Tom Leeb almost represented France at Eurovision in 2020, but he ultimately gave up the opportunity. Does the singer and actor regret his decision?
You probably remember that Tom Leeb, who stars in the film The Christmas delivery man on France 2 this December 25, was to participate in Eurovision in 2020, with his song “My ally“. The actor ultimately did not take part in the competition, and he does not seem to regret this abandonment, according to his recent confidences with 7 Days TV.
Tom Leeb gave up on Eurovision: “It was very complicated”
Tom Leeb is excited to release his third album, titled Bedrock. “I wrote what was on my heart, without compromise. This wasn’t always the case“, he said, referring to the way his participation in Eurovision. In January 2020, the 34-year-old singer announced that he was representing France in the international singing competition. But the edition was ultimately canceled, due to the pandemic, and postponed to 2021. But Tom Leeb was one of the only participants to ultimately refuse to take part.
“By mutual agreement, after a lot of discussions, we realized that with our schedule and the different thoughts we had, it was very complicated to plan for 12 months on Eurovision“, explained, at the time, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, entertainment director of France Télévisions. Barbara Pravi then replaced the singer and finished second in the ranking, the best score for France in more than thirty years, with her song So.
“Things that spoke to people rather than to me”: does Tom Leeb regret his abandonment?
But why did the companion of the actress Constance Labbé give up Eurovision ? He finally realized that this adventure did not suit him. “I tried to make things that spoke to people rather than to me. It was a mistake“, he recently assured 7 Days TV.
Looking back, Tom Leeb considered Eurovision more like a constraint. “I realized during the first months that what I loved was singing my songs, my lyrics, being free. I didn’t want singing to become a constraint, especially for a singing competition which is subjective.“, he confided to Purecharts.
