France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

France chose their entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 internally in March 2008, and chose Sébastien Tellier to sing "Divine". As one of the 'Big 4' countries, France automatically qualified for the final on May 24, 2008.

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country France
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)7 March 2008
Selected entrantSébastien Tellier
Selected song"Divine"
Finals performance
Final result19th, 47 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 7 March 2008, France 3 announced that the French entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 would be "Divine" performed by Sébastien Tellier.[1] The song was written by Tellier and was released as part of Tellier's album Sexuality, released on 25 February 2008.

At Eurovision

As one of the 'Big 4' countries, France automatically qualified for the final on May 24, 2008. Sébastien Tellier performed 19th following Ukraine and preceding Azerbaijan. He finished 19th with 47 points.

Points awarded by France
Points awarded to France (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Commentators

For the 2008 contest the commentators for France were Jean-Paul Gaultier and Julien Lepers.[2]

See also

References
  1. Royston, Benny (7 March 2008). "France: Sébastien Tellier to Eurovision". Esctoday. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. "Jean-Paul Gaultier to comment Eurovision final". esctoday.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-04-27.


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