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| France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Télévision Française 1 (TF1) | |||
| Country |  France | |||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date | 29 February 1976 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Un, deux, trois" | |||
| Artist | Catherine Ferry | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 2nd, 147 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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France was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "Un, deux, trois", composed by Tony Rallo, with lyrics byJean-Paul Cara, and performed byCatherine Ferry. The French participating broadcaster,Télévision Française 1 (TF1), selected its entry through a national final.
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Télévision Française 1 (TF1) opted to choose its 1976 entry via public selection. Two semi-finals were held, followed by the final on 29 February.
Each semi-final contained seven songs, with the top three in each going forward to the final. The qualifiers were chosen by public televoting.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Christian Gaubert | "Ophélie" | 2,354 | 6 |
| 2 | Sabrina Lory | "Pourquoi" | 3,457 | 5 |
| 3 | Harmony 5 | "Ne dis pas que tu m'aimes" | 4,474 | 2 |
| 4 | Christopher Laird | "Vivre une page d'amour" | 1,911 | 7 |
| 5 | Christian Borel | "Les chevaux de l'automne" | 4,109 | 4 |
| 6 | Catherine Ferry | "Un, deux, trois" | 4,776 | 1 |
| 7 | Caroline Verdi | "Aimer quelq'un d'heureux" | 4,263 | 3 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karine Day | "Ça ne fait rien" | 3,639 | 5 |
| 2 | Isabelle Aubret | "Je te connais déjà" | 3,345 | 6 |
| 3 | Jean Guidoni | "Marie-Valentine" | 4,336 | 2 |
| 4 | Laurence Cartier | "Si tu penses à l'amour" | 3,876 | 3 |
| 5 | Evelyne Geller | "Quelqu'un dans ma vie" | 4,394 | 1 |
| 6 | Les Troubadours | "Trois petits soldats" | 3,264 | 7 |
| 7 | Edwige | "Énergie, lumière, amour" | 3,724 | 4 |
The final took place on 29 February 1976, hosted by Evelyn Leclercq,Enrico Macias andDemis Roussos. Once again, the winner was chosen by a public vote.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Catherine Ferry | "Un, deux, trois" | 6,348 | 1 |
| 2 | Caroline Verdi | "Aimer quelqu'un d'heureux" | 2,036 | 4 |
| 3 | Jean Guidoni | "Marie-Valentine" | 5,482 | 2 |
| 4 | Laurence Cartier | "Si tu penses à l'amour" | 1,949 | 5 |
| 5 | Evelyne Geller | "Quelqu'un dans ma vie" | 1,644 | 6 |
| 6 | Harmony 5 | "Ne dis pas que tu m'aimes" | 4,014 | 3 |
On the night of the final Ferry performed 17th in the running order, followingMonaco and precedingYugoslavia. Prior to the contest most observers noted that the 1976 contest was the easiest for many years to predict, with "Un, deux, trois" and theUnited Kingdom's "Save Your Kisses for Me" as the only possible winners.[citation needed] The predictions proved accurate as the two quickly surged well ahead of the field in the voting, and after half the national juries had given their votes France held the lead by 82 points to the United Kingdom's 77. However the United Kingdom scored the stronger in the second half, and ran out the winner with 164 points to France's 147. However "Un, deux, trois" finished a huge 55 points ahead of third-placed Monaco.[1] "Un, deux, trois" had picked up five maximum 12s (fromAustria,Germany, Monaco, theNetherlands, and Yugoslavia) and gained the distinction of becoming the first ever non-winning Eurovision song to pick up points from every other national jury. In terms of points received as a percentage of the maximum possible total (72.06%) it remains the most successful runner-up ever under the 12 points system and outranks most subsequent winners.[citation needed]
The French jury awarded its 12 points toPortugal.
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