Since the live show on Sunday, there has been mixed interest and confusion on social media as to who a number of the performers during the interval at the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest actually were!
If you’re not from the country, then you may have been baffled as to who exactly the gospel/soul ‘French Lizzo‘ that performed during the common song and We Are The World rendition was. You may have also been wondering where you recognised the talented piano player performing favourites such as Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You during the JESC 2023 final too, or maybe enjoyed his variety of French Junior Eurovision piano versions during the opening ceremony at the luxorious Le Negrosco hotel on the Promenade des Anglais last week.
‘French Lizzo‘ or ‘French Alison Hammond‘ (as descibed by some UK viewers) is actually a singer-songwriter from Paris, called Florence François!
She has her own Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts, along with a YouTube channel featuring cover versions of songs by soul artists such as Aretha Franklin and Etta James, as well as pop acts such as P!nk and Dua Lipa!
The pianist that you saw perform during the live show is a famous French YouTuber called Van Toan (with almost 4 million subscribers on the platform!) He is also a TikTok influencer with over 9.7 Million followers! Van can also be found on Instagram too. Check out his social channels below:
https://www.instagram.com/vantoan___/
https://www.tiktok.com/@vantoan___
https://www.youtube.com/@vantoan_
During the interval of the live final, you would of also seen previous French Junior Eurovision Song Contest winning acts, Lissandro and Valentina, plus the 2016 French Eurovision entrant, Amir with his lively performance of the fanstastic, J’ai cherché!
Images: Florence Françoi / Van Toan @ YouTube