France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007


France was represented by Les Fatals Picards in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "L'amour à la française".
The French entry finished joint 22nd in the contest with the United Kingdom, with 19 points.

Before Eurovision

Eurovision 2007 : et si on gagnait ?

France chose their entry through a national final consisting of 10 performers selected by the five French television broadcasters: France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and RFO. Successful French acts of the past five years were able to submit their entries, with emphasis put on more contemporary musical styles. Each of the five broadcasters selected two entries for the competition from the 1,500 received submissions based on a number of criteria:
The final took place on 6 March 2007 at La Plaine St-Denis TV Studios in Paris, hosted by Julien Lepers and Tex. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by a combination of the votes from public televoting and a jury panel in two rounds. In the first round, the top two entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, "L'amour à la française" performed by Les Fatals Picards were selected as the winner.

At Eurovision

As a member of the Big Four, France automatically qualified to compete in final held in 12 May. Les Fatals Picards was drawn to perform thirteenth in the line-up. At the end of the contest, the song finished in 22nd place with only 19 points.

Points awarded by France

Semi final

Final

12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points

5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point