Eurovision South Africa has started with the candidates in the AFRI  FRIEND AWARDS, it is the third country – FINLAND, the third  category – OTHER LANGUAGE COVERS – and the second candidate SI BEAU EST LE CIEL by Finnish singer JASMINE.

SI BEAU EST LE CIEL is a French cover of the 1996 Eurovision entry from Finland Niim kaunis on taivas by Jasmine who sang it in Finnish at Eurovision.