The broadcaster France 2 has revealed the 18 contestants for "Destination Eurovision 2019" – next year's French selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Destination Eurovision 2019 – Acts

Aysat – "Comme une grande"

Battista Acquaviva – "Passio"

Bilal Hassani – "Roi"

Chimene Badi – "Là-haut"

Doutson – "Sois un bon fils"

Emmanuel Moire – "La promesse"

Florina – "In the Shadow"

Gabriella – "On cherche encore (Never get enough)"

Lautner – "J'ai pas le temps"

Mazy – "Oulala"

Naestro – "Le brasier"

Noémie – "Ma petite famille"

PhilipElise – "Madame la paix"

Seemone – "Tous les deux"

Silvàn Areg – "Allez leur dire" (changed from "Le petit Nicolas")

The Divaz – "La voix d'Aretha"

Tracy de Sà – "Por aqui"

Ugo – "Ce qui me blesse"

Destination Eurovision 2019

The expert panel for Destination Eurovision 2019 (Photo: FT)

Destination Eurovision 2019 will consist of three live shows: Two semi-finals and one final.

9 acts will compete in each of the semi-finals, where the best 4 from each will proceed to the final.

The results – both in the semi-finals and final – will be decided by a 50/50 combination of public voting and voting from an international jury including representatives from 20 countries.

The expert panel for Destination Eurovision 2019 (Photo: FT)

A panel of three experts will give their comments to each of the performances, but will not vote. The experts are Christophe Willem, VITAA and André Manoukian.

France 2018: Madame Monsieur - "Mercy"

France is a grand old country in Eurovision. They have participated 61 times since the start of Eurovision in 1956.

France 2018: Madame Monsieur - "Mercy"

The best results are five victories in 1977, 1969, 1962, 1960, 1958. The latest victory was in 1977 - 40 years ago! The worst result was in 2014, where France ended last in the Grand Final, and in the last 15 years, they only managed twice to be in top-10.

France is a member of "Big 5", so they don't have to go through the semi-final-qualifications, but are automatically qualified for the Grand Finals.