Year: | 1984 |
Broadcaster: | French: [[France 2|Antenne 2]]|i=no |
Country: | France |
Preselection: | National final |
Preselection Date: | 25 March 1984 |
Entrant: | Annick Thoumazeau |
Song: | French: Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles|i=no |
Final Result: | 8th, 61 points |
France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "French: Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles|i=no", composed by Vladimir Cosma, with lyrics by Charles Level, and performed by Annick Thoumazeau. The French participating broadcaster, French: [[France 2|Antenne 2]]|i=no, selected its entry through a national final.
French: [[France 2|Antenne 2]]|i=no held the national final on 25 March, hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault and Catherine Ceylac. Fourteen songs took part with the winner chosen by a panel of television viewers who were telephoned and asked to vote on the songs.[1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Victoire | "On n'est pas rock, on n'est pas jazz" | 66 | 6 | |
2 | Muriel Laude | "Comme un automate" | 16 | 13 | |
3 | Christine Carrasco | "Le temps de la musique" | 179 | 2 | |
4 | Pierre Azama | "Les années claires" | 48 | 8 | |
5 | Jean-Claude Allora | "Le cœur dans les nuages" | 61 | 7 | |
6 | Émilien | "Et je l'aimais" | 144 | 3 | |
7 | Euréka | "Fais-le, prends le temps de vivre" | 24 | 12 | |
8 | Elia | "Eh musicien" | 29 | 10 | |
9 | Evelyne Sélès | "Quand la terre était un jardin" | 45 | 9 | |
10 | J.C.B. | "Parler d'amour" | 16 | 13 | |
11 | Arc-en-Ciel | "Ton étoile" | 121 | 5 | |
12 | Marise Bonnet | "Y-a-t-il un rêve" | 26 | 11 | |
13 | Annick Thoumazeau | "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" | 206 | 1 | |
14 | Laurence Saltiel | "Le retour des bergers" | 132 | 4 |
On the night of the final Thoumazeau performed third in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "French: Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles|i=no" had received 61 points, placing France 8th of the 19 entries.[2] The French jury awarded its 12 points to .[3]