{"id":102818,"date":"2023-05-14T03:03:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T03:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/14\/canadian-singer-competing-for-france-at-eurovision-2023-finale\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T03:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T03:03:15","slug":"canadian-singer-competing-for-france-at-eurovision-2023-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/14\/canadian-singer-competing-for-france-at-eurovision-2023-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian singer competing for France at Eurovision 2023 finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font measurement<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=3knoi0mr1#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font measurement<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=3knoi0mr1#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Born and raised in Montreal, Canadian singer La Zarra is aiming for France\u2019s first win in 46 years on the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/eurovision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eurovision<\/a> 2023 track contest finale Saturday night time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The singer, 35, whose title is Fatima Zahra Hafdi, presently lives in Paris. She was handpicked by the nation\u2019s public broadcaster France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions to characterize the nation at this yr\u2019s competitors along with her French-language track <em>\u00c9videmment.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"gallery\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-counter__current\">1<\/span><span class=\"c-counter__total\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--slide c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\" data-in-gallery=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tLa Zarra of France throughout the flag ceremony earlier than throughout the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, Saturday, May 13, 2023.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t(AP Photo\/Martin Meissner)\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Eurovision, she co-wrote and co-produced the observe with different Montreal artists Benny Adam and Banx &amp; Ranx, who&#8217;ve been chargeable for mega hits by Dua Lipa, David Guetta and Ellie Goulding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9693461\/eurovision-song-contest-ukraine-zelenskyy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eurovision organizers reject Zelenskyy\u2019s request to make video handle at contest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hafdi was raised by Francophone Canadian mother and father of Moroccan descent.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s following Quebec mega artist Celine Dion\u2019s footsteps, who represented Switzerland at Eurovision again in 1998.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"GWfbEFH9NvQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Zarra - \u00c9videmment | France \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 | Official Music Video | Eurovision 2023\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWfbEFH9NvQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This yr\u2019s competitors marks the primary time non-competing nations can take part and vote.<\/p>\n<p>France is relying on La Zarra to rally supporters from her residence nation of Canada, her household\u2019s residence nation of Morocco and different French talking nations.<\/p>\n<p>Her 2021 single <em>Tu t\u2019en iras<\/em> went platinum and she or he was nominated for a number of awards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This marks the second time a French Canadian artist is representing France. 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La Zarra is presently ranked sixth out of 26 contestants forward of Saturday night time\u2019s finale in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Votes might be forged on the Eurovision web site or app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_64604c101b7e1-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 7 videos. 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