France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
- Tony Rallo
- Jean-Paul Cara
◄1975 • | 1976 | • 1977► |
France was represented by Catherine Ferry, with the song "Un, deux, trois", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in The Hague.
Before Eurovision
National final
Broadcaster TF1 opted to choose their 1976 entry via public selection. Two semi-finals were held, followed by the final on 29 February.
Semi-finals
Each semi-final contained seven songs, with the top three in each going forward to the final. The qualifiers were chosen by public televoting.[1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Gaubert | "Ophélie" | 2,354 | 6 |
2 | Sabrina Lory | "Pourquoi" | 3,457 | 5 |
3 | Harmony 5 | "Ne dis pas que tu m'aimes" | 4,474 | 2 |
4 | Christopher Laird | "Vivre une page d'amour" | 1,911 | 7 |
5 | Christian Borel | "Les chevaux de l'automne" | 4,109 | 4 |
6 | Catherine Ferry | "Un, deux, trois" | 4,776 | 1 |
7 | Caroline Verdi | "Aimer quelq'un d'heureux" | 4,263 | 3 |
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Karine Day | "Ça ne fait rien" | 3,639 | 5 |
2 | Isabelle Aubret | "Je te connais déjà" | 3,345 | 6 |
3 | Jean Guidoni | "Marie-Valentine" | 4,336 | 2 |
4 | Laurence Cartier | "Si tu penses à l'amour" | 3,876 | 3 |
5 | Evelyne Geller | "Quelqu'un dans ma vie" | 4,394 | 1 |
6 | Les Troubadours | "Trois petits soldats" | 3,264 | 7 |
7 | Edwige | "Énergie, lumière, amour" | 3,724 | 4 |
Final
The final took place on 29 February 1976, hosted by Evelyn Leclercq, Enrico Macias and Demis Roussos. Again the winner was chosen by public televoting[2]
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Catherine Ferry | "Un, deux, trois" | 6,348 | 1 |
2 | Caroline Verdi | "Aimer quelqu'un d'heureux" | 2,036 | 4 |
3 | Jean Guidoni | "Marie-Valentine" | 5,482 | 2 |
4 | Laurence Cartier | "Si tu penses à l'amour" | 1,949 | 5 |
5 | Evelyne Geller | "Quelqu'un dans ma vie" | 1,644 | 6 |
6 | Harmony 5 | "Ne dis pas que tu m'aimes" | 4,014 | 3 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Ferry performed 17th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Yugoslavia. France had rarely taken the Eurovision route of uptempo, bouncy and lyrically unchallenging pop songs, but had done so with "Un, deux, trois". Prior to the contest most observers noted that the 1976 contest was the easiest for many years to predict, with "Un, deux, trois" and the United Kingdom's "Save Your Kisses for Me" as the only possible winners. The predictions proved accurate as the two quickly surged well ahead of the field in the voting, and after half the national juries had given their votes France held the lead by 82 points to the United Kingdom's 77. However the United Kingdom scored the stronger in the second half, and ran out the winner with 164 points to France's 147. However "Un, deux, trois" finished a huge 55 points ahead of third-placed Monaco.[3] "Un, deux, trois" had picked up five maximum 12s (from Austria, Germany, Monaco, the Netherlands and Yugoslavia) and gained the distinction of becoming the first ever non-winning Eurovision song to pick up points from every other national jury. In terms of points received as a percentage of the maximum possible total (72.06%) it remains the most successful runner-up ever under the 12 points system and outranks most subsequent winners.[4]
The French jury awarded its 12 points to Portugal.
Voting
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References
- ^ National Finals database 1976 Semis
- ^ ESC National Finals database 1976
- ^ "Final of The Hague 1976". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - France 1976
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of The Hague 1976". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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