The French song presentation took place during the entertainment show “Chabada” on the 7th of March. It was revealed in late January that 21 year old French Tenor, Amaury Vassili, was to sing the French entry. It was then revealed that he would be singing a song in the regional language of Coriscan called “Sognu” or ‘dream’.
The day before his performance on Chabada the official video was launched and immediately caused a lot of talk throughout the internet. This then caused a lot of interest in his performance on TV. The first time I heard it, it reminded me of 2 of my most facourite pieces of music - Vangelis “Conquest of Paradise” and Ravel’s “Bolero”.
Unfortunately, Amaury was not singing live, however unlike many cases I am not too worried about this. He is obviously a good singer and is used to giving live performances and show sand has a ‘back catalogue’. The stage was not particularly big and he stood alone, although he did have some instrumental backing. He was wearing a red and black leather jacket that seemed slightly military in style. He had very good stage presence and his facial expressions changed during the different tempos and moods of the music
During the instrumental part half way through the audience applauds quite madly and he seems very pleased with this reaction. Also at this point the music starts to grow and the beat of the music feel like it is going faster and more pronounced and makes it all very intriguing. At the end there is more applause and a standing ovation.
This song and this performer are very special. Compared to almost everything selected up to now it has a panache and a class nothing else has. No, it is not a Eurovision song but it stands out so much that the voting public, especially those classically minded will vote for it. He is also not that bad looking! I also think the juries will love this song. I think this song will shake up Eurovision and may well be a vote for the re-integration of the orchestra!
SINGER – Amaury Vassili
SONG – Songu (Dream)
MUSIC – Daniel Moyne, Quentin Bachelet
WORDS – Jean-Pierre Marcellesi
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