France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] The French entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the French broadcaster France Télévisions. Anggun represented France with the song "Echo (You and I)", which placed 22nd in the final, scoring 21 points.[2][3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country France
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 29 November 2011
Song: 29 January 2012
Selected entrantAnggun
Selected song"Echo (You and I)"
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 21 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

France 3 announced on 19 November 2011 that the French entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected internally.[4] On 29 November 2011, France 3 announced that the French entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 would be Anggun.[5] Her song "Echo (You and I)" was written by William Rousseau, Jean-Pierre Pilot and Anggun and contains lyrics in a bilingual mix of French and English. The entry was presented to the public on 29 January 2012 during a press conference held in the Blue Lounge at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.[6]

At Eurovision

In the final held on 26 May 2012, France performed 9th, following Cyprus and preceding Italy. The French performance featured Anggun supported by two backing vocalists: Caroline Devismes and Sebastien Demeaux; and three backup dancers: Jimmy Bourcereau, Jeremy Maupilet and Andrea Catozzi. France finished 22nd out of 26 with a score of 21 points, giving France its lowest score since 2007. It was later revealed that if had it only been up to the viewers to decide the final result, France wouldn't have been awarded a single point.

Split results
  • In the final, France came 22nd with 21 points: the public awarded France last (26th place) with 0 points and the jury awarded 13th place with 85 points.[7]

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

See also

References
  1. Dufaut, Dominique (19 November 2011). "France to choose internally for Eurovision 2012". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
  3. Escuerdo, Victor M. (29 January 2012). "Listen to Echo (You And I), the French entry!". Eurovision.tv.
  4. Dufaut, Dominique (19 November 2011). "France to choose internally for Eurovision 2012". Esctoday. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. Jiandani, Sanjay (29 November 2011). "France: Anggun will represent France in Baku". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  6. Dufaut, Dominique (29 January 2012). "French song online today at 16:00 CET". Esctoday. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". Eurovision.tv.
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