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| France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) | |||
| Country |  France | |||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date | 6 March 1973 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Sans toi" | |||
| Artist | Martine Clemenceau | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 65 points | |||
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France was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Sans toi", composed byPaul Koulak, with lyrics by Anne Grégory, and performed byMartine Clemenceau. The French participating broadcaster,Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF), selected its entry through a national final.
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Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) held the national final on 6 March 1973 at the Buttes-Chaumont TV studios inParis. Six songs took part with the winner chosen by three juries made up of "experts", press and members of the public. Anne-Marie Godart had representedMonaco in 1972.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Martine Clemenceau | "Je suis venue de loin" | 12 | 5 |
| 2 | Martine Clemenceau | "L'arlequin" | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Martine Clemenceau | "Sans toi" | 21 | 1 |
| 4 | Anne-Marie Godart | "Pas un mot, pas une larme" | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Godart | "Lui, il ne saura jamais" | 14 | 4 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Savelli | "Oui, je t'aime" | 16 | 2 |
On the night of the final Clemenceau performed 16th in the running order, following theUnited Kingdom and precedingIsrael. At the close of voting "Sans toi" had received 65 points, placing France joint 15th (withYugoslavia) of the 17 entries – the only time that France finished outside the top 10 during the 1970s.[1] Finished tied second-last was the nearest to last result for France from 1956 to 1997.
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