France in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster
Participation summary
Appearances
First appearance
Language
National Selections	National final		1958, 1961, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
	Internal selection		1956, 1957, 1959,  1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969,  1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024
Hostings
Highest placement Top 5	FINAL	SEMI-FINALS
Highest placement Top 10	FINAL	SEMI-FINALS
Worst placement (Bottom)	FINAL	SEMI-FINALS
Times qualified – Qualifiying rate
Victories
Nul points (Nil points)	FINAL	SEMI-FINALS
Participation history Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete
Years	1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
Artists	Mathé Altéry • Dany Dauberson • Paule Desjardins • André Claveau • Jean Philippe • Jacqueline Boyer • Jean-Paul Mauric • Isabelle Aubret • Alain Barrière • Rachel • Guy Mardel • Dominique Walter • Noëlle Cordier • Isabelle Aubret • Frida Boccara • Guy Bonnet • Serge Lama • Betty Mars • Martine Clémenceau • Dani • Nicole (Nicole Rieu) • Catherine Ferry • Marie Myriam • Joël Prévost • Anne-Marie David •  Profil • Jean Gabilou • Guy Bonnet • Annick Thoumazeau • Roger Bens • Cocktail Chic • Christine Minier • Gérard Lenorman • Nathalie Pâque • Joëlle Ursull • Amina • Kali • Patrick Fiori • Nina Morato • Nathalie Santamaria • Dan Ar Braz and l’Héritage des Celtes • Fanny • Marie Line • Nayah • Sofia Mestari • Natasha St-Pier • Sandrine François • Louisa Baïleche • Jonatan Cerrada • Ortal • Virginie Pouchain • Les Fatals Picards • Sébastien Tellier • Patricia Kaas • Jessy Matador • Amaury Vassili • Anggun • Amandine Bourgeois • Twin Twin • Lisa Angell • Amir • Alma • Mademe Monsieur • Bilal Hassani • Tom Leeb • Barbara Pravi • Alvan and Ahez • La Zarra • Slimane •
Songs	“Le Temps perdu” • “Il est là” • “La Belle Amour” • “Dors, mon amour” • “Oui, oui, oui, oui” • “Tom Pillibi” • “Printemps, avril carillonne” • “Un premier amour” • “Elle était si jolie” • “Le Chant de Mallory” • “N’avoue jamais” • “Chez nous” • “Il doit faire beau là-bas” • “La Source” • “Un jour, un enfant” • “Marie-Blanche” • “Un jardin sur la terre” • “Comé-comédie” • “Sans toi“ • “La Vie à vingt-cinq ans“ (La vie à 25 ans(Y’a pas de mal à se faire du bien)) • “Et bonjour à toi l’artiste“ • “Un, deux, trois“ • “L’Oiseau et l’Enfant“ • “Il y aura toujours des violons“ • “Je suis l’enfant soleil“ • “Hé, hé m’sieurs dames“ • “Humanahum“ • “Vivre” • “Autant d’amoureux que d’étoiles“ • “Femme dans ses rêves aussi“ • “Européennes“ • “Les mots d’amour n’ont pas de dimanche“ • “Chanteur de charme“ • “J’ai volé la vie“ • “White and Black Blues“ (Blues blanc et noir) • “C’est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison“ (Le Dernier qui a parlé….) • “Monté la riviè“ (Monter la rivière) • “Mama Corsica“ (Mama Korsika) • “Je suis un vrai garçon“ • “Il me donne rendez-vous“ • “Diwanit bugale“ (Puissiez-vous fleurir, enfants) • “Sentiments songes“ • “Où aller“ • “Je veux donner ma voix“ • “On aura le ciel“ • “Je n’ai que mon âme“ • “Il faut du temps“ • “Monts et merveilles“ • “À chaque pas“ • “Chacun pense à soi“ • “Il était temps“ • “L’Amour à la française“ • “Divine“ • “Et s’il fallait le faire“ • “Allez Ola Olé“ • “Sognu“ (Je rêve) • “Echo (You and I)“ (Écho (Toi et moi)) • “L’Enfer et moi“ • “Moustache“ • “N’oubliez pas“ • “J’ai cherché“ • “Requiem“ • “Mercy” • “Roi“ • “Mon alliée (The Best in Me)” (Le meilleur de moi) • “Voilà“ • “Fulenn“ (Étincelle ou Jeune fille) • “Évidemment” • “Mon amour”

