France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
has participated in the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
64 times since its debut at the first contest in
1956. France is one of only seven countries to be present at the first contest, and has been absent from only two contests in its history, missing the
1974 and
1982
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contests. Along with , , and the , France is one of the "
Big Five" countries that are automatically prequalified for the final, due to being the largest financial contributors to the
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...
(EBU). France has won the contest five times.
France first won the contest in
1958 with "" performed by
André Claveau. Three more victories followed in the 1960s, with "" performed by
Jacqueline Boyer
Jacqueline Boyer (, born Eliane Ducos, 23 April 1941) is a French singer and actress. She is also the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer.
In 1960, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi", with m ...
in
1960, "" performed by
Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret (; born Thérèse Coquerelle; 27 July 1938) is a French singer best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with the song "Un premier amour".
Early life
Thérèse Coquerelle was born in Lille, France, on 27 July ...
in
1962 and "" performed by
Frida Boccara
Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara (29 October 1940 – 1 August 1996) was a Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russ ...
, who won in
1969 in a four-way tie with the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. France's fifth victory came in
1977, when
Marie Myriam
Marie Myriam (born Myriam Lopes, 8 May 1957, Luluabourg, Belgian Congo, (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a French singer of Portuguese descent.
Career
Representing France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with '' L'oise ...
won with the song "". During its successful run in the 20th century, France has also finished second four times, with
Paule Desjardins
The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (HR) on behalf of ARD, the contest, originally known as the (English: Eu ...
(
1957
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),
Catherine Ferry (
1976
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),
Joëlle Ursull
Joëlle Ursull (born 9 November 1960) is a French singer.
She performed "White and Black Blues", composed by Georges Augier de Moussac with lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg, in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 of 5 May 1990. She scored 132 points a ...
(
1990
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) and
Amina
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(
1991
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), who lost out to Sweden's
Carola
Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol.
People named Carola include:
Acting
* Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress
*Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actres ...
in a tie-break.
After reaching the top five in 24 contests in the 20th century, France has had less success in the 21st century, only making the top five three times, with
Natasha St-Pier
Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium'').
Career
Natasha St-Pier r ...
fourth (),
Sandrine François fifth () and
Barbara Pravi second (). France's other top 10 results in the century are
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas (; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson.
Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album '' Mademoiselle chante...'', Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She h ...
's eighth place in and
Amir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...
's sixth place in . France finished last for the first time in , when
Twin Twin
Twin Twin is a French music group from Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis. The group consists of Lorent Idir (of Algerian descent), François Djemel (of Algerian descent) and Patrick Biyik (of Zairese descent), and is characterised by a mixture of elect ...
received only two points.
Organisation
Several French broadcasters have been used to present Eurovision in the country, formerly
RTF (1956–1964),
ORTF (1965–1974),
TF1 (1975–1981) and (1983–1992). Since 1993, has been responsible for France's participation in the contest, with the final being broadcast on
France 2
France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews.
Since 3:20 CET on 7 ...
(1993–98, 2015–present) and
France 3
France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info.
It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...
(1999–2014), and the semi-final which France votes in was broadcast on
France 4
France 4 () is a French free-to-air television channel owned by France Télévisions, focused on children's programming. The colour of France 4 is purple.
Originally launched as Festival in 1996, the channel took its current name in 2005 when it ...
(2005–2010, 2016–19), later
France Ô
France Ô () was a French free-to-air television channel featuring programming from the French overseas departments and collectivities in Metropolitan France. It was part of the France Télévisions group. Its overseas counterpart is Outre-Mer ...
(2011–15) and since 2021, . The semi-final in 2004 was not broadcast. The viewers which were close enough to Monaco, were able to see the semi-final via
TMC Monte-Carlo. Radio coverage has been provided, although not every year or since 2013, by from 1971 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2012, (also in 1976). In 1982,
RTL Radio
RTL Radio is a German commercial radio station based in Berlin and the part of the RTL Group. It originated as the German language service of Radio Luxembourg, which began broadcasting after World War II from Luxembourg. It broadcasts adult c ...
transmitted the contest due to the country's absence that year.
France has often changed the selection process used in order to find the country's entry for the contest, either a national final or internal selection (occasionally a combination of both formats) has been held by the broadcaster at the time.
