France

An internal jury has selected Jonatan Cerrada to represent France at the Eurovision 2004.

Jonatan Cerrada was born in Belgium in 1985 and won the French version of TV music talent show, "Pop Idol" in 2003.
He has sung since he was a child and even took lessons in classical singing at Belgium's Opera Royal de Wallonie.
He auditioned for several musicals in Paris, but it was winning Pop Idol that gave him the opportunity to release his first album.
It was a huge success. His debut single went to No. 2 in the French charts and was one of the best-selling singles in France in 2003.
Eurovision is a first for Jonatan. Not just because it will be the first time he's performed at the contest, but also because he's written the lyrics to the song he'll sing.

Jonatan Cerrada �� 2004.

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pictures - http://www.jonatan.be.tf/

Il y a des blessures
Qu'on devra oublier
Tellement de ratures
Qu'il faudra effacer

Souffler tres fort pour que s'envole de nos coeurs la rancune
Et puis faire tomber les barrieres une a une

A chaque pas que l'on fera
A chaque geste qu'on offrira
Ce sera le debut d'un autre demain
Dans chaque mot que l'on dira
Dans ce futur qu'on construira
C'est l'amour que dessineront nos mains

Il y a des injures
Qu'il faudra pardonner
Des cris contre des murs
Qui les feront tomber

Deposons les armes a nos pieds
Delaissons nos armures
Pour que nos conflits
Ne soient plus que murmure

A chaque pas que l'on fera
A chaque geste qu'on offrira
Ce sera le debut d'un autre demain
Dans chaque mot que l'on dira
Dans ce futur qu'on construira
C'est l'amour que dessineront nos mains

La bataille sera longue
Mais tu sais elle en vaut la peine
L'enfant en nous trouvera le chemin

Il y a des felures
Qui resteront brisees
Des coups un peu durs
A jamais marques

A chaque pas que l'on fera
A chaque geste qu'on offrira
Se que al final lograras encontrar
La paz y la felicidad
En tu camino hallaras
Todo lo que deseas alcanzar

C'est l'amour que dessineront nos mains

There are wounds
That will have to be forgotten
So many scratch-outs
That will have to be erased

Blow very hard so that resentment may fly from our hearts
And then bring down the barriers one by one!

With every step we take
With every deed we offer
It will be the start of another tomorrow
In every word we say
In this future we shall build
It is Love that will be drawn by our hands

There are insults
That will have to be pardoned
Cries against the walls
That will make them fall

Let us place our arms down at our feet, let us abandon our armour
And may our conflicts be no more than a murmur

With every step we take
With every deed we offer
It will be the start of another tomorrow
In every word we say
In this future we shall build
It is Love that will be drawn by our hands

The battle will be long
But you know it is worth the trouble
The child in us will find the way

There are cracks
That will remain broken
Rather hard blows
Marked forever

With every step we take
With every deed we offer
Se que al final lograras encontrar
La paz y la felicitad
En tu camino hallaras
Todo lo que deseas alcanzar

It is Love that will be drawn by our hands

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