"Évidemment" (; ) is a song by Canadian singer

La Zarra Fatima-Zahra Hafdi (born 25 August 1987), known professionally as La Zarra (), is a Canadian singer and songwriter based in France. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool with the song "Évidemment". Biography ...

, released on 19 February 2023. The song represented France in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is the upcoming 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Liverpool, United Kingdom, after , winner of the with the song "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra, was unable to meet the demand ...

after La Zarra was internally selected by France Télévisions, the French broadcaster for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

Eurovision Song Contest

Internal selection

On 13 January 2023, France Télévisions officially announced that the broadcaster had internally selected

to represent France in the

, with the song officially released on 19 February 2023. According to La Zarra, the song she had created was made specifically for the

. On 16 February, La Zarra officially announced that the title of her song for the contest was "Évidemment".

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the " Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final on 13 May 2023. In addition to its participation in the final, France was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 31 January 2023, when it was announced that France would be voting in the first semi-final.

Charts

References

{{Eurovision Song Contest 2023 2023 songs 2023 singles Eurovision songs of 2023 Eurovision songs of France Universal Music Group singles