Contest history
France is one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision, winning the contest five times, coming second five times and coming third seven times. However, France has only hosted the Eurovision contest three times (1959, 1961, 1978). France was ranked first in number of victories (either alone or tied with other countries) without interruptions from 1960 to 1993. Moreover,
Amina
Aminatu (also Amina; died 1610) was a Hausa Muslim historical figure in the city-state Zazzau (now city of Zaria in Kaduna State), in what is now in the north-west region of Nigeria. She might have ruled in the mid-sixteenth century. A controv ...
was close to victory with the song "" in
1991
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, when she finished in joint first place (with the same number of points as
Sweden
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). Therefore, the 'countback' rule applied, but both countries had an equal number of twelve points (four lots), but the victory went to Sweden, when France had fewer 10-point scores. Today, with the new rules, France would have won the competition, because they received points from more countries than Sweden. One year before, France was also close to winning with
Joëlle Ursull
Joëlle Ursull (born 9 November 1960) is a French singer.
She performed "White and Black Blues", composed by Georges Augier de Moussac with lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg, in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 of 5 May 1990. She scored 132 points a ...
performing
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoca ...
's song "
White and Black Blues
"White and Black Blues" was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in French (with some words in English) by Joëlle Ursull, from her album ''Black French''. The song was performed fourteenth on the night of the competition. At t ...
". The song finished in equal second place with Ireland's entry.
However, in recent years, the French results have been mixed. Since 1998, when the
televoting
Televoting, telephone voting or phone voting is a method of decision making and opinion polling conducted by telephone. Televoting can also extend to voting by SMS text message via a mobile cell phone.
Broadcast contest televoting
Televoting ...
was introduced, France has almost always ranked in the bottom 10 countries in the final, coming 15th (
2004), 18th (
2003
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and
2008
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), 19th (
1999 and
2008
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), 22nd (
2006
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,
2007 and
2012
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), 23rd (
2000
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,
2005
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and
2013
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), 24th (
1998 and
2022
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), 25th (
2015
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), and 26th (last place, for the first time in their Eurovision history) in
2014
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.
France has had some good results during the 21st century. In
2001
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, Canadian singer
Natasha St-Pier
Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium'').
Career
Natasha St-Pier r ...
came 4th with her song "", being the favourite to win the contest by fans and odds. This good result was carried into the
2002 contest, when
Sandrine François came 5th with "" and received the
Marcel Bezençon international press award for the best entry of that year. Finally, the positive experience with
Sébastien Tellier
Sébastien Tellier (; born 22 February 1975) is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with his song "Divine". He has also produced songs for Dita Von Teese and composed m ...
in
2008
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created considerable interest among the French show business for the contest, which resulted in the fact that Eurovision is seen now in the French media as a great advertising campaign and it has been decided that big names would represent France in the future. With these ambitions, the French superstar
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas (; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson.
Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album '' Mademoiselle chante...'', Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She h ...
represented France in the
2009 contest. Kaas is one of the most successful French-speaking singers in the world and she has sold over 16 million records worldwide. She ended in 8th place. Kaas received the Marcel Bezençon artistic award, which was voted on by previous winners and presented to the best artist. In the
2016 contest,
Amir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...
with his song "" ended in 6th place and broke a 40-year record by scoring the most points in France's Eurovision history, by scoring 257 points in the final. That record would later be broken once again in , as
Barbara Pravi with her song "" finished in 2nd place with 499 points, France's best result since 1991, only 25 points behind eventual winners
Måneskin
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from Italy.
Absences
Since their debut in 1956, France has only missed two contests, in 1974 and 1982. In 1974, after selecting a singer and song to represent them at the contest, France withdrew after the
President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency i ...
Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( , ; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously was Prime Minister of France of President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 196 ...
died in the week of the contest. If they had participated, France would have been represented by
Dani with the song "".
In November 1981,
TF1 declined to enter the Eurovision Song Contest for 1982, with the head of entertainment, Pierre Bouteiller, saying, "The absence of talent and the mediocrity of the songs were where annoyance set in. Eurovision is a monument to inanity
ometimes translated as "drivel""
[1982 Eurovision source in French](_blank)
/ref> took over the job due to public reaction of TF1's withdrawal, hosting a national final to select their entry as well, from the 1983 contest.
France and the "Big Five"
Since 1999, France, along with , and the , have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final regardless of their results in previous contests. These countries earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU, and subsequently became known as the " Big Four". returned to the contest in 2011, thus upgrading the countries to members of a "Big Five".
Participation overview
Hostings
Awards
Marcel Bezençon Awards
Winner by OGAE members
Related involvement
Conductors
Heads of delegation
Commentators and spokespersons
Photogallery
Image:Eurovision Song Contest 1958 - André Claveau.png, André Claveau in Hilversum ( 1958)
Image:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Guy Mardel.jpg, Guy Mardel
Guy Mardel (, born Mardochée Elkoubi; 30 June 1944, in Oran, French Algeria) is a French singer, best known for his participation in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.
