France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selected entrant	Fanny
Selected song	"Sentiments songes"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 95 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1996 • 1997 • 1998►

France was represented by Fanny, with the song '"Sentiments songes", at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 May in Dublin. "Sentiments songes" was chosen internally by broadcaster France 2.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Fanny performed 22nd in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Croatia. At the close of voting "Sentiments songes" had picked up 95 points (including maximum 12s from Estonia, Norway and Poland), placing France 7th of the 25 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners the United Kingdom.

Voting

Points awarded to France

Points awarded to France

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Estonia Norway Poland	Iceland Ireland			Portugal Russia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands	Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Switzerland	Hungary Slovenia Sweden Turkey	Denmark

Points awarded by France

12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Estonia
7 points	Slovenia
6 points	Turkey
5 points	Hungary
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Poland
2 points	Spain
1 point	Malta

See also

• France in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1997