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France is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "Fulenn" performed by Alvan and Ahez. The French broadcaster France Télévisions organised the national final Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez ! in order to select the French entry for the 2022 contest. Twelve songs competed in the national final on 5 March 2022, where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting.[1]

Background[edit]

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Prior to the 2022 contest, France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-three times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in the inaugural contest.[2] France first won the contest in Template:Esccnty with "Dors, mon amour" performed by André Claveau. In the 1960s, they won three times, with "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer in Template:Esccnty, "Un premier amour" performed by Isabelle Aubret in Template:Esccnty and "Un jour, un enfant" performed by Frida Boccara, who won in Template:Esccnty in a four-way tie with the Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and the Template:Esccnty. France's fifth victory came in Template:Esccnty, when Marie Myriam won with the song "L'oiseau et l'enfant". France has also finished second five times, with Paule Desjardins in Template:Esccnty, Catherine Ferry in Template:Esccnty, Joëlle Ursull in Template:Esccnty, Amina in Template:Esccnty (who lost out to Template:Esccnty's Carola in a tie-break), and Barbara Pravi in Template:Esccnty. In the 21st century, France has had less success, only making the top ten five times, with Natasha St-Pier finishing fourth in Template:Esccnty, Sandrine François finishing fifth in Template:Esccnty, Patricia Kaas finishing eighth in Template:Esccnty, Amir finishing sixth in Template:Esccnty, and Pravi finishing second in 2021 with 499 points.

The French national broadcaster, France Télévisions, broadcasts the event within the country and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the television channel France 2. The French broadcaster has used both national finals and internal selection to choose the national entry in the past. The Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty French entries were selected via the national final Destination Eurovision, while in 2021, the new format Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez ! was used as the national selection.

Before Eurovision[edit]

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Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez ! ("Eurovision France, it's you who decide!") was the national final organised by France 2 to select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[3] The competition took place on 5 March 2022 at the France Télévisions studios in Saint-Denis, hosted by Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini.[4][5][6] The show was broadcast on France 2, TV5Monde and TV5 Québec Canada on a time delay as well as online via France Télévisions and TV5Monde's official websites france.tv and europe.tv5monde.com, respectively.[7][8] The national final was watched by 1.47 million viewers in France with a market share of 8.8%.[9]

Format[edit]

The format of the national final consists of a live final on 5 March 2022 where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting.[10] Twelve entries competed in the first round, from which five was selected exclusively by public televoting to advance to the second round, the superfinal. A ten-member Francophone and international jury panel then selected a wildcard entry from the remaining seven entries to proceed to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined by the combination of public televoting (50%) and the ten-member jury panel (50%).[11] The public and the juries each had a total of 420 points to award, with each jury member awarding 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to their top six entries. Viewers were able to vote via telephone and SMS voting which also accepted international votes, with the public vote awarding 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 points to their top six songs.

The jury panel consisted of:[12]

Competing entries[edit]

France 2 opened a submission period on 21 June 2021 in order for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals through an online submission form up until the deadline on 24 October 2021. Songs were required to contain at least 70% French language or French regional language lyrics with a free language allowance for the remaining lyrics.[1] At the closing of the deadline, the French broadcaster received 3,000 submissions.[13] Auditions which featured entries shortlisted from the received submissions took place starting on 6 January 2022 at the Apollo Theatre in Paris, and the twelve entries selected to compete in the national final were announced on 16 February 2022.[14][15][16]

Final[edit]

The final took place on 5 March 2022. Twelve entries competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top five entries as determined exclusively by public televoting advanced to the second round, the superfinal. "Ma famille" performed by Cyprien Zeni was awarded the wildcard by a Francophone and international ten-member jury panel from the remaining seven entries to proceed to the superfinal. Immediately after the artists concluded their performances, a number was shown which denoted the amount of jury members who liked the song, however the results were symbolic and did not affect the voting. In the superfinal, the winner, "Fulenn" performed by Alvan and Ahez, was determined by the combination of public televoting and the ten-member jury.

In addition to performing their contest entry, the twelve artists performed the song "Imagine" by John Lennon in support of the Ukrainian people affected by the Russian invasion of the country, preceded by a message from Ukrainian Eurovision Song Contest 2016 winner Jamala. Barbara Pravi, who represented France in the 2021 Contest, performed her song "Voilà" as the interval act of the show.