Mardel lived his first 15 years in Algeria before moving to France in 1959. H ...
in Naples (1965
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)
Image:dan ar braz.jpg, Dan Ar Braz
Dan Ar Braz (; born Daniel Le Bras on 15 January 1949 in Quimper) is a Breton guitarist-singer-composer and the founder of L'Héritage des Celtes, a 50-piece Pan-Celt band. Leading guitarist in Celtic music, Dan Ar Braz has recorded as a solo ...
in Oslo ( 1996)
Image:Jonatan Cerrada.jpg, Jonatan Cerrada
Jonatan Cerrada Moreno (born 12 September 1985) is a Belgian singer. He won the first season of ''Nouvelle Star'' (the French edition of ''Pop Idol'') in 2003 and represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
Personal life
Jonatan ...
in Istanbul ( 2004)
Image:ESC 2007 France - Fatals Picards - L'amour à la française.jpg, Les Fatals Picards
Les Fatals Picards is a French rock/punk band, founded in 1996.
The Fatals Picards (meaning "the fatal enfrom Picardy") are best known to general audiences because they represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song " L'Am ...
in Helsinki ( 2007)
Image:Sébastien Tellier - ESC 2008.jpg, Sébastien Tellier
Sébastien Tellier (; born 22 February 1975) is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with his song "Divine". He has also produced songs for Dita Von Teese and composed m ...
in Belgrade (2008
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)
Image:Patricia Kaas.jpg, Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas (; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson.
Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album '' Mademoiselle chante...'', Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She h ...
in Moscow (2009
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)
File:Jessy Matador 01.JPG, Jessy Matador
Jessy Kimbangi (), better known by his stage name Jessy Matador, is a French- Congolese singer.
Biography
Matador began his career as a dancer in 2001. He later joined the group "Les cœurs brisés" (The Broken Hearts) with whom he toured the ...
in Oslo (2010
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)
Image:France at ESC 2011.jpg, Amaury Vassili
Amaury Vassili Chotard (born 8 June 1989) is a French opera singer and professional tenor. His debut album ''Vincerò'' from 2009 went double platinum in France, and he has had international success with releases in Canada, South Africa and Sou ...
in Düsseldorf (2011
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)
Image:Anggun @ Eurovision 2012.jpg, Anggun
Anggun Cipta Sasmi (; born 29 April 1974), better known as Anggun C. Sasmi or more often mononymously as Anggun, is an Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she began performing at the age of sev ...
in Baku (2012
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)
File:ESC2013 - France 05.jpg, Amandine Bourgeois
Amandine Bourgeois (; born 12 June 1979, in Angoulême, Charente) is a French singer. She was the winner of the sixth edition of the French version of the ''Pop Idol'' series ''Nouvelle Star'' in 2008. On 26 July 2014, Bourgeois participated i ...
in Malmö (2013
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)
Image:ESC2014 - France 25.jpg, Twin Twin
Twin Twin is a French music group from Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis. The group consists of Lorent Idir (of Algerian descent), François Djemel (of Algerian descent) and Patrick Biyik (of Zairese descent), and is characterised by a mixture of elect ...
in Copenhagen (2014
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)
Image:20150520 ESC 2015 Lisa Angell 9205.jpg, Lisa Angell
Lisa Angell (born Virginie Vetrano, 21 September 1968 in Paris) is a French singer who represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "N'oubliez pas".
Career
Early beginnings
From the ages of 11 to 14, Angell competed in ...
in Vienna (2015
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)
File:ESC2016 - France 15.jpg, Amir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...
in Stockholm (2016
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)
image:Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Semi Final 2 Rehearsals. Photo 277 (cropped).jpg, Alma
Alma or ALMA may refer to:
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* ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film
* ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922
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in Kyiv (2017
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)
image:ESC-2018 France Madame Monsieur, rehearsal.jpg, Madame Monsieur
Madame Monsieur is a French duo consisting of vocalist Émilie Satt and producer Jean-Karl Lucas. They represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal with the song "Mercy", finishing in 13th place in the grand final. ...
in Lisbon (2018
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image:ESC2019 - France 01 Bilal Hassani.jpg, Bilal Hassani in Tel Aviv (2019
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See also
*France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
France has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest seven times, debuting in Lillehammer, Norway, at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. France Télévisions, a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is resp ...
– Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
*France in the Eurovision Young Dancers
France has participated in the Eurovision Young Dancers 7 times since its debut in Eurovision Young Dancers 1985, 1985. France has hosted the contest twice, in Eurovision Young Dancers 1989, 1989 and Eurovision Young Dancers 1999, 1999.
Particip ...
– A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
*France in the Eurovision Young Musicians
France has participated in the biennial classical music competition Eurovision Young Musicians 9 times since its debut in 1982. France won the contest in 1986, and hosted the most recent event in 2022 in Montpellier.
Participation overview
...
– A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.
Notes
References
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest