France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
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France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".", written by Corneille Nyungura, and performed by Virginie Pouchain. The French participating broadcaster, Script error: No such module "Lang"., selected its performer for the contest through the competition Script error: No such module "Lang". and, subsequently, the song internally once the national final was over.
Singers interested in entering the French national final had the opportunity to apply to one of three open competitions with defined periods organised by France 2, France 3, and RFO. A total of 21 artists were selected; thirteen were selected from the France 3 selection and four were each selected from the France 2 and RFO selections. The 21 finalists competed in the national final on 14 March 2006 where the winner was selected over three rounds of voting. In the first round, the top ten candidates were selected by a four-member jury panel to advance to the second round. In the second round, the top three candidates were selected to advance to the final round following the combination of votes from the jury panel and a public vote, during which "Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Virginie Pouchain was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from the jury and public vote. On 17 March 2006, Script error: No such module "Lang". announced that Pouchain would perform a new song at the Eurovision Song Contest and "Script error: No such module "Lang"." was presented to the public as the new entry during a live performance by Pouchain on 10 April 2006 during the France 3 programme Script error: No such module "Lang"..
As a member of the "Big Four", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 19, France placed twenty-second out of the 24 participating countries with 5 points.
Background
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As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, Script error: No such module "Lang". organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country through Script error: No such module "Lang".. The broadcaster confirmed that it would participate in the 2006 contest on 11 December 2005.[2] The French broadcasters had used both national finals and internal selection to choose their entries in the past. From Template:Esccnty to Template:Esccnty, Script error: No such module "Lang". opted to internally select its entries. In Template:Esccnty the broadcaster selected its entry via a national final, a procedure that was continued in order to select the 2006 entry.
Before Eurovision
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Script error: No such module "Lang". was the national selection organised by Script error: No such module "Lang". through its channels: France 2, France 3, and the overseas territories broadcaster RFO in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The final took place on 14 March 2006 at the La Plaine St-Denis television studios in Paris, hosted by Michel Drucker and Claudy Siar. The show was broadcast on France 3 as well as online via the broadcaster channel's official website france3.fr.[3] The national final was watched by 3.4 million viewers in France with a market share of 18.5%.
Format
The selection process took place in two stages before the 21 selected finalists for the live final and ultimately the winner were selected. The first stage of the competition included France 2, France 3, and RFO each conducting varying selections in order to determine the candidates they submitted for the second stage of the competition. France 3 submitted thirteen candidates while France 2 and RFO each submitted four candidates.[4] The 21 candidates proceeded to the second stage, the televised national final, where the winning artist was selected as the French entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and would perform an internally selected song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Corneille Nyungura.[5]
France 2 selection
The four candidates selected by France 2 for the national final were determined through the France 2 programme Script error: No such module "Lang"., produced and hosted by Pascal Sevran. Eighteen contestants were selected for the competition from over 500 performers that attended auditions held in Lille, Marseille, and Paris between 2 December 2005 and 13 December 2005. Following two heats on 14 and 21 January 2006 and a semi-final on 28 January 2006, six contestants ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 4 February 2006, from which four were selected exclusively by public televoting to advance to the national final and announced during an additional show on 4 March 2006.[6]
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorrick Vrzal | "Marguerite" (Richard Cocciante) | — |
| 2 | Laura | "Un enfant" (Jacques Brel) | — |
| 3 | Mickaël | "Une femme" (Roch Voisine) | — |
| 4 | Mélody Simek | "Paris violon" (Michel Legrand) | — |
| 5 | Fabien Incardona | "Cent mille chansons" (Frida Boccara) | — |
| 6 | Virginie Pouchain | "Le coeur volcan" (Julien Clerc) | 1 |
France 3 selection
The thirteen candidates selected by France 3 for the national final were determined through auditions held in thirteen cities across France between 16 January 2006 and 3 February 2006, where over 3,000 performers attended.[7] From each audition, ten performers were selected to advance to the second round and the public was able to vote online via france3.fr.[8] The winner of each audition was determined by the combination of the online vote (50%) and a jury panel headed by vocal coach Malika Bellari (50%) and announced between 9 and 14 February 2006.[6][9]
| Audition site | Audition date | Selected candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Île-de-France | 16 January 2006 | Candice Parise |
| Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 17 January 2006 | Aude Henneville |
| Lorraine Champagne-Ardenne | 19 January 2006 | Alexandre Vautrin |
| Alsace | 20 January 2006 | Virginie Schaeffer |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 22 January 2006 | Gwladys Fraioli |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 23 January 2006 | Tamara Calhoun |
| Marseille | 26 January 2006 | Pierre Suppa |
| Corsica | 27 January 2006 | Laurent Leandri |
| Rennes | 29 January 2006 | Maëlle Audic |
| Normandy | 30 January 2006 | Émilie Chenneviere |
| Aquitaine | 1 February 2006 | Leila Barechdy |
| Bordeaux | 2 February 2006 | Fabian Ballarin |
| Limousin Poitou-Charentes | 3 February 2006 | Julien Lamassonne |
RFO selection
The four candidates selected by RFO for the national final were determined through the musical programme Script error: No such module "Lang". which featured 93 artists from French overseas territories.[4] Nine artists ultimately qualified to compete in the final round, from which four were selected to advance to the national final by the combination of an online vote (1/3) and a jury panel (2/3) and announced on 7 February 2006. For the online vote, the public was able to vote for their favourite artists via the programme website 9s1j.rfo.fr between 30 January and 5 February 2006.[10]
