France in the Eurovision Song Contest

France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 67 times since its debut in . France Télévisions is the French broadcaster. France had missed only two contests: , and .

France's five victories was achieved with the following songs:
- André Claveau — Dons, mon amour
- Jacqueline Boyer — Tom Pillibi
- Isabelle Aubret — Un premier amour
- Frida Boccara — Un jour, un enfant
- Marie Myriam — L'Oiseau et l'Enfant

## Participation overview

|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|1|First place|
| --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|Second place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|Third place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|◁|Last place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;"|**X**|Entry selected but did not compete|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDF;"|**†**|Upcoming event|

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Final|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Semi|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Mathé Altéry|""|French|rowspan="2"|rowspan="2"|colspan="2" rowspan="37"|||||||||||
|Dany Dauberson|""|French||||||||||||||
|Paule Desjardins|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|17||||||||||
|André Claveau|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|27||||||||||
|Jean Philippe|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|15||||||||||
|Jacqueline Boyer|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|32||||||||||
|Jean-Paul Mauric|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|13||||||||||
|Isabelle Aubret|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|26||||||||||
|Alain Barrière|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|25||||||||||
|Rachel|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|14||||||||||
|Guy Mardel|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|22||||||||||
|Dominique Walter|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|1||||||||||
|Noëlle Cordier|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|20||||||||||
|Isabelle Aubret|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|20||||||||||
|Frida Boccara|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|18||||||||||
|Guy Bonnet|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|8||||||||||
|Serge Lama|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|82||||||||||
|Betty Mars|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|81||||||||||
|Martine Clémenceau|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|65||||||||||
|Dani|""|French|colspan="2"  **X**|||||||||||||
|Nicole|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|91||||||||||
|Catherine Ferry|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|147||||||||||
|Marie Myriam|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|136||||||||||
|Joël Prévost|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|119||||||||||
|Anne-Marie David|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|106||||||||||
||""|French|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|45||||||||||
|Jean Gabilou|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|125||||||||||
|Guy Bonnet|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|56||||||||||
|Annick Thoumazeau|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|61||||||||||
|Roger Bens|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|56||||||||||
|Cocktail Chic|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|13||||||||||
|Christine Minier|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|44||||||||||
|Gérard Lenorman|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|64||||||||||
|Nathalie Pâque|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|60||||||||||
|Joëlle Ursull|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|132||||||||||
|Amina|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|146||||||||||
|Kali|""|French, Antillean Creole|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|73||||||||||
|Patrick Fiori|""|French, Corsican|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|121|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Nina Morato|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|74|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|||||||||
|Nathalie Santamaria|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|94||||||||||
|Dan Ar Braz and|""|Breton|style="text-align:center;"|19|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|55||||||
|Fanny|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|95|colspan="2" rowspan="7"|||||||||
|Marie Line|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|24|style="text-align:center;"|3||||||||||
|Nayah|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|19|style="text-align:center;"|14||||||||||
|Sofia Mestari|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|23|style="text-align:center;"|5||||||||||
|Natasha St-Pier|""|French, English|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|142||||||||||
|Sandrine François|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|104||||||||||
|Louisa Baïleche|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|19||||||||||
|Jonatan Cerrada|""|French, Spanish|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|40|colspan="2" rowspan="7"|||||||||
|Ortal|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|23|style="text-align:center;"|11||||||||||
|Virginie Pouchain|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|22|style="text-align:center;"|5||||||||||
|Les Fatals Picards|""|French, English ("Franglais")|style="text-align:center;"|22|style="text-align:center;"|19||||||||||
|Sébastien Tellier|""|English, French|style="text-align:center;"|19|style="text-align:center;"|47||||||||||
|Patricia Kaas|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|107||||||||||
|Jessy Matador|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|82||||||||||
|Amaury Vassili|""|Corsican|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|82|colspan="2" rowspan="16"|||||||||
|Anggun|""|French, English|style="text-align:center;"|22|style="text-align:center;"|21||||||||||
|Amandine Bourgeois|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|23|style="text-align:center;"|14||||||||||
|Twin Twin|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|26 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|2||||||||||
|Lisa Angell|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|25|style="text-align:center;"|4||||||||||
|Amir|""|French, English|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|257||||||||||
|Alma|""|French, English|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|135||||||||||
||"Mercy"|French|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|173||||||||||
|Bilal Hassani|""|French, English|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|105||||||||||
|Tom Leeb|"<span lang="fr">Mon alliée</span> (The Best in Me)"|French, English|colspan="2"  **X**|||||||||||||
|Barbara Pravi|""|French|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|499||||||||||
|Alvan and Ahez|""|Breton|style="text-align:center;"|24|style="text-align:center;"|17||||||||||
|La Zarra|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|104||||||||||
|Slimane|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|445||||||||||
|Louane|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|230||||||||||
|colspan="5" align="center"|Confirmed intention to participate **†**|||||||||||||||

## Hostings

France has hosted the contest three times, two times in Cannes (, ) and one time in Paris ().

Even though France won in  and , France didn't host the following years. France didn't host  due to financial issues, and in  due to the previous year being a four-way tie.

|Year|Location|Venue|Presenters|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Cannes|rowspan="2"|Palais des Festivals|rowspan="2"|Jacqueline Joubert|
|Paris|Palais des Congrès|Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone||||

## Infobox (song contest country)

- **name**: France
- **contest**: ESC
- **broadcaster**: (2001–present)
- **apps**: 67
- **highest**: 1st: , , , ,
- **host**: , ,
- **website**: [https://www.france.tv/france-2/eurovision/ France 2 page]
- **current**: 2025