France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel, France entered "Je veux donner ma voix" to compete, performed by Nayah. For the first time since 1987, the French held a national final to select their entry.

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country France
National selection
Selection processEurovision 1999: La Sélection
Selection date(s)2 March 1999
Selected entrantNayah
Selected song"Je veux donner ma voix"
Finals performance
Final result19th, 14 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Eurovision 1999: La Sélection

For Eurovision 1999, broadcaster France 3 were in charge of the French participation instead of France 2, due to the latter being unable to broadcast the 1999 contest, having to broadcast the French Rugby League Championship which conflicted with the date for the final.

Competing entries

From 600 songs originally submitted to France 2, 12 entries were selected by France 3 to compete in a national final.[1] Among the 12 entries, there were songs performed in Breton, Arabic, Basque and Hebrew, in addition to French.

Final

The final took place on 2 March 1999 at the L'Olympia in Paris, hosted by Julien Lepers and Karen Cheryl. The winning song was determined by public televoting (50%) and a ten-member jury panel (50%). The jury panel consisted of Gilbert Bécaud, Marie Myriam, Jocelyne Béroard, Lââm, Sandy Valentino, Richard Cocciante, Jean-Pierre Bouryayre, Laurent Petitguillaume, Jean-Michel Boris and Jean Réveillon.

As there was a tie for the first place, where Ginie Line won the jury vote while Nayah won the televote, the results of the public televote took precedence and led to the victory of Nayah.[2]

Draw Artist Song Language Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Votes Points
1 Alex "Les droits de l'âme" French, Breton 58 7 4,497 2 9 4
2 Karine Trécy "Euroland" French 44 11 482 11 22 12
3 Caractère "Douce" French 90 2 1,438 7 9 4
4 Nathalie Marine "C'est souvent ça l'amour" French 66 6 1,680 6 12 6
5 Pedro Alves "Plus jamais, Never More" French 89 3 3,725 3 6 3
6 Anath "Go Ahead" French, Hebrew 58 7 1,186 8 15 7
7 Kukumiku "Irradaka" Basque 48 10 1,084 9 19 10
8 Ginie Line "La même histoire" French 94 1 3,457 4 5 2
9 Mo & La Gazo "Gazoline" French 72 5 378 12 17 9
10 Nayah "Je veux donner ma voix" French 85 4 11,521 1 5 1
11 Israhn "Ihtidael" Arabic 50 9 862 10 19 10
12 Uni.T "Euro Song" French 26 12 2,153 5 17 7

At Eurovision

Nayah performed 10th in the running order of the contest, following Denmark and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of the voting she received 14 points, placing 19th of 23.

Points awarded by France

Final
12 points Portugal
10 points Israel
8 points Germany
7 points Croatia
6 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points Turkey
4 points Estonia
3 points Sweden
2 points Belgium
1 point Slovenia

Points awarded to 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

References
  1. "La France et ses sélections : 1999". EAQ (in French).
  2. "Nationale finale Frankrijk 1999".
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