| Draw | Territory | Artist | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique | Kolo Barst | Advanced |
| 2 | File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Réunion | Ousa Nousava | Eliminated |
| 3 | File:Flag of Mayotte (Local).svg Mayotte | Mikidache | Advanced |
| 4 | File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia | Barthélémy | Eliminated |
| 5 | File:Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe | Krys | Eliminated |
| 6 | File:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon | D'Ge | Eliminated |
| 7 | File:Flag of FLNKS.svg New Caledonia | Gulaan | Eliminated |
| 8 | File:Flag of FLNKS.svg New Caledonia | Tyssia | Advanced |
| 9 | File:Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana | Chris Combette | Advanced |
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National final
The national final took place on 14 March 2006 and the winner was selected over three rounds of voting. In the first round, the twenty-one finalists performed cover versions of popular songs in groups and the top ten contestants as determined by a five-member jury panel advanced to the second round. In the second round, each of the remaining ten contestants performed a cover version of a French language song and together performed a medley of former Eurovision songs: "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" by France Gall (Template:Esccnty), "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam (Template:Esccnty), "Ne partez pas sans moi" by Céline Dion (Template:Esccnty) and "White and Black Blues" by Joëlle Ursull (Template:Esccnty), as well as a medley of English language songs: "Y.M.C.A." by Village People, "Rasputin" by Boney M., "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward and "Lady Marmalade" by Patti LaBelle. The top three contestants as determined by the combination of public televoting (50%) and the five-member jury (50%) advanced to the final round, during which each of the remaining three contestants performed a cover version of a French language song and the winner, Virginie Pouchain, was determined by the public and jury vote.[11][12][13]
The jury panel consisted of:[11]
- Charles Aznavour – Singer-songwriter
- Lara Fabian – Canadian singer-songwriter, represented Template:Esccnty
- Natasha St-Pier – Canadian singer, represented Template:Esccnty
- Pierre Gage – Singer
- René-Frantz Durosel – Manager of Corneille Nyungura
In addition to the performances of the contestants, Corneille Nyungura and jury members Lara Fabian and Natasha St-Pier performed as the interval acts of the show. The French contest entry, "Script error: No such module "Lang".", was also presented to the public during the show.[3]
| Draw | Artist | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Candice Parise | Advanced |
| 2 | Aude Henneville | Advanced |
| 3 | Alexandre Vautrin | Advanced |
| 4 | Virginie Schaeffer | Advanced |
| 5 | Gwladys Fraioli | Eliminated |
| 6 | Tamara Calhoun | Eliminated |
| 7 | Pierre Suppa | Advanced |
| 8 | Laurent Leandri | Eliminated |
| 9 | Maëlle Audic | Eliminated |
| 10 | Émilie Chenneviere | Eliminated |
| 11 | Leila Barechdy | Advanced |
| 12 | Fabian Ballarin | Eliminated |
| 13 | Julien Lamassonne | Advanced |
| 14 | Kolo Barst | Eliminated |
| 15 | Chris Combette | Eliminated |
| 16 | Mikidache | Eliminated |
| 17 | Tyssia | Advanced |
| 18 | Mélody Simek | Eliminated |
| 19 | Yorrick Vrzal | Eliminated |
| 20 | Fabien Incardona | Advanced |
| 21 | Virginie Pouchain | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginie Schaeffer | "Mourir demain" (Natasha St-Pier and Pascal Obispo) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Alexandre Vautrin | "La vie ne m'apprend rien" (Daniel Balavoine) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Virginie Pouchain | "J'te l'dis quand même" (Patrick Bruel) | Advanced |
| 4 | Aude Henneville | "Il suffira d'un signe" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Tyssia | "Je serai là" (Teri Moïse) | Eliminated |
| 6 | Pierre Suppa | "Les Histoires d'a" (Les Rita Mitsouko) | Eliminated |
| 7 | Candice Parise | "D'aventures en aventures" (Serge Lama) | Eliminated |
| 8 | Fabien Incardona | "Chanter" (Florent Pagny) | Advanced |
| 9 | Julien Lamassone | "Sur la route" (Gérald De Palmas) | Advanced |
| 10 | Leila Barechdy | "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" (Michel Berger) | Eliminated |
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Percentage | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginie Pouchain | "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (Celine Dion) | 42.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Fabien Incardona | "Savoir aimer" (Florent Pagny) | 34.2% | 2 |
| 3 | Julien Lamassone | "L'Envie" (Johnny Hallyday) | 23.3% | 3 |
Song selection
Following Virginie Pouchain's win at the French national final, the singer stated that she would be performing a song other than "Script error: No such module "Lang"." at the Eurovision Song Contest following consultation with composer Corneille Nyungura as the entry, originally written to be performed by a male vocalist, did not suit her style.[14] After being given an extended deadline by the EBU, the replacement entry "Script error: No such module "Lang"." was formally presented to the public on 10 April 2006 during the France 3 programme Script error: No such module "Lang"., hosted by Julien Lepers.[15]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the Template:Escyr are required to qualify from the semi-final in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big 4", France automatically qualified to compete in the final on 20 May 2006. In addition to their participation in the final, France is also required to broadcast and vote in the semi-final on 18 May 2006. During the running order draw for the semi-final and final on 21 March 2006, France was placed to perform in position 19 in the final, following the entry from Template:Esccnty and before the entry from Template:Esccnty.[16] Virginie Pouchain performed the song on stage together with cellist Matheson Bayley and France placed twenty-second in the final, scoring 5 points.[17]
In France, the semi-final was broadcast on France 4 with commentary by Peggy Olmi and Éric Jean-Jean, while the final was broadcast on France 3 with commentary by Michel Drucker and Claudy Siar, as well as via radio on France Bleu with commentary by Alexandre Devoise.[18] Script error: No such module "Lang". appointed Sophie Jovillard as its spokesperson to announce the French votes during the final.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to France and awarded by France in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Template:Esccnty in the semi-final and to Template:Esccnty in the final of the contest.
Points awarded to France
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Points awarded by France
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External links
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