"
Aware that Eurovision made him gain notoriety and experience, Tom Leeb takes things with philosophy. "It's like a canceled dinner," he says. Eurovision was a bonus in my journey, a sublime opportunity that was timely this year. But my luck is over. I resume the normal course of things. The next Eurovision competition is a year away, it is far away, and I have other projects which are coming to fruition or are being put in place. "
The musician, who signed with producer Live Nation for his concerts, unveiled this Friday "Silver Lining", the first song of an album to be released in the coming months. The actor, he shot for TF1 in the second season of the series “Infidèle”, with Claire Keim, and in two feature films, “C'est la Vie”, by Julien Rambaldi, and “Pourris gâtés” by Nicolas Cuche, which will be released respectively at the end of December and in February 2021. "And I have other filming projects," adds Tom Leeb, who clearly turned the page.