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France at Eurovision

France is one of Eurovision’s founding participants and a five-time winner.

Debut1956
Completed appearances68
Victories5
Podiums in archive17
Top-10s in archive40
2027 participationNo 2027 tracker update yet
Eurovision history

France Eurovision history

France’s Eurovision history stretches back to the first Contest in 1956, with five victories across the competition’s early decades.

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Winning years

19581960196219691977

Podium record

France has 17 verified Grand Final podium finishes in the 1957–2026 archive: 5 wins, 5 second places and 7 third places.

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Runner-up record

France has finished second in the Eurovision Grand Final 5 times: 1957, 1976, 1990, 1991, 2021.

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LATEST NEWS

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Ycare says he wants to represent France at Eurovision 2027 and has already written a song
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Ycare says he wants to represent France at Eurovision 2027 and has already written a song

French singer-songwriter Ycare has publicly put himself forward for Eurovision 2027, revealing that he has already written a bilingual French-English song for a possible bid.

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ENTRY HISTORY

Recent France Eurovision entries

Latest indexed songs and Contest outcomes, including Grand Final placings, Semi-Final non-qualifications and the cancelled 2020 edition where relevant.

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RESULTS ARCHIVE

Top-10 Grand Final results

Showing the latest 12 of 40 top-10 finishes currently covered by the Song Contest Radar archive.

2025#7LouaneMaman230 pts→
2024#4SlimaneMon amour445 pts→
2021#2Barbara PraviVoilà499 pts→
2019#16Bilal HassaniRoi105 pts→
2016#6AmirJ'ai cherché257 pts→
2009#8Patricia KaasEt S'il Fallait Le Faire107 pts→
2002#5Sandrine FrançoisIl Faut Du Temps104 pts→
2001#4Natasha St-PierJe N'ai Que Mon âme142 pts→
1997#7FannySentiments Songes95 pts→
1995#4Nathalie SantamariaIl Me Donne Rendez-vous94 pts→
1994#7Nina MoratoJe Suis Un Vrai Garçon74 pts→
1993#4Patrick FioriMama Corsica121 pts→

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