• Emittente televisiva: France 2 – France Télévisions (1993 – 1998, 2015-oggi); in passato RTF – Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française / French Radio and Television Broadcasting (1956 – 1964), ORTF – Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (1965 – 1974), TF1 – TF1 Group / FT2 (1975 – 1981), Antenne 2 / AT2 / A2F – France Télévisions (1983 – 1992), France3 / France 3 – France Télévisions (1999 – 2014) Finale, France 4 – France Télévisions (2005 – oggi) Semifinali 
• Selezione Nazionale: (1957 – 1959, 1961, 1970, 1973, 1976 – 1987, 1999, 2000, 2005 – 2007, 2014); Selezione Interna: 1956 – 1960, 1962 – 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1988 – 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008 – 2013, 2015–2017
• Organizzazione concorso – Paese ospite: 3 (ESC Cannes 1959, ESC Cannes 1961, ESC Paris 1978)
• Numero di partecipazioni: 62 (62 finali)
• Lingue: Francese (51), Francese / Creolo Haitiano (1), Francese / Còrso (1), Bretone (1), Còrso (1), Francese / Inglese (5), Francese / Spagnolo (1)
• Prima partecipazione: ESC Lugano 1956: Dany Dauberson| “Il Est Là”
• Miglior piazzamento Top 5: FI:  1° (1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977), 2° (1956, 1957, 1976, 1990, 1991), 3° (1959, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1979, 1981), 4° (1961, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1993, 1995, 2001), 5° (1963, 2002)
• Miglior piazzamento Top 10: FI: 7° (1994), 8° (1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, 2009), 10° (1971, 1985, 1988)
• Peggior  piazzamento (Bottom): FI: Ultimo, 26º (2014)
• Average place: 10,13
• Numero di vittorie: 5 (ESC Hilversum 1958: André Claveau | Dors Mon Amour; ESC London 1960: Jacqueline Boyer | Tom Pillibi; ESC Luxembourg 1962: Isabelle Aubret | Un Premier Amour; ESC Madrid 1969: Frida Boccara | Un Jour, Un Enfant; ESC London 1977: Marie Myriam | L’oiseau Et L’enfant)
• Nul points (Nil points): 0

France earned three victories across the first 7 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest courtesy of André Claveau’s ‘Dors Mon Amour’ (1958), Jacqueline Boyer’s ‘Tom Pillibi’ (1960), and Isabelle Aubret’s ‘Un Premier Amour’ (1962).

Their fourth triumph arrived in 1969 when Frida Boccara’s “Un Jour, Un Enfant” tied for first place with three other entries from Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, in the Contest’s only shared win.

In 1977, Marie Myriam’s fifth win for France was a little more straightforward when “L’Oiseau et l’Enfant” emerged as the obvious champion, but another photo finish was on the horizon…

At the close of voting in 1991, France’s Amina and Sweden’s Carola were tied on 146 points; the win was awarded to the Sweden’s “Fångad Av En Stormvind”, as though both songs received four sets of 12 points, Carola had achieved five sets of 10s to Amina’s two, and breaking the tie.

France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 66 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 contests. Since 1993, the French participant broadcaster is France Télévisions. Along with Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom, France is one of the “Big Five” countries that are automatically prequalified for the final, due to their participant broadcasters being the largest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). France has won the contest five times.

France first won the contest in 1958 with “Dors, mon amour” performed by André Claveau. Three more victories followed in the 1960s, with “Tom Pillibi” performed by Jacqueline Boyer in 1960, “Un premier amour” performed by Isabelle Aubret in 1962 and “Un jour, un enfant” performed by Frida Boccara, who won in 1969 in a four-way tie with the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. France’s fifth victory came in 1977, with the song “L’Oiseau et l’Enfant” performed by Marie Myriam. During its successful run in the 20th century, France has also finished second four times, with “La Belle amour” by Paule Desjardins (1957), “Un, deux, trois” by Catherine Ferry (1976), “White and Black Blues” by Joëlle Ursull (1990), and “C’est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison” by Amina (1991), who lost out to Sweden’s “Fångad av en stormvind” by Carola 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 four times, with “Je n’ai que mon âme” by Natasha St-Pier fourth (2001), “Il faut du temps” by Sandrine François fifth (2002), “Voilà” by Barbara Pravi second (2021), and “Mon amour” by Slimane fourth (2024). France’s other top 10 results in the century are “Et s’il fallait le faire” by Patricia Kaas eighth (2009), and “J’ai cherché” by Amir sixth (2016). France finished last for the first time in 2014, when “Moustache” by Twin Twin received only two points.

Several national broadcasters have successively participated in the contest representing France over the years: Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF; 1956–1964), Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF; 1965–1974), Télévision Française 1 (TF1; 1975–1981), and Antenne 2 (1983–1992). Since 1993, France Télévisions is who participates representing France, with the final being broadcast on France 2 (1993–1998, 2015–present) and France 3 (1999–2014), and the semi-final which France votes in was broadcast on France 4 (2005–2010, 2016–2019), later France Ô (2011–2015) and since 2021, Culturebox [fr]. The semi-final in 2004 was not broadcast; viewers who were close enough to Monaco were able to watch that year’s semi-final via TMC Monte-Carlo. Radio coverage has been provided, although not every year or since 2013, by France Inter from 1971 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2012, France Bleu (also in 1976). In 1982, RTL Radio transmitted the contest due to the country’s absence that year.

The process to select the French entry in the contest has changed over the years, with either a national final or an internal selection (occasionally a combination of both formats) having been held.

France is one of the most successful countries in Eurovision, winning the contest five times, coming second five times and coming third seven times. However, France has only hosted the contest three times (1959, 1961, and 1978).^[1] France was ranked first in number of victories (either alone or tied with other countries) without interruptions from 1960 to 1993. Moreover, “C’est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison” performed by Amina was close to victory in 1991, when it finished in joint first place with the same number of points as Sweden. 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. With the current rules in place, 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 “White and Black Blues” by Joëlle Ursull. The song finished in joint-second place with Ireland‘s entry.

