France’s public broadcaster has announced today internal selected La Zarra for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023! Her song will be released at a later date.
La Zarra says on her participation:
I am very proud to have the chance to perform my song in front of millions of viewers around the world. I am a great admirer of the most beautiful French voices such as Edith Piaf, Barbara, Dalida, but also Céline Dion, and I am so excited to make all Europeans discover my song which I hope will become theirs.
I am very honored to represent France at Eurovision, the most iconic song contest in the world, says La Zarra.
Until her song for Eurovision 2023 has not yet been released, let’s have a look at one of her hit “Tu t’en iras”. Last June she shared the music video for the song and got countless new fans and watching the view count rocket above 18 million.
Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Head of Delegation for France, about La Zarra:
From our first meeting, La Zarra won us over! What an honour to welcome this great artist in the Eurovision family! Mysterious, inspiring, charismatic, La Zarra is a woman and a modern artist with a chic French signature! A voice that transports us through time by making us travel to different eras. From Barbara through Brel or Dalida to Marylin Monroe, La Zarra is an iconic artist who will carry the colors of France in Liverpool in May 2023 during the largest song contest in the world.
La Zarra, is a 25-year-old Canadian-Moroccan singer. She’d been heavily rumored to be the French Eurovision artist over the last year. La Zarra participated in the casting for the French national selection in 2021, C’est vous qui décidez, but didn’t made the cut.