EUROVISION ADDICT: Andriamad: "Our goal is to sing, give joy and bring people together"

Photo: Roxane Moreau

Now it's time to say hello to France and to Cécile and Kévin, one the 12 acts that are in the running to become the French entry for ESC 2021, here are Andriamad's answers:

Name: Andriamad

Birthday: The official birthday of the band is 9 December 2016! ;)

Height: Our height with both size is 3m26!

Favorite color: Yellow

What’s your strangest talent? Cécile can make a thumbs up with her foot!

What is the strangest thing you have in your room? Kévin has a pillow with eyes

What are you really good at? Cécile is really good at painting!

What are you really bad at? Kévin and Cécile: Rolling a cigarette

Childhood memory: Kévin: I remember how much i loved building a tree house

Celebrity crush: Cécile: Meryl Streep!

Who would you cast to play you in a movie about your life? Kévin: The guy acting in a new Netflix Italian Movie: Elio Germano

What would the title of that movie be? Kévin: My life in the cloud

Favorite movie: Cécile: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Favorite TV series: Cécile: '10%' a french serie ;)

Dish/Snack/Beverage/Candy we should try if we ever visit France: Boeuf Bourguignon/Cornichon/Cidre/La Vosgienne!

What is your guilty pleasure? French Brand with Chocolate

Can you recommend us a song (old or new) from an French artist? Les Otaries from Arne Vinzon, He talks about a walk in the Zoo of Vincennes...

Can you teach us some interesting words in French? Embauchoire, Marche Pied and Salle à manger (Can you check on google? it's gonna be funny)

Hi there! Welcome to the eurovision universe, how are you doing?

Hi! We take time for the first time of our life, to answer to a lot of interviews! this is cool no?

How did you meet each other?

Cécile: We met four years ago, by a common friend. At this time Kevin wanted to make a duet and he has sent a request on socials networks. Our friend told me : "Look Cécile! A friend of mine wants to do a duet! Please let me send to him your old song! It's time for you to go back to the music!". (Indeed, four years ago I didn't want to do music anymore). But my friend sent my songs to Kevin and his answer was positive. He wanted to see me. Next week I went to his music studio in Montreuil. We tried to make some music, it was a reel meet!

How would you describe the sound of Andriamad?

Kévin: We sing electro tropical music. We want first to bring people together! Make them dance and give some good vibes!

You are one of the participants of Eurovision France 2021. How did it all begin?

We wanted to participate in this year's selection! We worked on a song and we sent to the Eurovision team for the preselection without expectation, and they appreciated the track! :)

"Alléluia” is the title of your song, what’s the story behind it?

Cécile: It's about diversity. :) We composed the song a few months ago in our little studio in Paris, and we decided to write a peaceful song for the period we have just been through. 'Alléluia' talks about openminding, tolerance and positive curiosity about the others.

Kévin: What we hope the most is to bring people together no matter who you are or where you are from. Indeed, we wanted to celebrate the differences between people, give them a positive vibe. We also wanted to include a word that can be understood by everyone, and have the capacity to celebrate life in joy, so we chose to sing some 'Allléuia" between our lyrics.

How do you feel about the reaction your song has been getting from the fans?

Just before the release of the presentation, people didn't know us apart from an underground circle in france. So of course we are super surprised to see all of the messages and fan videos of the ESC. All of this is like booster for us! They give us the energy to give our best!!

Our goal is to share a peaceful message, for us it is as important as the music. Since the beginning of Andriamad, each song has a specific message, about differences, tolerance, earth, respect and hope, we try to have a positive angle of view in our lyrics.

But, we can't tell that we don't want to win. Of course, if we win, we would be super proud and happy! But it is not our principal goal. Our goal is to sing, give joy and bring people together.

What can we expect to see on stage for the performance?

COLORFUL AND DANCING. For the rest... surprise. 😉

Have you heard any of the other songs in the competition? Any favorite?

Yes we heard every other song, we already have our secret favorite song ;)

But we want everyone equal so we will keep it a secret :)

The use of prerecorded backing vocals in the Eurovision performances will be allowed next year and that has set some kind of debate since some find it great but others think it could hurt the contest, as a singer what are your thoughts on this topic?

We love harmonies and we use a lot of gimmick vocal backing in our song 'Alléluia', for example we want the 'Same same same same' part sang by 10 voices, so we can do that! it's cool!