However, in recent years, the French results have been mixed. Since 1998, when the televoting was introduced, France has almost always ranked in the bottom 10 countries in the final, coming 15th (2004), 16th (2019 and 2023), 18th (2003 and 2008), 19th (1999 and 2008), 22nd (2006, 2007, and 2012), 23rd (2000, 2005, and 2013), 24th (1998 and 2022), 25th (2015), and 26th (last place, for the first time in its Eurovision history) in 2014.

France has had some good results during the 21st century. In 2001, “Je n’ai que mon âme” performed by Canadian singer Natasha St-Pier came fourth, being the favourite to win the contest by fans and odds. This good result was carried into the 2002 contest, when “Il faut du temps” by Sandrine François came fifth and received the Marcel Bezençon international press award for the best entry of that year. The positive experience with Sébastien Tellier in 2008 created considerable interest among the French showbiz for the contest, which resulted in Eurovision being seen by the French media as a valuable advertising campaign. With these ambitions, Patricia Kaas represented France in the 2009 contest with “Et s’il fallait le faire“, finishing in eighth 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 with his song “J’ai cherché” ended in sixth 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 2021, as Barbara Pravi with her song “Voilà” finished in second place with 499 points, France’s best result since 1991, only 25 points behind eventual winners Måneskin from Italy. Slimane finished in fourth place in 2024 with his song “Mon amour“.

Since its debut in 1956, France has only missed two contests, in 1974 and 1982. In 1974, after selecting a singer and song to represent the country at the contest, France withdrew after the French president Georges Pompidou died in the week of the contest.^[2] If it had participated, France would have been represented by Dani with the song “La Vie à vingt-cinq ans“.

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 [sometimes translated as “drivel”].”^[3] Antenne 2 took over due to the public reaction to TF1’s withdrawal, hosting a national final to select the French entry as well, from the 1983 contest.

Since 1999, France, along with Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final regardless of their results in previous contests.^[4] The participant broadcasters from these countries earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU, and subsequently became known as the “Big Four“. Italy returned to the contest in 2011, thus upgrading the countries to members of a “Big Five”.^[5][6]

Table key

1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
◁	Last place
X	Entry selected but did not compete
†	Upcoming event

 

Note: Edizione | # | Artista (i) | Canzone [Musica (m) / Texto (t)] | Lingua (Traduzione) | Punteggio | Posizione | Processo di Selezione

