France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	6 March 1973
Selected entrant	Martine Clemenceau
Selected song	"Sans toi"
Selected songwriter(s)	Paul Koulak; Anne Grégory;
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 65 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest

France was represented by Martine Clemenceau, with the song "Sans toi", at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg City. "Sans toi" was chosen as the French entry at the national final on 6 March.

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final was organised by broadcaster ORTF and held 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 the 1972 contest.^[1]

Final – 6 March 1973
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
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

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

Points awarded to France^[4]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points
8 points
7 points	Yugoslavia
6 points
5 points	Ireland Monaco Netherlands Spain Sweden United Kingdom
4 points	Finland Germany Norway Switzerland
3 points	Belgium Luxembourg
2 points	Israel Italy Portugal

Points awarded by France^[4]
Score	Country
10 points	Luxembourg
9 points	Spain
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Germany
6 points	Netherlands Norway Portugal
5 points	Israel Italy Monaco
4 points	Finland Ireland Sweden Yugoslavia
3 points
2 points	Belgium Switzerland

References

^ 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
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1973

[2] "Final of Luxembourg 1973". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - France 1973

[1973detailed-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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Songs	"À chaque pas" "Allez Ola Olé" "L'Amour à la française" "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" "La Belle amour" "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" "Chacun pense à soi" "Le Chant de Mallory" "Chanteur de charme" "Chez nous" "Comé-comédie" "Divine" "Diwanit bugale" "Dors, mon amour" "Echo (You and I)" "Elle était si jolie" "L'Enfer et moi" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Et s'il fallait le faire" "Européennes" "Évidemment" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "Fulenn" "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames" "Humanahum" "Il doit faire beau là-bas" "Il est là" "Il était temps" "Il faut du temps" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "J'ai cherché" "J'ai volé la vie" "Un jardin sur la terre" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Je suis un vrai garçon" "Je veux donner ma voix" "Un jour, un enfant" "Mama Corsica" "Marie-Blanche" "Mercy" ~~"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"~~ "Mon amour" "Monté la riviè" "Monts et merveilles" "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Moustache" "N'avoue jamais" "N'oubliez pas" "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" "On aura le ciel" "Où aller" "Oui, oui, oui, oui" "Un premier amour" "Printemps, avril carillonne" "Requiem" "Roi" "Sans toi" "Sentiments songes" "Sognu" "La Source" "Le Temps perdu" "Tom Pillibi" "Un, deux, trois" ~~"La Vie à vingt-cinq ans"~~ "Vivre" "Voilà" "White and Black Blues"
Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete