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© Matador
French 2010 entry
Snippet of Allez ola available online
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Jessy Matador was internally selected by France Télévisions to represent France at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. The song is also intended to promote the FIFA World Cup over the public television channels in France.
France will compete in the final on May 29, since it is a member of the Big-4.
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Everybody would like this song if sung by skinny fag wearing a tank top. That's a fact!
Where did this come from???I think many people like the song with the current singer!I quite like it even though i believe it's unoriginal and not a TOP-10 material!By the way,a skinny whatever wearing whatever wouldn't suit the song!It would sound like a joke entry!Think better next time Fabio!
Could even win..! Very happy and reminds football's song! galantis. athens
Whole song here
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=yL1jkDS_2k0
It will score enough well, but will get no points from Ireland :-)
good song . its not slow
hellalujah 
I find it very cool Enough of the boring ballads
Better than other french entries 
LOVE IT
You have several live videos on youtube about Jessy Matador and he's VERY good live, so please ...
The BEST entry this year by far, amongst these dull entries and booring folk songs !
Jessy Matador to win ESC 2010 ! At least a someone takes pleasure, has some nice mood and makes people happy with his song!
FRISH FROM BELGIUM
Where have you seen that live performance, do you have the link?
It could be that they don't want to waste their energy now but at eurovision they can surprise us, with special choreography and effort
This is fun "Alez Ola, Tout le monde!" c'mon, everybody" but not wise enaugh win as "Everybody" Estonia 2001. But it can go near, for now I prdict it can be 2nd place after Turkey song
My prediction
1. Turkey, Manga "We could be the same"
2. France, Jessy Matador "Alez ola"
@Fabio:
You're totally right! Sad but true.
I'm so pleasantly surprised by the entry and will be rooting for my own country this year again! Its outcome will be unpredictable - but hey, it's gonna be fun anyway!
the best song that france had ever send
sounds ok. Sounds a bit like a country's song for a World Cup Football
Unfortunately i've seen performance live of this singer and
it's worst than studio version.
I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!!!
It's bloody awful, but I love it!
In previous years this song would have no chance to be even noticed. But this year, it may do well only because of high number of ballads. Pure Club Med/Soccer picnic/Birthday/Barmizva hit... Dance, don't think, repeat after me:
"Alez, ola, olé !
Tu sais que je fais du blé...
La, la, la, li, li
Et puis ... merde !"
Sounds fresh and modern but a bit cheap and repetitive.
Nothing special. Definitely not in my Top 15. Anyway good luck France & Jesse Matador.
I like it!!! Finally, some fresh modern breeze in this bad year! I couldn't stand another ballad! Plus, this is exactly what hits the french charts so it's a song that could be heard on any radio accross Europe!! I think this was a very good choice from France....my only doubt is that it can sound too repetitive at some point, but the final version could correct that! Wow...for the second year France sends something very good, it seems to me it's back in the race!!
Good luck France!
Forgettable, unoriginal, and boring. The odds for my faves just keep getting better.
Everybody would like this song if sung by skinny fag wearing a tank top. That's a fact! 
I quite like it. One more ballad and I was going to die!
I think my top 10 could be this way:
1. Sweden
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. Israel
5. Switzerland
6. Ireland
7. Cyprus
8. France
9. Denmark
10. Finland
Finally a good song, there's to many boring ballads, except for Belarus, Ireland and Belgium.
I like France's song, maybe not the winner but is one of the Top songs
Utter crap! From the point of view of musical complexity - it can compare only to Moldova. No wonder it's catchy - if i kept playing the same four notes on any musical instrument for 3 minutes - it would be catchy as hell!
La PouBelle indeed!
I LOVE IT. I cant stand anymore all these boring ballads and all ethno traditional songs. The best by far for me.
Dimitris
i can't see it as winner of course, actually it will be far from that, but it's GREAT really!
How can people find this entry a quality song?How can they see this as a potential winner?Is it catchy?Yes!Is it up-tempo fun song?Yes!Is it overrated because of the too many ballads?YES!
I think France will do well also this year. By the moment, France enters in my top 10 moving Serbia from 10th to 11th:
1. Estonia
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. Israel
5. Switzerland
6. Ireland
7. Finland
8. France
9. Denmark
10. Lithuania
mon Dieu!!
C'est horrible.
I'm sorry France but this is a totally crap, banal song. Awful. Written for children? No - even the kids have more sense than this.
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