France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

France is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. French broadcaster France Télévisions will again organise the national final Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez ! in order to select the French entry for the 2022 contest. Twelve songs will compete in the national final where the winner will be selected over two rounds of voting.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country France
National selection
Selection processEurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez !
Selection date(s)TBA, 2022
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: France in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 1958 with "Dors, mon amour" performed by André Claveau. In the 1960s, they won three times, with "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer in 1960, "Un premier amour" performed by Isabelle Aubret in 1962 and "Un jour, un enfant" performed by Frida Boccara, who won in 1969 in a four-way tie with the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. France's fifth victory came in 1977, when Marie Myriam won with the song "L'oiseau et l'enfant". France has also finished second five times, with Paule Desjardins in 1957, Catherine Ferry in 1976, Joëlle Ursull in 1990, Amina in 1991 (who lost out to Sweden's Carola in a tie-break), and Barbara Pravi in 2021. In the 21st century, France has had less success, only making the top ten five times, with Natasha St-Pier finishing fourth in 2001, Sandrine François finishing fifth in 2002, Patricia Kaas finishing eighth in 2009, Amir finishing sixth in 2016, 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 2018 and 2019 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

Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez !

Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez ! ("Eurovision France, it's you who decide!") was confirmed for the second year in a row to be the national final organised by France 2 to select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.[3]

Format

The format of the national final will consist of a live final in early 2022 where the winner will be selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, eight entries are to be selected to advance: seven entries via a public vote and one entry by a ten-member jury panel. In the second round, the winner will be determined through the combination of votes from the jury panel and the public.[1]

Competing entries

On 21 June 2021, upon confirming its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, France Télévisions opened a submission period lasting until 24 October 2021 for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals online. Songs were required to contain for the most part French-language or regional-language lyrics.[1]

In order to be selected as one the twelve contestants, all the applicants are expected to be assessed by the French Eurovision delegation (led by Alexandra Redde-Amiel) at an audition round to be held in a theatre in Paris.[1]

Final

The final will take place at an as yet undetermined location and date early in 2022. It will be hosted again by Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini.[4][5]

At Eurovision

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. In addition to their participation in the final, France is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.

References
  1. Abbes, Oranie (21 June 2021). ""Eurovision France: C'est vous qui décidez" — 2022 submission period closes 24 October". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. "France Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. Jiandani, Sanjay (21 June 2021). "France: France 2 confirms participation at Eurovision 2022: national final". ESCToday. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. "FRANCE 2022 : Stéphane Bern et Laurence Boccolini reconduits pour Eurovision France". Eurovision-fr.net (in French). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. Granger, Anthony (27 July 2021). "France: Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini Return for Eurovision in 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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