ANNO	INTERPRETE	CANZONE	PUNTEGGIO	POSIZIONE	LINGUA
Giovedì, 24 Maggio 1956	Mathé Altéry	“Le temps perdu”	–	–	francese
Giovedì, 24 Maggio 1956	Dany Dauberson	“Il est là”	–	–	francese
Domenica, 3 Marzo 1957	Paule Desjardins	“La belle amour”	17	2	francese
Mercoledì, 12 Marzo 1958	André Claveau	“Dors, mon amour”	27	1	francese
Mercoledì, 11 Marzo 1959	Jean Philippe	“Oui, oui, oui, oui”	15	3	francese
Martedì, 29 Marzo 1960	Jacqueline Boyer	“Tom Pillibi”	32	1	francese
Sabato, 18 Marzo 1961	Jean-Paul Mauric	“Printemps, avril carillonne”	13	4	francese
Domenica, 18 Marzo 1962	Isabelle Aubret	“Un premier amour”	26	1	francese
Sabato, 23 Marzo 1963	Alain Barrière	“Elle était si jolie”	25	5	francese
Sabato, 21 Marzo 1964	Rachel	“Le chant de Mallory”	14	4	francese
Sabato, 20 Marzo 1965	Guy Mardel	“N’avoue jamais”	22	3	francese
Sabato, 5 Marzo 1966	Dominique Walter	“Chez nous”	1	16	francese
Sabato, 8 Aprile 1967	Noëlle Cordier	“Il doit faire beau là-bas”	20	3	francese
Sabato, 6 Aprile 1968	Isabelle Aubret	“La source”	20	3	francese
Sabato, 29 Marzo 1969	Frida Boccara	“Un jour, un enfant”	18	1	francese
Sabato, 21 Marzo 1970	Guy Bonnet	“Marie-Blanche”	8	4	francese
Sabato, 3 Aprile 1971	Serge Lama	“Un jardin sur la terre”	82	10	francese
Sabato, 25 Marzo 1972	Betty Mars	“Comé-comédie”	81	11	francese
Sabato, 7 Aprile 1973	Martine Clemenceau	“Sans toi”	65	15	francese
Sabato, 6 Aprile 1974	Dani	“La vie à vingt-cinq ans”	Eliminato		francese
Sabato, 22 Marzo 1975	Nicole Rieu	“Et bonjour à toi l’artiste”	91	4	francese
Sabato, 3 Aprile 1976	Catherine Ferry	“Un, deux, trois”	147	2	francese
Sabato, 7 Maggio 1977	Marie Myriam	“L’oiseau et l’enfant”	136	1	francese
Sabato, 22 Aprile 1978	Joël Prévost	“Il y aura toujours des violons”	119	3	francese
Sabato, 31 Marzo 1979	Anne-Marie David	“Je suis l’enfant soleil”	106	3	francese
Sabato, 19 Aprile 1980	Profil	“Hé, hé M’sieurs dames”	45	11	francese
Sabato, 4 Aprile 1981	Jean Gabilou	“Humanahum”	125	3	francese
Sabato, 24 Aprile 1982 – Non ha partecipato
Sabato, 23 Aprile 1983	Guy Bonnet	“Vivre”	56	8	francese
Sabato, 5 Maggio 1984	Annick Thoumazeau	“Autant d’amoureux que d’étoiles”	61	8	francese
Sabato, 4 Maggio 1985	Roger Bens	“Femme dans ses rêves aussi”	56	10	francese
Sabato, 3 Maggio 1986	Cocktail Chic	“Européennes”	13	17	francese
Sabato, 9 Maggio 1987	Christine Minier	“Les mots d’amour n’ont pas de dimanche”	44	14	francese
Sabato, 30 Aprile 1988	Gérard Lenorman	“Chanteur de charme”	64	10	francese
Sabato, 6 Maggio 1989	Nathalie Pâque	“J’ai volé la vie”	60	8	francese
Sabato, 5 Maggio 1990	Joëlle Ursull	“White and Black Blues”	132	2	francese
Sabato, 4 Maggio 1991	Amina	“C’est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison”	146	2	francese
Sabato, 9 Maggio 1992	Kali	“Monté la riviè”	73	8	francese / Creolo Haitiano
Sabato, 15 Maggio 1993	Patrick Fiori	“Mama Corsica”	121	4	francese / Còrso
Sabato, 30 Aprile 1994	Nina Morato	“Je suis un vrai garçon”	74	7	francese
Sabato, 13 Maggio 1995	Nathalie Santamaria	“Il me donne rendez-vous”	94	4	francese
?, ? ?? 1996 – Non ha partecipato	Dan Ar Braz & L’Héritage des Celtes	“Diwanit Bugale”	18 SF)	19 SF	bretone
Sabato, 3 Maggio 1997	Fanny	“Sentiments songes”	95	7	francese
Sabato, 9 Maggio 1998	Marie Line	“Où aller”	3	24	francese
Sabato, 29 Maggio 1999	Nayah	“Je veux donner ma voix”	14	19	francese
Sabato, 13 Maggio 2000	Sofia Mestari	“On aura le ciel”	5	23	francese
Sabato, 12 Maggio 2001	Natasha St-Pier	“Je n’ai que mon âme”	142	4	francese, inglese
Sabato, 25 Maggio 2002	Sandrine François	“Il faut du temps”	104	5	francese
Sabato, 24 Maggio 2003	Louisa Baïleche	“Monts et merveilles”	19	18	francese
Sabato, 15 Maggio 2004	Jonatan Cerrada	“À chaque pas”	40	15	francese, Spagnolo
Sabato, 21 Maggio 2005	Ortal	“Chacun pense à soi”	11	23	francese
Sabato, 20 Maggio 2006	Virginie Pouchain	“Il était temps”	5	22	francese
Sabato, 12 Maggio 2007	Les Fatals Picards	“L’amour à la française”	19	22	francese, inglese
Sabato, 24 Maggio 2008	Sébastien Tellier	“Divine”	47	19	Inglese, francese
Sabato, 16 Maggio 2009	Patricia Kaas	“Et s’il fallait le faire”	107	8	francese
Sabato, 29 Maggio 2010	Jessy Matador	“Allez Ola Olé”	82	12	francese
Sabato, 14 Maggio 2011	Amaury Vassili	“Sognu”	82	15	Còrso
Sabato, 26 Maggio 2012	Anggun	“Echo (You and I)”	21	22	francese, inglese
Sabato, 18 Maggio 2013	Amandine Bourgeois	“L’enfer et moi”	14	23	francese
Sabato, 10 Maggio 2014	Twin Twin	“Moustache”	2	26	francese
Sabato, 23 Maggio 2015	Lisa Angell	“N’oubliez pas”	4	25	francese
2016	–	–	–	–	–

