France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	31 March 1985
Selected entrant	Roger Bens
Selected song	"Femme dans ses rêves aussi"
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 56 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest

France was represented by Roger Bens, with the song '"Femme dans ses rêves aussi", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster Antenne 2.

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final was held on 31 March 1985, hosted by Patrice Laffont and Catherine Ceylac. Fourteen songs took part with the winner chosen by a panel of TV viewers who were telephoned and asked to vote on the songs.^[1]

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Les Jumelles	"Notre Symphonie"	30	11
2	Roger Bens	"Femme dans ses rêves aussi"	215	1
3	Lucille Marciano	"Pour ne pas oublier les hommes"	52	9
4	Julia Romagne	"Dolly"	80	6
5	Florence Minet	"Le cœur made in amour"	99	4
6	Florence Allora	"C'est un sorcier"	63	8
7	Pascal Renard	"Mary Jackson"	22	12
8	Sarah d'Armento	"Zoom avant"	10	14
9	Henri de Vézins	"Amour non-stop"	17	13
10	3+1	"Paris la France"	76	7
11	Betty Dian	"Le jour où tu reviendras"	121	2
12	Françoise Robert	"Only you, que vous"	103	3
13	Irka & Denis Pépin	"Quelque chose me dit"	89	5
14	Nadine Séra	"Un autre jour, une autre chance"	39	10

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Bens performed 6th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Turkey. At the close of voting "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" had received 56 points (including a maximum 12 from Greece), placing France 10th of the 19 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.^[2]

Points awarded by France

12 points	Israel
10 points	Denmark
8 points	Germany
7 points	Sweden
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Italy
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Norway
1 point	Austria

Points awarded to France

Points awarded to France
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Greece	Italy			Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Finland	Cyprus Switzerland	Austria Israel Luxembourg Portugal	United Kingdom	Turkey

References

[1] ESC National Finals database 1985

[2] ESC History - France 1985

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Artists	Ahez Alma Mathé Altéry Alvan Amir Amina Lisa Angell Anggun Isabelle Aubret Louisa Baïleche Alain Barrière Roger Bens Frida Boccara Guy Bonnet Amandine Bourgeois Jacqueline Boyer Dan Ar Braz Jonatan Cerrada André Claveau Martine Clémenceau Cocktail Chic Noëlle Cordier ~~Dani~~ Dany Dauberson Anne-Marie David Paule Desjardins Fanny Les Fatals Picards Catherine Ferry Patrick Fiori Sandrine François Jean Gabilou Bilal Hassani Héritage des Celtes Jean Philippe Patricia Kaas Kali Serge Lama ~~Tom Leeb~~ Gérard Lenorman Madame Monsieur Guy Mardel Marie Line Betty Mars Jessy Matador Jean-Paul Mauric Sofia Mestari Christine Minier Nina Morato Marie Myriam Nayah Ortal Nathalie Pâque Virginie Pouchain Barbara Pravi Joël Prévost Profil Rachel Nicole Rieu Nathalie Santamaria Slimane Natasha St-Pier Sébastien Tellier Annick Thoumazeau Twin Twin Joëlle Ursull Amaury Vassili Dominique Walter La Zarra
Songs	"À chaque pas" "Allez Ola Olé" "L'Amour à la française" "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" "La Belle amour" "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" "Chacun pense à soi" "Le Chant de Mallory" "Chanteur de charme" "Chez nous" "Comé-comédie" "Divine" "Diwanit bugale" "Dors, mon amour" "Echo (You and I)" "Elle était si jolie" "L'Enfer et moi" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Et s'il fallait le faire" "Européennes" "Évidemment" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "Fulenn" "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames" "Humanahum" "Il doit faire beau là-bas" "Il est là" "Il était temps" "Il faut du temps" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "J'ai cherché" "J'ai volé la vie" "Un jardin sur la terre" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Je suis un vrai garçon" "Je veux donner ma voix" "Un jour, un enfant" "Mama Corsica" "Marie-Blanche" "Mercy" ~~"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"~~ "Mon amour" "Monté la riviè" "Monts et merveilles" "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Moustache" "N'avoue jamais" "N'oubliez pas" "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" "On aura le ciel" "Où aller" "Oui, oui, oui, oui" "Un premier amour" "Printemps, avril carillonne" "Requiem" "Roi" "Sans toi" "Sentiments songes" "Sognu" "La Source" "Le Temps perdu" "Tom Pillibi" "Un, deux, trois" ~~"La Vie à vingt-cinq ans"~~ "Vivre" "Voilà" "White and Black Blues"
Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Adelaide Al Bano and Romina Power Roger Bens Takis Biniaris Bobbysocks! Maria Christian Izhar Cohen Kikki Danielsson Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini Hot Eyes Linda Lepomme Sonja Lumme Gary Lux Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts MFÖ Paloma San Basilio Vikki Lia Vissi Wind
Songs	"Bra vibrationer" "Children, Kinder, Enfants" "Didai didai dai" "Eläköön elämä" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "La fiesta terminó" "Für alle" "Kinder dieser Welt" "La det swinge" "Laat me nu gaan" "Love Is..." "Magic Oh Magic" "Miazoume" "Olé, Olé" "Penso em ti, eu sei" "Piano, piano" "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" "To katalava arga" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"