2025
Hosted in: Tbilisi, Georgia Won by: France - Ce monde by Lou Deleuze This is sixth part of the French monopoly saga: Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no… After Georgia claimed the title of most JESC wins outright in 2024 with what is still the greatest JESC entry ever, at the expense of the ever-so-dominant France, they are back to host the contest in 2025. In Tbilisi, just in a different gymnasium. After the many controversies of last year’s contest, the contest was finally back where it should belong: No AI (even if Armenia’s and Malta’s used one during their respective music videos), back to the same old voting procedure (unfortunately), contested by 16 countries and one looming problem. Since the start of this decade, France has been the mark to beat in this contest, being beaten only twice up until this point since their first win in 2020 : 2021 and 2024. Yes, may I remind you that they have won back to back before, and no they refused to host 2024. Their entry this year was a b...