La poupée monte le son

"La poupée monte le son" (French: [la pupe mɔ̃t lə sɔ̃]; lit. 'The doll turns up the sound') is a song by Luxembourgish singer Laura Thorn. A nod to Luxembourg’s winning Eurovision entry in 1965, the song was released on 20 December 2024, and was written by Christophe Houssin, Julien Salvia, and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal. A revamped version of the song was released on 18 March 2025. The song will represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

Background and composition

"La poupée monte le son" was written and composed by French songwriters Christophe Houssin, Julien Salvia, and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal. The song was described as a homage to France Gall's song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", Luxembourg’s winning Eurovision entry in 1965. During the press conference after winning Luxembourg Song Contest 2025, Laura Thorn said that "a doll is controlled by someone. The one I sing about no longer lets itself be done", referring to an opposite approach to Gall's song. In an interview with ESCBubble, Thorn further said, "I love the fact that there's this connection with France's song, especially because it won Eurovision exactly 60 years ago, so I thought that's such a great idea to really honour Luxembourg and its history with the Eurovision Song Contest".

A revamped version of the song was released in all streaming platforms on 18 March 2025.

Promotion

To promote "La poupée monte le son" before the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Thorn announced her intent to participate in various Eurovision pre-parties. It was first announced that she will be performing at Eurovision in Concert 2025 held at AFAS Live Arena in Amsterdam on 5 April 2025. She also confirmed to be participating at PrePartyES 2025 on 19 April 2025 to be held in Madrid.

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Luxembourg Song Contest 2025

The Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 was organised by RTL Lëtzebuerg to select its entry for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Seven entries competed in a televised final held on 25 January 2025, where the winner was selected through a singular round of voting, made up of an equal combination of votes from eight international jury groups, and a public international vote on RTL's website.

Thorn was officially announced to compete in the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 on 19 December 2024, and the competing entry was officially released the following day. The song performed sixth in the running order, and scored 94 points from the jury and 90 points from televoting for a combined total of 184 points, ultimately winning the contest and the Luxembourgish spot for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Luxembourg was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show. Thorn was later drawn to perform 13th, ahead of Czechia's Adonxs and before Israel's Yuval Raphael.