France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selected entrant	Dan Ar Braz & L'Héritage des Celtes
Selected song	"Diwanit Bugale"
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 18 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1995 • 1996 • 1997►

France continued to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest, participating at the 1996 contest, held in Oslo, Norway.

France Télévisions, the French broadcaster, internally selected Dan Ar Braz & L'Héritage des Celtes to represent the country, singing "Diwanit Bugale" (May the Children Be Born), a song in the Breton language. This was the first time that Breton was sung at Eurovision, and the first time since 1993 that the French entry was not sung in French.

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Braz and L'Héritage des Celtes performed 13th, following host country Norway and preceding Slovenia. At the close of the voting they had received 18 points, placing 19th of 23.

Voting

Points awarded to France

Points awarded to France (pre-qualifying round)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Macedonia	Estonia		Iceland Norway Poland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland	Portugal Slovakia	Finland Turkey

Points awarded to France (final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
			Belgium
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Norway	Estonia	Finland	Portugal United Kingdom

Points awarded by France

Pre-qualifying round

12 points	Austria
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Iceland
5 points	Germany
4 points	Malta
3 points	Israel
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	Estonia

Final

12 points	Austria
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Norway
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Turkey
3 points	Sweden
2 points	Cyprus
1 point	Estonia

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1996