• LXV (65ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2021: Finale | Sabato, 22 Maggio 2021: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2021: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 20 Maggio 2021 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2021: 1ª Semi-Finale | Martedì, 18 Maggio 2021 – Non ha partecipato
• LXV (65ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2020: Finale | Sabato, 16 Maggio 2020: – Cancellato; Eurovision Song Contest 2020: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 14 Maggio 2020: – Cancellato; Eurovision Song Contest 2020: 1ª Semi-Finale | Martedì, 12 Maggio 2020: – Cancellato
• LXIV (64ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2019: Finale | Sabato, 18 Maggio 2019: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2019: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 16 Maggio 2019 – Non ha partecipato;  Eurovision Song Contest 2019: 1ª Semi-Finale |Martedì, 14 Maggio 2019 – Non ha partecipato
• LXIII (63ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Finale | Sabato, 12 Maggio 2018: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2018: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 10 Maggio 2018 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2018: 1ª Semi-Finale |Martedì, 8 Maggio 2018 – Non ha partecipato
• LXII (62ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2017: Finale | Sabato, 13 Maggio 2017: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2017: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 11 Maggio 2017 – Non ha partecipato;  Eurovision Song Contest 2017: 1ª Semi-Finale |Martedì, 9 Maggio 2017 – Non ha partecipato
• LX (61ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2016: Finale | Sabato, 14 Maggio 2016: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2016: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 12 Maggio 2016 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2016: 1ª Semi-Finale | Giovedì, 10 Maggio 2016 – Non ha partecipato
• LX (60ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2015: Finale | Sabato, 23 Maggio 2015: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2015: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 21 Maggio 2015 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2015: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 19 Maggio 2015 – Non ha partecipato
• LIX (59ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2014: Finale | Sabato, 10 Maggio 2014: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2014: 2ª semifinale |Giovedì, 8 Maggio 2014 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2014: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 06 Maggio 2014 – Non ha partecipato
• LVIII (58ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2013: Finale | Sabato, 18 Maggio 2013: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2013: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 16 Maggio 2013 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2013: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 14 Maggio 2013 – Non ha partecipato
• LVII (57ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Finale | Sabato, 26 Maggio 2012: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2012: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 24 Maggio 2012 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2012: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 22 Maggio 2012 – Non ha partecipato
• LVI (56ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2011: Finale | Sabato, 14 Maggio 2011: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2011: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 12 Maggio 2011 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2011: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 10 Maggio 2011 – Non ha partecipato
• LV (55ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2010: Finale | Sabato, 29 Maggio 2010: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2010: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 27 Maggio 2010 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2010: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 25 Maggio 2010 – Non ha partecipato
• LIV (54ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2009: Finale | Sabato, 16 Maggio 2009: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2009: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 14 Maggio 2009 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2009: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 12 Maggio 2009 – Non ha partecipato
• LIII (53ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2008: Finale | Sabato, 24 Maggio 2008: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2008: 2ª semifinale | Giovedì, 22 Maggio 2008 – Non ha partecipato; Eurovision Song Contest 2008: 1ª semifinale | Martedì, 20 Maggio 2008 – Non ha partecipato
• LII (52ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2007: Finale | Sabato, 12 Maggio 2007: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2007: Semifinale | Giovedì, 10 Maggio 2007 – Non ha partecipato
• LI (51ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2006: Finale | Sabato, 20 Maggio 2006: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2006: Semifinale | Giovedì, 18 Maggio 2006 – Non ha partecipato
• L (50ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2005: Finale | Sabato, 21 Maggio 2005: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2005: Semifinale | Giovedì, 19 Maggio 2005 – Non ha partecipato
• IL (49ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2004: Finale | Sabato, 15 Maggio 2004: ; Eurovision Song Contest 2004: Semifinale | Mercoledì, 12 Maggio 2004 – Non ha partecipato
• XLVIII (48ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2003: Finale | Sabato, 24 Maggio 2003:
• XLVII (47ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2002: Finale | Sabato, 25 Maggio 2002:
• XLVI (46ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2001: Finale | Sabato, 12 Maggio 2001:
• XLV (45ª) Eurovision Song Contest 2000: Finale | Sabato, 13 Maggio 2000:
• XLIV (44ª)Eurovision Song Contest 1999: Finale | Sabato, 29 Maggio 1999:
• XLIII (43ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1998: Finale | Sabato, 09 Maggio:
• XLII (42ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1997: Finale | Sabato, 03 Maggio 1997:
• XLI (41ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1996: Finale | Sabato, 18 Maggio 1996: ; Semifinale | ?, ?? Maggio 1996:
• XL (40ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1995: Finale | Sabato, 13 Maggio 1995:
• XXXIX (39ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1994: Finale | Sabato, 30 Aprile 1994:
• XXXVIII (38ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1993: Finale | Sabato, 15 Maggio 1993: ; Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (Qualification for Millstreet, Qualification pour Millstreet): Semifinale | Sabato, 03 Aprile 1993:
• XXXVII (37ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1992: Finale | Sabato, 09 Maggio 1992:
• XXXVI (36ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1991: Finale | Sabato, 04 Maggio 1991:
• XXXV (35ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1990: Finale | Sabato, 05 Maggio 1990:
• XXXIV (34ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1989: Finale | Sabato, 06 Maggio 1989:
• XXXIII (33ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1988: Finale | Sabato, 30 Aprile 1988:
• XXXII (32ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1987: Finale | Sabato, 09 Maggio 1987:
• XXXI (31ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1986: Finale | Sabato, 03 Maggio 1986:
• XXX (30ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1985: Finale | Sabato, 04 Maggio 1985:
• XXIX (29ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1984: Finale | Sabato, 05 Maggio 1984:
• XXVIII (28ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1983: Finale | Sabato, 23 Aprile 1983:
• XXVII (27ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1982: Finale | Sabato, 24 Aprile 1982 – Non ha partecipato
• XXVI (26ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1981: Finale | Sabato, 04 Aprile 1981:
• XXV (25ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1980: Finale | Sabato, 19 Aprile 1980:
• XXIV (24ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1979: Finale | Sabato, 31 Marzo 1979:
• XXIII (23ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1978: Finale | Sabato, 22 Aprile 1978:
• XXII (22ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1977: Finale | Sabato, 07 Maggio 1977:
• XXI (21ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1976: Finale | Sabato, 03 Aprile 1976:
• XX (20ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1975: Finale | Sabato, 22 Marzo 1975:
• XIX (19ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1974: Finale | Sabato, 06 Aprile 1974:
• XVIII (18ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1973: Finale | Sabato, 07 Aprile 1973:
• XVII (17ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1972: Finale | Sabato, 25 Marzo 1972:
• XVI (16ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1971: Finale | Sabato, 03 Aprile 1971:
• XV (15ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1970: Finale | Sabato, 21 Marzo 1970:
• XIV (14ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1969: Finale | Sabato, 29 Marzo 1969:
• XIII (13ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1968: Finale | Sabato, 06 Aprile 1968:
• XII (12ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1967: Finale | Sabato, 08 Aprile 1967:
• XI (11ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1966: Finale | Sabato, 05 Marzo 1966:
• X (10ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1965: Finale | Sabato, 20 Marzo 1965:
• IX (9ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1964: Finale | Sabato, 21 Marzo 1964:
• VIII (8ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1963: Finale | Sabato, 23 Marzo 1963:
• VII (7ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1962: Finale | Domenica, 18 Marzo 1962:
• VI (6ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1961: Finale | Sabato, 18 Marzo 1961:
• V (5ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1960: Finale | Martedì, 29 Marzo 1960:
• IV (4ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1959: Finale | Mercoledì, 11 Marzo 1959:
• III (3ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1958: Finale | Mercoledì, 12 Marzo 1958:
• II (2ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1957: Finale | Domenica, 03 Marzo 1957:
• I (1ª) Eurovision Song Contest 1956: Finale | Giovedì, 24 Maggio 1956:

