"Oh Maman !" () is a song by French singer

Lissandro Lissandro Formica (born 2 October 2009), known mononymously as Lissandro, is a French singer best known for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "". Previously, in 2020, he reached the final of the seventh season of the ...

, released as a

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on 28 October 2022. It was France's winning entry in the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 20th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV). The contest took place on ...

. Lissandro, aged 13 at the time, won the competition with a total of 203 points, 23 points ahead of second-placed Armenia, earning France its second overall victory at the contest.

Composition

The song was written by (music and lyrics) and

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(lyrics).

Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Selection, announcement and release

On 28 October 2022,

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announced having selected Lissandro with a song titled "Oh Maman !" to represent France at the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest, often known simply as Junior Eurovision, is an international children's Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 2003. Each part ...

that would be held in Yerevan, Armenia, on 11 December. On the same day, the song was released as a

. The accompanying music video was unveiled on November 6.

Victory

On 11 December, Lissandro won the Junior Eurovision with a total of 203 points, 23 points ahead of second-placed Armenia and 42 points ahead of third-placed Georgia. This was France's second overall victory at the contest, after that of Valentina in 2020 with her song "

J'imagine "J'imagine" (, ) is a song by French singer Valentina, released as a single on 16 October 2020. The song's lyrics were inspired by the isolation and separation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. "J'imagine" was France's winning entry in the Ju ...

Track listing

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* {{authority control 2022 songs Songs in French Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest winning songs Junior Eurovision songs 2022 singles MCA Records singles Songs written by Frédéric Chateau