Final – 5 March 2022[17]
Draw Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Likes Result
1 Soa "Seule" French[lower-alpha 1] LudySoa, NathanSoa 8 Advanced
2 Joan "Madame" French Joan, Alex Finkin 7 Eliminated
3 Saam "Il est où ?" French Saam, Ness, Charles Boccara 6 Eliminated
4 Elia "Téléphone" French Elia, Anibeatz 8 Eliminated
5 Marius "Les chansons d'amour" French Marius Niollet, Igit (fr), Jonathan Cagne 8 Advanced
6 Hélène in Paris "Paris mon amour" French[lower-alpha 2] Hélène Benhamou, Virginie Lesdemia, David Lefèvre 6 Eliminated
7 Joanna "Navigateure" French Joanna Fouquet, Sutus, Gaspard Murphy 7 Eliminated
8 Alvan and Ahez "Fulenn" Breton Marine Lavigne, Alvan Morvan Rosius 9 Advanced
9 Julia "Chut" French Julia Fiquet, Alban Lico, Fabien Mettay, Anton Wick 5 Eliminated
10 Cyprien Zeni "Ma famille" French, Réunion Creole Cyprien Zeni, Stéphane Petrequi, Nicolas Lassus 7 Wildcard
11 Pauline Chagne "Nuit Pauline" French Pauline Chagne, Antonin Tardy 9 Advanced
12 Elliott "La tempête" French Elliott Schmitt, François Welgryn (fr), Aliose (fr), Gaspard Murphy 6 Advanced
Superfinal – 5 March 2022
Artist Song Jury Televote Points Place
Alvan and Ahez "Fulenn" 102 120 222 1
Cyprien Zeni "Ma famille" 74 20 94 5
Elliott "La tempête" 32 60 92 6
Marius "Les chansons d'amour" 80 40 120 4
Pauline Chagne "Nuit Pauline" 72 100 172 2
Soa "Seule" 60 80 140 3
Song Jenifer G. Tears Yseult A. Manoukian A. Galiana J. Jonathan C. Féraud E. Gossuin Nicoletta S. Jules Place Points
"Seule" 6 2 6 4 10 10 6 6 2 8 5 60
"Les chansons d'amour" 10 8 4 10 8 12 4 4 8 12 2 80
"Fulenn" 12 6 10 12 12 8 12 12 12 6 1 102
"Ma famille" 8 4 12 6 6 4 10 10 10 4 3 74
"Nuit Pauline" 2 12 8 8 4 6 8 8 6 10 4 72
"La tempête" 4 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 6 32

At Eurovision[edit]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualifies to compete in the final on 14 May 2022. France is set to perform in the first half of the final.[18] In addition to its participation in the final, France is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 25 January 2022, when it was announced that France will be voting in the first semi-final.[19]

Voting ======= Points awarded to France =[edit]

Points awarded by France[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Abbes, Oranie (2021-06-21). "Eurovision France: C'est vous qui décidez" — 2022 submission period closes 24 October. Wiwibloggs.
  2. ^ France Country Profile. European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
  3. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (2021-06-21). France: France 2 confirms participation at Eurovision 2022: national final. ESCToday.
  4. ^ Poussel, Marie (5 March 2022). «Eurovision France 2022, c’est vous qui décidez !» sur France 2 : voici nos cinq favoris (fr).
  5. ^ FRANCE 2022 : Stéphane Bern et Laurence Boccolini reconduits pour Eurovision France (2021-07-26).
  6. ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-07-27). 🇫🇷 France: Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini Return for Eurovision in 2022 (en-GB).
  7. ^ Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez !. TV5 Unis. TV5 Québec Canada.
  8. ^ Casellini, Stefano (5 March 2022). Tonight: France, c’est vous qui décidez live from Paris.
  9. ^ Granger, Anthony (6 March 2022). France: Just Under 1.5 Million Viewers For Eurovision France: c’est vous qui décidez.
  10. ^ Eurovision France 2022 : rendez-vous le 5 mars ! (fr-FR). L'Eurovison au Quotidien (2022-02-15).
  11. ^ Eurovision France [@EurovisionF2] (16 February 2022). "Comment sera désignée la chanson gagnante d'#EurovisionFrance cette année? Tout est expliqué ici @France2tv @Francetele" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 February 2022 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Abbes, Oranie (2022-02-16). Eurovision France – C'est vous qui décidez: 12 acts and songs revealed for 2022 national selection. Wiwibloggs.
  13. ^ Allain, Camille (27 February 2022). « Eurovision France » 2022 : Né dans un bar de Rennes, l’ovni Alvan et Ahez mixe électro et chant breton (fr).
  14. ^ Farren, Neil (2022-02-09). 🇫🇷 France: 'Eurovision France: c'est vous Qui Décidez' 2022 Entries to Be Released on February 16 (en-GB).
  15. ^ Granger, Anthony (2022-01-06). 🇫🇷 France: 'Eurovision France: C'est Vous Qui Décidez' 2022 Auditions Underway. Eurovoix.
  16. ^ France 2022 : les auditions pour la sélection française ont débuté (fr-FR). En Route pour l'Eurovision (2022-01-06).
  17. ^ Terry, Connor (2022-03-05). France has chosen Alvan & Ahez to represent them in Eurovision 2022! (en-US).
  18. ^ Grand Final Running Order Update. Eurovision.tv Live Blog. European Broadcasting Union (7 May 2022).
  19. ^ Eurovision 2022: Which Semi-Final is your country performing in? 🇮🇹. Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (2022-01-25).
  20. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2022detailedfinal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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