France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	4 April 1987
Selected entrant	Christine Minier
Selected song	"Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche"
Selected songwriter(s)	Marc Minier; Gérard Curci;
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 44 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest

France was represented by Christine Minier, with the song "Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche", at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Brussels. Broadcaster Antenne 2 chose the song via a broadcast national final, which would prove to be the last French national final until 1999. At the time of her victory Minier was not a professional singer, nor did she subsequently launch a professional career.

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final was held on 4 April 1987, hosted by Marie-Ange Nardi and Patrick Simpson. Ten songs took part with the winner chosen by a panel of TV viewers who were telephoned and asked to vote on the songs.^[1]

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Jacques Payan	"Vivre libre"	74	7
2	Pascale Fontenel	"Bonheur ordinateur"	28	10
3	Isabelle Gautier	"Ciné-climat"	29	9
4	Patrick Alès	"À tout vent"	137	3
5	Cathy Solo	"Manolito"	58	8
6	Christine Minier	"Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche"	163	1
7	Pascal Tafuri	"Délit de fuite"	110	6
8	Marilyne and Marina	"Marilyne et Marina"	150	2
9	Joël Barret	"La clef du temps"	126	5
10	Damien Natangelo	"Vivre pour aimer"	127	4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Minier performed 15th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Germany. At the close of voting "Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" had received 44 points, placing France 14th of the 22 entries.^[2] The French jury awarded its 12 points to the Netherlands.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to France^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Luxembourg
10 points	Ireland
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Germany Italy
4 points	Greece Iceland
3 points
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Netherlands Norway

Points awarded by France^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Netherlands
10 points	Israel
8 points	Denmark
7 points	Greece
6 points	Germany
5 points	Cyprus
4 points	Norway
3 points	Sweden
2 points	Yugoslavia
1 point	Ireland

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1987
^ "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ "ESC History - France 1987". Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1987

[2] "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[3] "ESC History - France 1987". Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

[1987detailed-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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Artists	Ahez Alma Mathé Altéry Alvan Amir Amina Lisa Angell Anggun Isabelle Aubret Louisa Baïleche Alain Barrière Roger Bens Frida Boccara Guy Bonnet Amandine Bourgeois Jacqueline Boyer Dan Ar Braz Jonatan Cerrada André Claveau Martine Clémenceau Cocktail Chic Noëlle Cordier ~~Dani~~ Dany Dauberson Anne-Marie David Paule Desjardins Fanny Les Fatals Picards Catherine Ferry Patrick Fiori Sandrine François Jean Gabilou Bilal Hassani Héritage des Celtes Jean Philippe Patricia Kaas Kali Serge Lama ~~Tom Leeb~~ Gérard Lenorman Madame Monsieur Guy Mardel Marie Line Betty Mars Jessy Matador Jean-Paul Mauric Sofia Mestari Christine Minier Nina Morato Marie Myriam Nayah Ortal Nathalie Pâque Virginie Pouchain Barbara Pravi Joël Prévost Profil Rachel Nicole Rieu Nathalie Santamaria Slimane Natasha St-Pier Sébastien Tellier Annick Thoumazeau Twin Twin Joëlle Ursull Amaury Vassili Dominique Walter La Zarra
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

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Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Alexia Bang Datner and Kushnir Lotta Engberg Kate Gulbrandsen Halla Margrét Anne-Cathrine Herdorf and Bandjo Patricia Kraus Johnny Logan Gary Lux Marcha Christine Minier Nevada Novi fosili Plastic Bertrand Carol Rich Rikki Vicky Rosti and Boulevard Liliane Saint-Pierre Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif Umberto Tozzi and Raf Wind
Songs	"Amour, amour" "Aspro mavro" "Boogaloo" "Gente di mare" "Hægt og hljótt" "Hold Me Now" "Ja sam za ples" "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" "En lille melodi" "Mitt liv" "Moitié, moitié" "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Neste barco à vela" "No estás solo" "Nur noch Gefühl" "Only the Light" "Rechtop in de wind" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sata salamaa" "Shir Habatlanim" "Soldiers of Love" "Stop"