Following the successes of BBC's Icons eight-part series, we're launching our very own Icons project to find out who you, the audience, think is France's greatest icon.
Over the next few weeks we'll be publishing six blogs, each covering a different field of human excellence. At the end of each blog, you'll be able to vote for your favourite.
The icon who wins the public vote in each category will then go through to an ultimate vote. You'll be able to vote once again to decide who is ultimately the greatest figure in French history.
The Categories
Six blogs will be devoted to six different categories of human excellence including:
The Criteria
We've narrowed down our longlist to just four icons representing each category. We feel each of the selected figures meet the following criteria: legacy, achievement & contribution, impact, influence, iconic status.
Our selected icons span not just recent times but throughout France's turbulent history.
Voting
You are in control. You decide who is crowned an icon.
Over the next few weeks we'll be posting a series of blogs, each focused on a different category. We'll give you some history and facts about our selected figures and at the end you get to vote on who you think is the ultimate icon in each category.
You can choose just one figure and you can only vote once in each category.
Once we've blogged each of the seven categories, we'll close the voting and add all the winners of each category into the grand final. You'll then be able to vote for who you would like to be crowned France's ultimate icon.
Schedule
You'll be able to vote for your ultimate icons from the following dates:
Leaders - 20th February
Entertainers - 22nd February
Artists & Writers - 25th February
Scientists & Inventors - 1st March
Fashion Designers - 4th March
Sports Stars - 8th March
Voting will close for all categories on 13th March.
Ultimate icon: The Final - 15th March
Your ultimate French icon will be announced shortly after.
