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| All French chanson singers aspire to the heights of Piaf. |
France has decided to go old school this year at Eurovision by sending a classically trained chanson singer to Vienna.
Lisa Angell "N'oubliez pas"
The song was first performed at a concert commemorating the centenary of the First World War and specifically was meant to invoke the memory of that time period.
In other words it doesn't sound like a traditional Eurovision song and because of that I wasn't expecting much from "N'oubliez pas".
Yeah, you know what's coming next. I love the song. It does evoke the "classy" early years of the contest, and Angell is quite a performer.
My only quibble with the song is that she doesn't have the connection with the camera. Angell performed the song to the audience. While that means she got a wonderful reaction, the song falls a bit flat on the screen.
However, with a little work and a good placing on the final, I could see Angell getting a respectable result on the scoreboard. It's not a winning song, but it is one that has the potential to get votes. It's something you can't say with many of the French entries in past years.
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