{"id":146492,"date":"2025-05-31T09:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T09:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/146492\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T09:50:14","slug":"france-kendji-girac-open-to-eurovision-2026-eurovision-news-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/146492\/","title":{"rendered":"France: Kendji Girac open to Eurovision 2026! &#8211; Eurovision News | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"658\">Although the 69th Eurovision Song Contest wrapped up two weeks ago, the months ahead are promised to be exciting as well, with countries unveiling their plans for the next edition and artists beginning to express interest in representing their countries. Following the success of this year\u2019s event, Eurovision is gaining even more visibility, with well-known artists eyeing the Eurovision stage. Meanwhile, one of France\u2019s biggest stars has now thrown his name into the mix.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"660\" data-end=\"700\">Kendji Girac open to Eurovision 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"1022\">The impact of Louane, who represented France at Eurovision 2025, is already being felt, as fellow French singer <strong>Kendji Girac<\/strong> has now shown serious interest in the contest. In a recent interview with T\u00e9l\u00e9 Star, Girac said he is open to the idea of representing France at Eurovision 2026, provided the opportunity arises.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"1022\">\u201cI\u2019ve already thought about it. My team always pushes me to move forward. So why not?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1412\">This isn\u2019t Girac\u2019s first time \u201cflirting\u201d with Eurovision. Back in 2019, he mentioned the idea but noted the pressure and stress involved. However, his recent comments show greater readiness and maturity.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1438\">Who is Kendji Girac?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1440\" data-end=\"1950\">The 28-years-old Kendji Girac, of Catalan descent, first rose to fame after winning the third season of \u201cThe Voice France\u201d. Though initially seen as an underdog, he not only emerged victorious but also became one of the most commercially successful winners in the show\u2019s history. Over the past decade, Girac has released six albums, many of which have topped the French charts. Notably, two of those albums have earned diamond certification.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1440\" data-end=\"1950\">\n<p><strong>Would you like to see Kendji Girac on the Eurovision stage? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.fr\/kendji-girac-candidat-pour-leurovision-2026-malgre-la-defaite-de-louane-mon-equipe-me-pousse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public.fr\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the 69th Eurovision Song Contest wrapped up two weeks ago, the months ahead are promised to be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,63014,63015,36,63016],"class_list":{"0":"post-146492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-eurovision-2026-france","11":"tag-eurovision-france","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-kendji-girac"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114601828425033241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}