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
1959	Cannes	Palais des Festivals	Jacqueline Joubert
1961
1978	Paris	Palais des Congrès	Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone

Year	Category	Song	Composer(s) lyrics (l) / music (m)	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2002	Press Award	“Il faut du temps“	Rick Allison (m), Patrick Bruel (m&l), Marie-Florence Gros (l)	Sandrine François	5	104	Tallinn	[7]
2009	Artistic Award[c]	“Et s’il fallait le faire“	Anse Lazio, Fred Blondin	Patricia Kaas	8	107	Moscow	[8]
2011	Composer Award	“Sognu“	Daniel Moyne (m), Quentin Bachelet (m), Jean-Pierre Marcellesi (l), Julie Miller (l)	Amaury Vassili	15	82	Düsseldorf	[9]
2018	Press Award	“Mercy“	Émilie Satt (m&l), Jean-Karl Lucas (m&l)	Madame Monsieur	13	173	Lisbon	[10]
2021	Press Award Artistic Award[d]	“Voilà“	Barbara Pravi, Lili Poe, Igit (m&l)	Barbara Pravi	2	499	Rotterdam	[11]

Year	Song	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2016	“J’ai cherché“	Amir	6	257	Stockholm	[12]

Year	Conductor[e]	Musical Director	Notes	Ref.
1956	Franck Pourcel	N/A		[13]
1957
1958
1959	Franck Pourcel		[f]
1960	Franck Pourcel	N/A
1961	Franck Pourcel		[g]
1962	Franck Pourcel	N/A
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968	Alain Goraguer
1969	Franck Pourcel
1970				[14]
1971
1972
1973	Jean Claudric
1974	Jean-Claude Petit		[h]
1975	Jean Musy
1976	Tony Rallo
1977	Raymond Donnez
1978	Alain Goraguer	François Rauber
1979	Guy Matteoni	N/A
1980	Sylvano Santorio		[i]	[15]
1981	David Sprinfield
1983	François Rauber
1984
1985	Michel Bernholc		[j]
1986	Jean-Claude Petit
1987
1988	Guy Matteoni
1989
1990	Régis Dupré
1991	Jérôme Pillement
1992	Magdi Vasco Noverraz
1993	Christian Cravero
1994	Alain Goraguer
1995	Michel Bernholc
1996	Fiachra Trench
1997	Régis Dupré
1998	Martin Koch		Host conductor[k]
1999	No orchestra		[l]
2000

Year	Head of delegation	Ref.
2002–2012	Bruno Berberes	[16]
2013–2015	Frederic Valencak	[17]
2016–2018	Edoardo Grassi	[18]
2019	Steven Clerima	[18]
2020–present	Alexandra Redde-Amiel	[19][20]

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Since its debut in 1956, French broadcasters has sent commentators to provide coverage on the contest, including Robert Beauvais and Léon Zitrone. During the 1960s, its commentators was relayed in Luxembourg, Monaco, and French-speaking Switzerland.

