France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

ESC National Year
Year = 1970
Country = FRA
Preselection = National Final
Preselection date = February 21 1970
Entrant = Guy Bonnet
Song = "Marie-Blanche"
SF result =
Final result = 4th, 8 points

France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Marie-Blanche" performed by Guy Bonnet. It came in fourth place out of twelve and received eight points.

National final

For 1970, after eight years of internal selections, France's national broadcaster, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF), organized a televised national final which lasted seven weeks. A professional jury chose 16 out of the 143 songs submitted to go to the next round which was part of a Saturday evening music show titled "Musicolor". "Musicolor" consisted of four quarter-finals which took place each Saturday. The songs were performed four by four and were voted on by various juries representing the regional stations of ORTF. The juries could qualify one song to go to the next round.cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/12237|title=France : 1970 televised final to be aired again|last=Dufaut|first=Dominique|date=2008-08-31|publisher="ESCToday"|accessdate=2008-08-31]

By the fifth and sixth Saturdays, the juries had selected four songs to participate in two semi-finals each consisting of two songs. The winners of the semi-finals went to the final round which was held on 21 February 1970 and hosted by Dany Danielle and Sylvain Deschamps. At the final, Guy Bonnet won with "Marie-Blanche" over Daniel Beretta and Isabelle Aubret's "Olivier, Olivia".

See also

* France in the Eurovision Song Contest
* Eurovision Song Contest 1970

References