Year: | 1985 |
Broadcaster: | French: [[France 2|Antenne 2]]|i=no |
Country: | France |
Preselection: | National final |
Preselection Date: | 31 March 1985 |
Entrant: | Roger Bens |
Song: | French: Femme dans ses rêves aussi|i=no |
Final Result: | 10th, 56 points |
France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "French: Femme dans ses rêves aussi|i=no", written by Didier Pascalis, and performed by Roger Bens. 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 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 and Denis Pépin | "Quelque chose me dit" | 89 | 5 | |
14 | Nadine Séra | "Un autre jour, une autre chance" | 39 | 10 |
On the night of the final Bens performed 6th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "French: Femme dans ses rêves aussi|i=no" had received 56 points, placing France 10th of the 19 entries.[2] The French jury awarded its 12 points to .[3]