Year	Commentator		Spokesperson	Ref.
	Final	Semi-final
1956	Michelle Rebel	No semi-finals	No spokesperson	[21]
1957	Robert Beauvais		Claude Darget	[22]
1958	Pierre Tchernia		Armand Lanoux	[23]
1959	Claude Darget		Marianne Lecène	[24]
1960	Pierre Tchernia		Armand Lanoux	[25]
1961	Robert Beauvais			[26]
1962	Pierre Tchernia		André Valmy
1963			Armand Lanoux
1964	Robert Beauvais		Jean-Claude Massoulier
1965	Pierre Tchernia[27]
1966	François Deguelt
1967	Pierre Tchernia[28]
1968
1969
1970
1971	Georges de Caunes		No spokesperson
1972	Pierre Tchernia
1973
1974			Did not participate
1975	Georges de Caunes		Marc Menant
1976	Jean-Claude Massoulier
1977	Georges de Caunes
1978	Léon Zitrone[29]		Patrice Laffont
1979	Marc Menant		Fabienne Égal
1980	Patrick Sabatier
1981			Denise Fabre
1982	Andre Torrent		Did not participate
1983	Léon Zitrone		Nicole André
1984
1985	Patrice Laffont		Clémentine Célarié
1986			Patricia Lesieur
1987	Patrick Simpson-Jones		Lionel Cassan
1988	Lionel Cassan		Catherine Ceylac
1989			Marie-Ange Nardi
1990	Richard Adaridi		Valérie Maurice
1991	Léon Zitrone		Daniela Lumbroso
1992	Thierry Beccaro		Olivier Minne
1993	Patrice Laffont
1994			Laurent Romejko
1995	Olivier Minne		Thierry Beccaro
1996			Laurent Broomhead
1997			Frédéric Ferrer and Marie Myriam
1998	Chris Mayne, Laura Mayne		Marie Myriam
1999	Julien Lepers
2000
2001	Marc-Olivier Fogiel, Dave		Corinne Hermès
2002			Marie Myriam
2003	Laurent Ruquier, Isabelle Mergault		Sandrine François
2004	Laurent Ruquier, Elsa Fayer	No broadcast	Alex Taylor
2005	Julien Lepers, Guy Carlier	Peggy Olmi	Marie Myriam
2006	Michel Drucker, Claudy Siar	Peggy Olmi, Eric Jean-Jean	Sophie Jovillard
2007	Julien Lepers, Tex	Peggy Olmi, Yann Renoard	Vanessa Dolmen
2008	Julien Lepers, Jean-Paul Gaultier		Cyril Hanouna
2009	Cyril Hanouna, Julien Courbet		Yann Renoard
2010	Cyril Hanouna, Stéphane Bern		Audrey Chauveau
2011	Laurent Boyer, Catherine Lara	Audrey Chauveau, Bruno Berberes	Cyril Féraud
2012	Cyril Féraud, Mireille Dumas		Amaury Vassili
2013			Marine Vignes
2014	Cyril Féraud, Natasha St-Pier		Elodie Suigo
2015	Stéphane Bern, Marianne James	Mareva Galanter, Jérémy Parayre	Virginie Guilhaume
2016		Marianne James, Jarry	Élodie Gossuin
2017	Stéphane Bern, Marianne James, Amir
2018	Stéphane Bern, Christophe Willem, Alma	Christophe Willem, André Manoukian
2019	Stéphane Bern, André Manoukian	Sandy Héribert, André Manoukian	Julia Molkhou	[30][31]
2021	Stéphane Bern, Laurence Boccolini	Laurence Boccolini	Carla
2022			Élodie Gossuin	[32][33]
2023		Anggun, André Manoukian	Anggun	[34][35][36][37]
2024		Nicky Doll	Natasha St-Pier	[38][39]

France’s average distribution of the given points (2010-2016)

