France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

France was represented by Les Fatals Picards in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "L'amour à la française".

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country France
National selection
Selection processEurovision 2007 : et si on gagnait ?
Selection date(s)6 March 2007
Selected entrantLes Fatals Picards
Selected song"L'amour à la française"
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 19 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The French entry finished joint 22nd in the contest with the United Kingdom, with 19 points.

Before Eurovision

Eurovision 2007 : et si on gagnait ?

Eurovision 2007 : et si on gagnait ? was the national final organised by France Télévisions to select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The competition took place on 6 March 2007, produced at the La Plaine St-Denis studios in Paris and hosted by Julien Lepers and Tex. The show was broadcast on France 3.

Competing entries

1,500 submissions were received after France Télévisions requested proposals from successful French acts over the last five years.[1] Headed by the French Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest Bruno Berberes, the five television channels of France Télévisions: France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and RFO reviewed the received submissions and selected two entries each to compete in the national final based on different criteria:[2]

The competing artists and songs were announced on 2 February 2007.[4]

Final

The final took place on 6 March 2007. Ten entries competed and the winner was selected by the combination of public televoting (50%) and a jury panel headed by Jean-Paul Cara (50%) over two rounds. In the first round, the top two entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the superfinal: "L'amour à la française" performed by Les Fatals Picards and "On and On" performed by Medi-T. In the superfinal, "L'amour à la française" performed by Les Fatals Picards was selected as the winner.[5]

Final – 6 March 2007
DrawBroadcasterArtistSong (English translation) Songwriter(s) PlaceResult
1France 3Les Vedettes"Vive Papa" (Long live Daddy) Philippe Katerine 6Eliminated
2France 4MAP"Grain de sel" (Grain of salt) Hacène, Jeoffrey, Kaddour, Saïd, Stanko — Eliminated
3France 5Jennifer Chevallier"Mon étoile" (My star) Simon Caby, Laura Marciano, Michel Godebama 3Eliminated
4France 3Les Fatals Picards"L'amour à la française" (Love in the French way) Ivan Callot, Paul Léger, Laurent Honel 1Superfinalist
5RFOMedi-T"On and On" Medi Sadoun, Thierry Nollet, Little D 2Superfinalist
6France 2BZR, Cheb Hamid & Medhi"Galbi" (My heart) Medhi — Eliminated
7RFOValérie Louri"Besoin d'ailleurs" (Need for somewhere else) Marco Prince 5Eliminated
8France 4Les Wampas"Faut voter pour nous" (You gotta vote for us) Les Wampas — Eliminated
9France 5Charlotte Becquin"Je veux tout" (I want everything) Marco Prince 10Eliminated
10France 2Estelle Lemée"Comme un rêve" (Like a dream) Thierry Sforza, Julien Assayah 4Eliminated
Superfinal – 6 March 2007
DrawArtistSongPlace
1Les Fatals Picards"L'amour à la française"1
2Medi-T"On and On"2

At Eurovision

As a member of the Big Four, France automatically qualified to compete in final held in 12 May. Les Fatals Picards was drawn to perform thirteenth in the line-up. At the end of the contest, the song finished in 22nd place with only 19 points.

Points awarded by France
Points awarded to France (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

France in the Eurovision Song Contest

References
  1. Eurovision Song Contest Serbia 2008 | News - France: Exclusive - first details for 2007 announced
  2. France 2007
  3. "France 2007".
  4. Royston, Benny (2 February 2007). "Exclusive:First review of French finalists". Esctoday.
  5. "FRENCH NATIONAL FINAL 2007".
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