France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through an internal selection, organised by the French broadcaster France 3.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country France
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 4 February 2011
Song: 7 March 2011
Selected entrantAmaury Vassili
Selected song"Sognu"
Finals performance
Final result15th, 82 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

France 3 announced on 6 January 2011 that the French entry for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected internally despite previous rumours of a national final.[3][4] On 4 February 2011, France 3 announced that the French entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 would be Amaury Vassili.[5] His song "Sognu" was written by Daniel Moyne, Quentin Bachelet and Jean-Pierre Marcellesi and contains lyrics in Corsican.[6] The entry was presented to the public on 7 March 2011 during the France 3 programme Chabada.[7]

At Eurovision
Amaury Vassili performing at the Eurovision Song Contest final on 14 May 2011

France automatically qualified for the final on 14 May 2011, as part of the "Big Five". Amaury Vassili performed 11th on the night, and obtained 15th place with 82 points, despite being a bookmarker's favourite for winning along with Azerbaijan, United Kingdom and Ireland. Belgium and Greece awarded their maximum 12 points to France in the Final.

Split results
  • In the Final France came 15th with 82 points: the public awarded France 15th place with 76 points and the jury awarded 12th place with 90 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

References
  1. Al Kaziri, Ghassan (6 December 2010). "EUROVISION 2011 - Russia and France confirm participation". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. Hondal, Victor (6 December 2010). "France to compete in Eurovision 2011". EscToday.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. Hondal, Victor (6 January 2011). "France Télévisions rule out national final for 2011". EscToday.com. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. Hondal, Victor (28 December 2010). "France: National final to choose 2011 representative?". EscToday.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  5. Eurovision : Amaury Vassili chantera pour la France
  6. Busa, Alexandru (4 February 2011). "France to bring Corsican language on the Eurovision stage". ESCToday. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  7. Busa, Alexandru (1 March 2011). "France : Sognu to be presented on March 7th". Esctoday. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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