#		2010	2010 SF1	2011	2011 SF2	2012	2012 SF2	2013	2013 SF2	2014	2014 SF1	2015	2015 SF1	2016	2016 *	2016 SF1	2016 SF1 *	Total	Partici- pations	Average
1	Turkey	12	X	X	X	5	7	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	24	3	8,00
2	Armenia	6	X	X	X	X	X	7	12	12	12	3	5	2	12	3	12	86	11	7,82
3	Portugal	8	8	X	X	X	8	X	X	X	5	X	X	X	X	X	X	29	4	7,25
4	Sweden	X	X	10	12	12	6		X	4	6	8	X	5	2	X	X	65	10	6,50
5	Belgium	7	10	X	6	X	X	5	X	X	1	12	12		4	X	X	57	9	6,33
6	Austria	X	X		1	X	X	X	X	10	X		X	8	8	12	10	49	8	6,13
7	Italy	X	X	8	X	1	X	10	X	1	X	6	X	12		X	X	38	7	5,43
8	Serbia	10	12		X	8	12	X	X	X	X		1			X	X	43	9	4,78
9	Poland	X	7	X	X	X	X	X	X	5	X	4	X		7	X	X	23	5	4,60
10	Bosnia & Herzegovina	5	6	5	10		4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		6	36	8	4,50
11	Bulgaria	X	X	X	3	X	3	X	1	X	X	X	X	10	5	X	X	22	5	4,40
12	Spain		X	12	X	6	X		X	6	X	5	X	3	1	X	X	33	8	4,13
13	Netherlands	X	X	X		X			X	8	10	X	2	7		8	4	39	10	3,90
14	Russia				X	4	X	6	X			10	10	1	6	2	8	47	13	3,62
15	Denmark		X	7	2		X	12	X	3	X	X		X	X	X	X	24	7	3,43
16	Switzerland	X	X		X	X	X	X	10		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	3	3,33
17	Estonia	X			4	10	10		X	X	4		4	X	X			32	11	2,91
18	Romania		X		8	2	X	1	6		X		8	X	X	X	X	25	9	2,78
19	Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	2	X	6		X	X	8	3	2,67
20	Azerbaijan		X	6	X		X	8	8		2		X			7		31	12	2,58
21	Israel	1	X	X	7	X	X	X	4	X	X		X		3	X	X	15	6	2,50
22	Hungary	X	X	2	X		X		3		3	1	6			5	7	27	12	2,25
23	Iceland		5		X		X			7	8	X	X	X	X			20	10	2,00
24	Malta	X		X	X			2	2		X	X	X	4		10		18	10	1,80
25	Germany	3	X	3	X	7	X		X		X		X			X	X	13	8	1,63
26	Montenegro	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		7		X	X	X			7	5	1,40
27	Ukraine	2	X				2		X			X	X		10	X	X	14	10	1,40
28	Croatia	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X			6	1	7	5	1,40
29	Moldova		3	4			X	4	X	X		X		X	X		2	13	10	1,30
30	Albania		2	X	X		X	X		X			7	X	X	X	X	9	7	1,29
31	Finland	X			X	X	X	3	7		X	X		X	X			10	8	1,25
32	Lithuania	X	X		X	3	5		X	X	X		X			X	X	8	7	1,14
33	Cyprus		X	X			X	X	X	X	X		X			4	5	9	8	1,13
34	Latvia	X		X		X	X	X		X		7	X			X	X	7	7	1,00
35	Greece	4	4		X		X				X		3	X	X			11	11	1,00
36	Czech Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			1	3	4	4	1,00
37	Slovenia	X	X		5	X		X	X		X		X	X	X	X	X	5	5	1,00
38	San Marino	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	5			X	X	X	X			5	5	1,00
39	Slovakia	X		X		X	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	3	0,33
40	Norway		X	X	X					2	X		X	X	X	X	X	2	7	0,29
41	Belarus		1	X		X			X		X	X		X	X	X	X	1	7	0,14
42	United Kingdom		X	1	X		X		X		X		X			X	X	1	8	0,13

France’s average distribution of the received points (2010-2016)

#		Country	2010	2010 SF1	2011	2011 SF2	2012	2012 SF2	2013	2013 SF2	2014	2014 SF1	2015	2015 SF1	2016	2016 *	2016 SF1	2016 SF1 *	Total	Partici- pations	Average
1		Belgium		12			X		X					8	8	X	X	X	28	12	2,33
2		Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			6	7	X	X	X	13	6	2,17
3		Armenia	X	5	X	X	X	2				3		12	7			X	29	15	1,93
4		Israel	X				X				X		X	8	12	X	X	X	20	11	1,82
5		Spain		10	X		X							7	10			X	27	16	1,69
6		Cyprus	X	7			X	1	X	X	X		X	7	6			X	21	13	1,62
7		Greece		12	X		X				X			6	4			X	22	15	1,47
8		Bosnia & Herzegovina		4		2		X	X	X	X	X	X	7	4			X	17	12	1,42
9		Croatia	X	6	X				X	X	X	X	X	8	2			X	16	12	1,33
10		Italy	X	1			X		X		X		X	7	5	X	X	X	13	10	1,30
11		Iceland			X	6	X	2					X	2	5			X	15	15	1,00
12		Albania		2	X		X							10		X	X	X	12	12	1,00
13		Switzerland	X		X	6	X				X		X		3	X	X	X	9	10	0,90
14		Sweden	X			2			X	1			X	8	3			X	14	16	0,88
15		Russia		3	X		X		X					7	3			X	13	15	0,87
16		San Marino	X	3	X		X	8				1	X					X	12	15	0,80
17		Austria	X			2	X		X		X			7	1			X	10	15	0,67
18		Finland		4	X		X			1	X			1	3			X	9	15	0,60
19		United Kingdom	X		X				X		X		X	6		X	X	X	6	10	0,60
20		Malta		1	X						X		X	6	2			X	9	15	0,60
21		Czech Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	5				X	5	9	0,56
22		Netherlands	X						X					5	4			X	9	17	0,53
23		Moldova		2			X		X						6			X	8	16	0,50
24		Georgia	X	2	X						X			4		X	X	X	6	12	0,50
25		Montenegro	X	X	X		X		X				X	5	1			X	6	13	0,46
26		Ukraine	X	5					X			X	X			X	X	X	5	11	0,45
27		Lithuania	X		X				X		X		X	1	3	X	X	X	4	10	0,40
28		Latvia		1		3	X						X			X	X	X	4	12	0,33
29		Portugal		2	X			X	X				X	X	X	X	X	X	2	6	0,33
30		Ireland	X				X		X		X		X	3		X	X	X	3	10	0,30
31		Azerbaijan	X		X		X						X		4			X	4	15	0,27
32		Estonia							X					1	2			X	3	17	0,18
33		Denmark	X				X		X						2	X	X	X	2	12	0,17
34		Poland			X	X	X	X	X		X		X	1		X	X	X	1	7	0,14
35		Norway	X		X						X		X		1	X	X	X	1	11	0,09
36		North Macedonia						1			X					X	X	X	1	13	0,08
37		Hungary	X		X		X								1			X	1	16	0,06