France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

France continued to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest, participating at the 1996 contest, held in Oslo, Norway.

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country France
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selected entrantDan Ar Braz
& L'Héritage des Celtes
Selected song"Diwanit Bugale"
Finals performance
Final result19th, 18 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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France Télévisions, the French broadcaster, internally selected Dan Ar Braz & L'Héritage des Celtes to represent the country, singing "Diwanit Bugale" (May the Children Be Born), a song in the Breton language. This was the first time that Breton was sung at Eurovision, and the first time since 1993 that the French entry was not sung in French.

At Eurovision

In 1996, for the only time in Eurovision history, an audio-only pre-qualifying round of the 29 songs entered (excluding hosts Norway who were exempt) was held in March in order for the seven lowest-scoring songs to be eliminated before the final. France placed 11th with 55 points, thus qualifying for the final.

On the night of the final, Braz and L'Héritage des Celtes performed 13th, following host country Norway and preceding Slovenia. At the close of the voting they had received 18 points (highest being 7 from Belgium), placing 19th of 23.[1] At the time it was the worst placing for France in the Contest's history, and would remain so for the next two years, until 1998.

The French jury awarded its 12 points to Austria.

Points awarded to France
Points awarded to France (pre-qualifying round)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Macedonia
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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

Pre-qualifying round
12 points Austria
10 points United Kingdom
8 points Ireland
7 points Sweden
6 points Iceland
5 points Germany
4 points Malta
3 points Israel
2 points Netherlands
1 point Estonia

Final
12 points Austria
10 points Netherlands
8 points United Kingdom
7 points Norway
6 points Ireland
5 points Portugal
4 points Turkey
3 points Sweden
2 points Cyprus
1 point Estonia

See also

References
  1. "Eurovision Song Contest 1996". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-09-11.


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