France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
France participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. The French broadcaster France Télévisions was responsible for choosing their entry for the contest. Valentina was internally selected to represent France in Poland with her song "J'imagine" which was released on 16 October 2020. The song went on to win the competition. This was France's first win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and their first win at any Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Background. France debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with "Si on  voulait bien" by Thomas Pontier. Despite getting sixth place, France Télévisions decided to withdraw from the contest after 2004, saying there was no motivation to compete and that "too much Eurovision kills Eurovision". France returned to the contest in , and achieved second place with Angelina with the song "Jamais sans toi". In the contest, Carla represented France in Gliwice, Poland with the song "Bim bam toi". She placed 5th out of 19 entries with 169 points, while Poland won the competition. Artist and song information. Valentina. Valentina Tronel, better known as Valentina, is a French singer who represented France in  the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020. She was also a member of the child musical group Kids United. J'imagine. "J'imagine" () is a song by French singer Valentina. It represented France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The song was written by Igit and Barbara Pravi, who had also written Bim bam toi, the for the 2019 contest. It was written entirely in French. Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of the French delegation at the 2020 Junior Eurovision, described "J'imagine" as "a sparkling, very positive song that will allow us to imagine ourselves in a world of tomorrow full of joy  and life". At Junior Eurovision. During the opening ceremony and the running order draw, which both took place on 23 November 2020, France was drawn to perform twelfth (last) on 29 November 2020, following Ukraine. At the end of the voting, France finished first, scoring 88 points from the jury vote (among them three sets of twelve points from Belarus, Malta, and the Netherlands) and 112 points from the online vote. Voting. Detailed voting results. Every participating country had national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of  the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.