In 2016 he was selected by French public broadcaster France 2 to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm , Sweden . Amir 's song was chosen internally by France 2 by a committee headed by France 2 entertainment director Nathalie André and the newly appointed French Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest Edoardo Grassi after having received 280 submissions . The song titled " J'ai cherché " is co-written by Amir himself , Nazim Khaled and Johan Errami and contains lyrics in a bilingual mix of French and English
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Amir Haddad