France in the Eurovision Song Contest
Contestants
Table key NOTE: The full results for the first contest in 1956 are unknown, only the winner was announced. The official Eurovision site lists all the other songs as being placed second.

France in the Eurovision Song Contest

Section Title: Contestants
Table Section Text: Table key NOTE: The full results for the first contest in 1956 are unknown, only the winner was announced. The official Eurovision site lists all the other songs as being placed second.

Year	Artist	Language	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points

1956	Mathé Altéry	French	"Le temps perdu"	12	No semi-finals

1956	Dany Dauberson	French	"Il est là"	4

1957	Paule Desjardins	French	"La belle amour"	2	17

1958	André Claveau	French	"Dors, mon amour"	1	27

1959	Jean Philippe	French	"Oui, oui, oui, oui"	3	15

1960	Jacqueline Boyer	French	"Tom Pillibi"	1	32

1961	Jean-Paul Mauric	French	"Printemps, avril carillonne"	4	13

1962	Isabelle Aubret	French	"Un premier amour"	1	26

1963	Alain Barrière	French	"Elle était si jolie"	5	25

1964	Rachel	French	"Le chant de Mallory"	4	14

1965	Guy Mardel	French	"N'avoue jamais"	3	22

1966	Dominique Walter	French	"Chez nous"	16	1

1967	Noëlle Cordier	French	"Il doit faire beau là-bas"	3	20

1968	Isabelle Aubret	French	"La source"	3	20

1969	Frida Boccara	French	"Un jour, un enfant"	1	18

1970	Guy Bonnet	French	"Marie-Blanche"	4	8

1971	Serge Lama	French	"Un jardin sur la terre"	10	82

1972	Betty Mars	French	"Comé-comédie"	11	81

1973	Martine Clemenceau	French	"Sans toi"	15	65

1974	Dani	French	"La vie à vingt-cinq ans"	Withdrew

1975	Nicole Rieu	French	"Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"	4	91

1976	Catherine Ferry	French	"Un, deux, trois"	2	147

1977	Marie Myriam	French	"L'oiseau et l'enfant"	1	136

1978	Joël Prévost	French	"Il y aura toujours des violons"	3	119

1979	Anne-Marie David	French	"Je suis l'enfant soleil"	3	106

1980	Profil	French	"Hé, hé M'sieurs dames"	11	45

1981	Jean Gabilou	French	"Humanahum"	3	125

1982	Did not participate

1983	Guy Bonnet	French	"Vivre"	8	56

1984	Annick Thoumazeau	French	"Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles"	8	61

1985	Roger Bens	French	"Femme dans ses rêves aussi"	10	56

1986	Cocktail Chic	French	"Européennes"	17	13

1987	Christine Minier	French	"Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche"	14	44

1988	Gérard Lenorman	French	"Chanteur de charme"	10	64

1989	Nathalie Pâque	French	"J'ai volé la vie"	8	60

1990	Joëlle Ursull	French	"White and Black Blues"	2	132

1991	Amina	French	"C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison"	2	146

1992	Kali	French, Haitian Creole	"Monté la riviè"	8	73

1993	Patrick Fiori	French, Corsican	"Mama Corsica"	4	121	Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

1994	Nina Morato	French	"Je suis un vrai garçon"	7	74	No semi-finals

1995	Nathalie Santamaria	French	"Il me donne rendez-vous"	4	94

1996	Dan Ar Braz & L'Héritage des Celtes	Breton	"Diwanit Bugale"	19	18	11	55

1997	Fanny	French	"Sentiments songes"	7	95	No semi-finals

1998	Marie Line	French	"Où aller"	24	3

1999	Nayah	French	"Je veux donner ma voix"	19	14

2000	Sofia Mestari	French	"On aura le ciel"	23	5

2001	Natasha St-Pier	French, English	"Je n'ai que mon âme"	4	142

2002	Sandrine François	French	"Il faut du temps"	5	104

2003	Louisa Baïleche	French	"Monts et merveilles"	18	19

2004	Jonatan Cerrada	French, Spanish	"À chaque pas"	15	40	Member of "Big 4"

2005	Ortal	French	"Chacun pense à soi"	23	11

2006	Virginie Pouchain	French	"Il était temps"	22	5

2007	Les Fatals Picards	French, English	"L'amour à la française"	22	19

2008	Sébastien Tellier	English, French	"Divine"	19	47

2009	Patricia Kaas	French	"Et s'il fallait le faire"	8	107

2010	Jessy Matador	French	"Allez Ola Olé"	12	82

2011	Amaury Vassili	Corsican	"Sognu"	15	82	Member of "Big 5"

2012	Anggun	French, English	"Echo (You and I)"	22	21

2013	Amandine Bourgeois	French	"L'enfer et moi"	23	14

2014	Twin Twin	French	"Moustache"	26	2

2015	Lisa Angell	French	"N'oubliez pas"	25	4

2016	Amir	French, English	"J'ai cherché"	6	257

2017	Alma	French, English	"Requiem"	12	135

2018	Madame Monsieur	French	"Mercy"	13	173

2019	Bilal Hassani	French, English	"Roi"

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In the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Amir with song, "J'ai cherché", finished in 6th place by scoring 257 points in the final.
In the 2016 Contest, Amir with his song, "J'ai cherché", ended in 6th place in France, by scoring 257 points.
In the 2016 Contest, Amir with his song, "J'ai cherché", ended in 6th place and scoring the most points in France's Eurovision history, by scoring 257 points in the final.

final_sentence: In the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Amir with song, "J'ai cherché", finished in 6th place by scoring 257 points in the final.
final_sentence: In the 2016 Contest, Amir with his song, "J'ai cherché", ended in 6th place in France, by scoring 257 points.
final_sentence: In the 2016 Contest, Amir with his song, "J'ai cherché", ended in 6th place and scoring the most points in France's Eurovision history, by scoring 257 points in the final.