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France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

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Summary

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Field	Value
Year	1979
Broadcaster	Télévision Française 1 (TF1)
Country	France
Selection process	Internal selection
Song	Je suis l'enfant soleil
Artist	Anne Marie David
Writer
Final result	3rd, 106 points

France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Je suis l'enfant soleil", composed by Hubert Giraud, with lyrics by Eddy Marnay, and performed by Anne Marie David. The French participating broadcaster, Télévision Française 1 (TF1), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Télévision Française 1 (TF1) was going to hold the French national final, Concours de la Chanson Française pour l'Eurovision 1979, on 4 March 1979 at its studios in Paris, but the Société Française de Production, the French film technicians' union, went on strike, barring the semi-finals from airing and the finals from being taped at all. A professional jury picked the winner out of a pool of 14 semi-finalists.

The winning entry was "Je suis l'enfant soleil", performed by Anne Marie David and composed by Eddy Marnay with lyrics by Hubert Giraud. Despite the strike, Anne Marie David's semi-final performance was allowed to be shown during Preview Week.

Ordre	Artiste	Chanson	Points	Place
1	Renaud Siry	Juste une mélodie	-	-
2	Darras et Désumeur	Arlequin	-	-
3	Christy Caro	L'hiver est le plus chaud	-	-
4	Elsa Litton	Cette nuit-là	-	-
5	Chorus	Je vole sur la musique	-	-
6	Anne-Marie David	Je suis l'enfant-soleil	-	1
7	Michel Démétriadès	Prends la vie comme elle vient	-	-

Ordre	Artiste	Chanson	Points	Place
1	Judith Lay	Enfants de la musique	-	-
2	Richard Lory	Un vent de folie	-	-
3	Francine Aliona	Danse, allez danse	-	-
4	Paul et Julie B.	Retour aux années folles	-	-
5	Patrick Loubié	Bravo, tant pis	-	-
6	Jean-Noël Dupré	On est tous pareils	-	-
7	Nadine Douteau	Un jour tu trouveras	-	-

At Eurovision

Anne Marie David performed eleventh on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 106 points, placing 3rd in a field of 19 competing countries.

Voting

Score	Country	12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

Score	Country	12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

References

"Anne-Marie David".
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"Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union.
"Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union.

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