France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
| Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | ||||
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| Country |  France | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovision 1999: La Sélection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 2 March 1999 | |||
| Selected entrant | Nayah | |||
| Selected song | "Je veux donner ma voix" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 19th, 14 points | |||
| France in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel, France entered "Je veux donner ma voix" to compete, performed by Nayah. For the first time since 1987, the French held a national final to select their entry.
Before Eurovision
Eurovision 1999: La Sélection
For Eurovision 1999, broadcaster France 3 were in charge of the French participation instead of France 2, due to the latter being unable to broadcast the 1999 contest, having to broadcast the French Rugby League Championship which conflicted with the date for the final.
Competing entries
From 600 songs originally submitted to France 2, 12 entries were selected by France 3 to compete in a national final.[1] Among the 12 entries, there were songs performed in Breton, Arabic, Basque and Hebrew, in addition to French.
Final
The final took place on 2 March 1999 at the L'Olympia in Paris, hosted by Julien Lepers and Karen Cheryl. The winning song was determined by public televoting (50%) and a ten-member jury panel (50%). The jury panel consisted of Gilbert Bécaud, Marie Myriam, Jocelyne Béroard, Lââm, Sandy Valentino, Richard Cocciante, Jean-Pierre Bouryayre, Laurent Petitguillaume, Jean-Michel Boris and Jean Réveillon.
As there was a tie for the first place, where Ginie Line won the jury vote while Nayah won the televote, the results of the public televote took precedence and led to the victory of Nayah.[2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Language | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Alex | "Les droits de l'âme" | French, Breton | 58 | 7 | 4,497 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| 2 | Karine Trécy | "Euroland" | French | 44 | 11 | 482 | 11 | 22 | 12 |
| 3 | Caractère | "Douce" | French | 90 | 2 | 1,438 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Nathalie Marine | "C'est souvent ça l'amour" | French | 66 | 6 | 1,680 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| 5 | Pedro Alves | "Plus jamais, Never More" | French | 89 | 3 | 3,725 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Anath | "Go Ahead" | French, Hebrew | 58 | 7 | 1,186 | 8 | 15 | 7 |
| 7 | Kukumiku | "Irradaka" | Basque | 48 | 10 | 1,084 | 9 | 19 | 10 |
| 8 | Ginie Line | "La même histoire" | French | 94 | 1 | 3,457 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Mo & La Gazo | "Gazoline" | French | 72 | 5 | 378 | 12 | 17 | 9 |
| 10 | Nayah | "Je veux donner ma voix" | French | 85 | 4 | 11,521 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | Israhn | "Ihtidael" | Arabic | 50 | 9 | 862 | 10 | 19 | 10 |
| 12 | Uni.T | "Euro Song" | French | 26 | 12 | 2,153 | 5 | 17 | 7 |
At Eurovision
Nayah performed 10th in the running order of the contest, following Denmark and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of the voting she received 14 points, placing 19th of 23.
Points awarded by France
Final
| 12 points |  Portugal
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| 10 points |  Israel
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| 8 points |  Germany
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| 7 points |  Croatia
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| 6 points |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 5 points |  Turkey
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| 4 points |  Estonia
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| 3 points |  Sweden
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| 2 points |  Belgium
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| 1 point |  Slovenia
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Points awarded to France
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- ^ "La France et ses sélections : 1999". EAQ (in French).
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