France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) | |||
| Country |  France | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 6 March 1973 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Martine Clemenceau | |||
| Selected song | "Sans toi" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 65 points | |||
| France in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Sans toi", composed by Paul Koulak, with lyrics by Anne Grégory, and performed by Martine Clemenceau. The French participating broadcaster, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
[edit]National final
[edit]Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) held the national final on 6 March 1973 at the Buttes-Chaumont TV studios in Paris. 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 represented Monaco in 1972.[1]
| 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 |
At Eurovision
[edit]On the night of the final Clemenceau performed 16th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Israel. At the close of voting "Sans toi" had received 65 points, placing France joint 15th (with Yugoslavia) of the 17 entries – the only time that France finished outside the top 10 during the 1970s.[2][3] Finished tied second-last was the nearest to last result for France from 1956 to 1997.
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ ESC National Finals database 1973
- ^ "Final of Luxembourg 1973". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - France 1973
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.