France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Country

France

National selection

Selection process

Internal Selection

Selected entrant

Fanny

Selected song

"Sentiments songes"

Finals performance

Final result

7th, 95 points

France in the Eurovision Song Contest

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1997

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France was represented by Fanny, with the song '"Sentiments songes", at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 May in Dublin. "Sentiments songes" was chosen internally by broadcaster France 2.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Fanny performed 22nd in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Croatia. At the close of voting "Sentiments songes" had picked up 95 points (including maximum 12s from Estonia, Norway and Poland), placing France 7th of the 25 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners the United Kingdom.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to France

Points Awarded to France
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Estonia Norway Poland	Iceland Ireland			Portugal Russia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands	Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Switzerland	Hungary Slovenia Sweden Turkey	Denmark

Points awarded by France

12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Estonia
7 points	Slovenia
6 points	Turkey
5 points	Hungary
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Poland
2 points	Spain
1 point	Malta

References

↑ ESC History - France 1997

France in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 ~~1974~~ 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 ~~1982~~ 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1950s	Mathé Altéry (1956) Dany Dauberson (1956) Paule Desjardins André Claveau Jean Philippe

1960s	Jacqueline Boyer Jean-Paul Mauric Isabelle Aubret Alain Barrière Rachel Guy Mardel Dominique Walter Noëlle Cordier Isabelle Aubret Frida Boccara

1970s	Guy Bonnet Serge Lama Betty Mars Martine Clemenceau ~~1974~~ Nicole Rieu Catherine Ferry Marie Myriam Joël Prévost Anne-Marie David

1980s	Profil Jean Gabilou ~~1982~~ Guy Bonnet Annick Thoumazeau Roger Bens Cocktail Chic Christine Minier Gérard Lenorman Nathalie Pâque

1990s	Joëlle Ursull Amina Kali Patrick Fiori Nina Morato Nathalie Santamaria Dan Ar Braz & l'Héritage des Celtes Fanny Marie Line Nayah

2000s	Sofia Mestari Natasha St-Pier Sandrine François Louisa Baïleche Jonatan Cerrada Ortal Virginie Pouchain Les Fatals Picards Sébastien Tellier Patricia Kaas

2010s	Jessy Matador Amaury Vassili Anggun Amandine Bourgeois Twin Twin Lisa Angell

Songs

1950s	"Le temps perdu" (1956) "Il est là" (1956) "La belle amour" "Dors, mon amour" "Oui, oui, oui, oui"

1960s	"Tom Pillibi" "Printemps, avril carillonne" "Un premier amour" "Elle était si jolie" "Le chant de Mallory" "N'avoue jamais" "Chez nous" "Il doit faire beau là-bas" "La source" "Un jour, un enfant"

1970s	"Marie-Blanche" "Un jardin sur la terre" "Comé-comédie" "Sans toi" ~~1974~~ "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Un, deux, trois" "L'oiseau et l'enfant" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "Je suis l'enfant soleil"

1980s	"Hé, hé M'sieurs dames" "Humanahum" ~~1982~~ "Vivre" "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "Européennes" "Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Chanteur de charme" "J'ai volé la vie"

1990s	"White and Black Blues" "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" "Monté la riviè" "Mama Corsica" "Je suis un vrai garçon" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Diwanit Bugale" "Sentiments songes" "Où aller" "Je veux donner ma voix"

2000s	"On aura le ciel" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "Il faut du temps" "Monts et merveilles" "À chaque pas" "Chacun pense à soi" "Il était temps" "L'amour à la française" "Divine" "Et s'il fallait le faire"

2010s	"Allez Ola Olé" "Sognu" "Echo (You and I)" "L'enfer et moi" "Moustache" "N'oubliez pas"

(Note: Entries scored out are when France did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Countries

Final (by final results)	United Kingdom (winner) Ireland Turkey Italy Cyprus Spain France Estonia Malta Slovenia Poland Greece Hungary Sweden Russia Denmark Croatia Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland Austria Switzerland Netherlands Norway Portugal

Artists

Final (by final results)	Katrina & The Waves Marc Roberts Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic Jalisse Hara & Andreas Konstantinou Marcos Llunas Fanny Maarja-Liis Ilus Debbie Scerri Tanja Ribič Anna Maria Jopek Marianna Zorba V.I.P. Blond Alla Pugacheva Kølig Kaj E.N.I. Bianca Shomburg Alma Čardžić Paul Oscar Bettina Soriat Barbara Berta Mrs. Einstein Tor Endresen Célia Lawson

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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