France in EuroMusic Song Contest

France is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. France was invited to participate in the first edition. Member station France 2 is responsible for the participations.

History
France debuted in the first edition. They announced that they would perform in the French language. In their first appearance they got one amount of 12 points from Spain, and became third. The next edition they ended in the sixth place. After three editions with worse results, they ended fifth with 64 points. In Ireland, they opted for a song in both French and English. With this act, they came eighth. The next edition, they finished again eighth. The second time that they participated in Sweden they reached their worst result so far: 17th. In Amsterdam, they were not able to qualify for the final. They became 16th, and pre-last.

The French withrawal came by a lot of people as a suprise. The French broadcaster: France 2, said that they would take a one year break of the contest. They added in their announcement that non qualification for the final in the previous edition was not the reason for this decision. After a one edition break, France 2, the French broadcaster, announced to return to the contest. They selected the song Roi, in both the French and English language. They qualified for the final where they finished 12th. In Tel Aviv, they were not good enough to qualify. They finished 15th, out of 16 countries.

Due the bookmakers, France was one of the favorites to win the edition in Berlin. However they narrowly finished in the top ten. In Madrid was France able to qualify for the final. In the final they only received seven points. They finished at the last place. However the French broadcaster had high expectations for the sixteenth edition, France failed to qualify for the final. Because of the disappointing results in the previous editions, the French broadcaster decided to withdraw from the contest in the seventeenth edition. The French broadcaster announced that they would return to the twentieth edition. They failed to qualify. In Sofia, they qualified for the final where they finished at the 20th place. In Glasgow and Bucharest, they failed to qualify.

France announced that the country would not take part in the 24th edition. The broadcaster wanted to focus more on national singing competitions. France returned at the 28th edition, in Baku. They finished at the tenth place. In the following two editions, they finished at the 17th place. In the 31st edition France did better. They finished at the sixth place. France automatically qualified for the final in the 32th edition. They finished at the 16th place. In Malta, the country failed to qualify. In Dublin, the French entry finished at the very last place in the semi final. They were not able to reach the final in the next edition.