Léa Salamé and her band were back this Saturday, October 18 for a new issue of “ What an era! » on France 2. Among the guests of the day, we notably saw Benjamin Biolay, Amélie Nothomb, Alain Juppé, Nicolas Demorand (the former friend of the host at France Inter), but also Patrick Flowers. Coming to present the third edition of his cover project “Corsu Mezu Mezu”, the singer was accompanied by Frédéric Poggi, member of the group Voce Ventu, who also worked on the album.
While he once again puts his native Corsica in the spotlight, Patrick Fiori also spoke about his relationship with Armenia, where his father, Jacques Chouchayan, comes from. Questioned by Benjamin Biolay, who asked him how he managed to manage the tributes to each of these regions, the artist specified that he had a certain balance. “There is something for the Corsicans and there is something for the Armenians! » he said. He then revealed that he intended to represent Armenia in the Eurovision song contest in 2027.
“In principle, it went like this! In any case, I went for it. I’m seeing people who are doing this. In principle, in 2027, this will happen. “, confided the coach of “The Voice Kids”, “For Jacques Chouchayan’s beautiful blue eyes, I’m going to try to do that. » He also recalled that he had already participated in the international competition, this time representing France. It was in 1993, he was 23 years old, sang “Mama Corsica” and had climbed to 4th place in the final ranking.