France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
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Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
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Country | France | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Eurovision 2000: la sélection | |||
Selection date(s) | 15 February 2000 | |||
Selected entrant | Sofia Mestari | |||
Selected song | "On aura le ciel" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 23rd, 5 points | |||
France in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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France was represented by
Before Eurovision
Eurovision 2000: la sélection
Eurovision 2000: la sélection was the national final organised by France 3 to select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The competition took place on 15 February 2000 at the L'Olympia in Paris and hosted by Julien Lepers and Karen Cheryl. The show was broadcast on France 3.
Competing entries
France 3 requested proposals from record companies in October 1999. A three-member selection committee reviewed the received proposals, shortlisted twenty entries after an audition round and selected fourteen to compete in the national final. The selection committee consisted of Nathalie André (producer), Catherine Régnier (M6 music programmer) and Fabrice Ferment (Head of Delegation for France at the Eurovision Song Contest). The competing artists and songs were announced on 6 January 2000.[1]
Final
The final took place on 15 February 2000. Fourteen entries competed and the winner, "On aura le ciel" performed by
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place |
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1 | Jenny Zana | "Tendresses" | Jean-Michel Soupraya | — |
2 | Stéphane Godsend | "Nous deux" | Stéphane Godsend, M. Arraya, E. Reverdi | — |
3 | Ebony | "L'amour en noir et blanc" | Thierry Gronfier, Chantal Péraldi | — |
4 | Christophe Sarti | "C'est une très belle histoire d'amour" | Jean-Max Rivière | — |
5 | ZH | "Tu en fais trop" | Serge Pellerin | — |
6 | Sofia Mestari | "On aura le ciel" | Benoît Heinrich, Pierre Legay | 1 |
7 | Orijin | "Autour de toi" | Renaud Bidjeck, Thierry Bidjeck | 3 |
8 | Gildas Thomas | "Pense à moi" | Gildas Thomas | — |
9 | Hologramme | "Avec des gants" | Pascal Mounet, Félix Nicklabon, Peter von Poehl | — |
10 | Aïden Aleksander | "Maintenant" | Aïden Aleksander, Lionel Florence | — |
11 | Jessica Ferley | "Espoir" | Frederic Bechecloux | 2 |
12 | Guillaume Eyango | "Libérez" | Guillaume Eyango, Benjamin Farley | — |
13 | Mademoiselle | "SOS" | Thierry Gronfier, Chantal Péraldi | — |
14 | Soundkaïl | "Jeunes solidaires" | David Selise, Sacha Stouri | — |
Controversy
A degree of controversy arose when it became known that "On aura le ciel" had been placed first by the jury but "Espoir" performed by Jessica Ferley had won the public vote, receiving 27,000 votes out of the 43,000 registered.[1] The explanation of France 3 that "On aura le ciel" came second in the televote while "Espoir" was ranked only fourth by the jury prompted complaints that in the event of the televote and jury vote coming up with different winners, the televote should have taken precedence, otherwise there was a degree of dishonesty in asking the public to pay to vote, only for their choice to be overruled by a small group of jurors (A similar controversy would later engulf the 2005 Swedish selection).[3]
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Mestari performed fifth in the running order, following Estonia and preceding Romania. At the close of voting "On aura le ciel" had received only 5 points, placing France 23rd of the 24 entries, ahead only of Belgium.[4] This was the second time in three contests that France had finished one place off the bottom, and led to reiterated claims that the wrong song for a televoting environment had been sent. The 12 points from the French televote were awarded to Turkey.[5]
Voting
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References
- ^ a b "La France et ses sélections télévisées : 2000". EAQ.
- ^ "FRENCH NATIONAL FINAL 2000".
- ^ ESC National Finals database 2000
- ^ "Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - France 2000
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.