| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | France |
| Preselection: | Internal selection |
| Preselection Date: | 8 November 2023 |
| Entrant: | Slimane |
| Song: | French: [[Mon amour (Slimane song)|Mon amour]]|i=no |
| Final Result: | 4th, 445 points |
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden with the song "French: [[Mon amour (Slimane song)|Mon amour]]|i=no", written by Slimane, Yaacov Salah and Meïr Salah and performed by Slimane. The French broadcaster French: [[France Télévisions]]|italics=no internally selected the French entry for the contest.
As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
See main article: France in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Prior to the 2024 contest, France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-five times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in .[1] France first won the contest in with "French: [[Dors, mon amour]]|i=no" performed by André Claveau. In the 1960s, they won three times, with "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer in, "French: [[Un premier amour]]|i=no" performed by Isabelle Aubret in, and "French: [[Un jour, un enfant]]|i=no" performed by Frida Boccara, who won in in a four-way tie with the,, and the . France's fifth – and so far latest – victory came in when Marie Myriam won with the song "French: [[L'oiseau et l'enfant]]|i=no". France has also finished second five times, with Paule Desjardins in, Catherine Ferry in, Joëlle Ursull in, Amina in (who lost out to 's Carola in a tie-break), and Barbara Pravi in . In the 21st century, France has had less success, only making the top ten five times, with Natasha St-Pier finishing fourth in, Sandrine François finishing fifth in, Patricia Kaas finishing eighth in, Amir finishing sixth in, and Pravi finishing second in 2021 with 499 points. In, the nation finished in 16th place with the song "French: [[Évidemment (La Zarra song)|Évidemment]]|i=no" performed by La Zarra.[1]
The French national broadcaster, French: [[France Télévisions]]|i=no, broadcasts the event within the country and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the television channel French: [[France 2]]|i=no. The French broadcaster has used both national finals and internal selections to choose the country's entry in the past. In 2021 and, the French entries were selected via the national final French: [[Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez !]],[2] a format which was also planned to be held in 2023 but was ultimately cancelled in favour of an internal selection.[3] In June 2023, French: France Télévisions|i=no confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 contest.[4]
On 8 November 2023, French: France Télévisions|i=no announced that it had internally selected Slimane with the song "French: [[Mon amour (Slimane song)|Mon amour]]|i=no" as the French entrant for the 2024 contest.[5] The song, composed by Slimane with Yaacov and Meïr Salah, was presented to the public on the same day, during the evening news bulletin French: [[Journal de 20 heures]] hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix on France 2.[6] [7]
As part of the promotion of his participation in the contest, Slimane attended the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the Barcelona Eurovision Party on 6 April 2024, the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024, the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024, and the Nordic Eurovision Party in Stockholm on 14 April 14 2024.[8] [9] On 22 February 2024, he performed during the first semi-final of the Croatian national final; on 22 March 2024, he was a guest on the Italian TV show Italian: {{ill|La volta buona|it, broadcast on Rai 1;[10] [11] [12] on 9 April 2024, he performed during the fourth live show of the Francophone Belgian edition of The Voice, broadcast on French: [[La Une]]|i=no.[13]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final on 11 May 2024, but was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 30 January 2024, when it was announced that France would be voting in the second semi-final.[14] [15] Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the French entry was also performed during the semi-final.[16] On 4 May 2024, a draw was held to determine which half of the final each "Big Five" country would perform in; France drew to perform in the second half of the show.[17]
In France, the semi-finals were broadcast on, with commentary by Nicky Doll, while the final aired on France 2, with commentary by Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini; live streaming of the shows was also available on the broadcaster's online platform .[18] [19] In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, French: France Télévisions|i=no cooperated with DR and SVT alongside other EBU member broadcastersnamely ARD/WDR, the BBC, ČT, ERR, NRK, NTR, RÚV, VRT and Yleto produce and air a documentary titled ABBAAgainst the Odds, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of with "Waterloo" by ABBA.[20] [21]
Slimane took part in technical rehearsals on 2 and 4 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May.[22] In his performance of "French: Mon amour|i=no" at the contest, he sings the final chorus a cappella.[23]
On 4 May 2024, a draw was held to determine which half of the final each "Big Five" country would perform in; France drew to perform in the second half of the show. France will perform in position 25, following the entry from and before the entry from .[24]
See also: Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by France in the second semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public.[25] The French jury consisted of Valérie Dissaux, Élise Mollet, Fanny Llado, Pierre Suppa, and Sébastien Surel D'Assigny.[26] In the final, France placed 4th with 445 points, receiving twelve points from in the televote, and from Armenia,, and in the jury vote. Over the course of the contest, France awarded its 12 points to in the second semi-final and in the televote at the final, and to in the jury vote at the final.[27] [28]
The spokesperson for the French jury at the final was Natasha St-Pier, who represented .[29]
Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.[30] The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
The following members comprised the French jury:[26]
| + | |||
| Draw | Country | Televote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Points | ||
| 01 | 10 | 1 | |
| 02 | 15 | ||
| 03 | 7 | 4 | |
| 04 | 3 | 8 | |
| 05 | 14 | ||
| 06 | 11 | ||
| 07 | 13 | ||
| 08 | 2 | 10 | |
| 09 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | |
| 14 | 1 | 12 | |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | |
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| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | |||
| 01 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 02 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 03 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 04 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 06 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 07 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 08 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 09 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 25 | |||||||||||
| 26 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 13 | ||||