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10.4.02

France reveals its Eurovision singer to la publique



Thanks to B&K, I was able to see France3's TV special on Sandrine Francois last night. Called 'En Route Pour l'Eurovision', the programme was a useful vehicle for presenting Sandrine Francois to the French public. Imagine 'An Audience With..' crossed with 'This Is Your Life' and you get the idea. Two hours and no ad breaks either - pretty good exposure for her, even if some of it was deliberately aimed at embarrassing her.

There was a mix of studio guests, music, and filmed inserts, while Sandrine sat and chatted with the two blond presenters. In fact, there was an awful lot of blond hair on display, but it was clear from the film clips that Sandrine is not a natural blonde herself! All this chat was interspersed with lots of music, although possibly not enough from Mlle Francois herself.

Writer of 'Il Faut Du Temps', Patrick Bruel, turned up and did an acoustic duet with Sandrine. Then we had Natasha St. Pier, last year's French Eurovision entrant, and Lara Fabian, (4th for Luxembourg in 1988), both singing and chatting.

During the show, we had loads and loads of film clips. The good thing about these was that although some of them were the usual suspects, there were loads of other ones too, some of which, I hold my hands up, I don't remember seeing before! (Gasp!)

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