France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

ESC National Year
Year = 1999
Country = FRA
Preselection = National Final
50% Jury
50% Televote
Preselection date = 2 March 1999
Entrant = Nayah
Song = "Je Veux Donner Ma Voix"
Final result = 19th, 14 pointsFor the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel, France entered "Je Veux Donner Ma Voix" to compete, performed by Nayah.

For the first time since 1987, the French held a national final to select their entry. The final was held on March 2 1999 at L'Olympia in Paris. It was hosted by Julien Lepers and Karen Cheryl. There were 12 songs in the final, with the winning song chosen by a 50/50 mix of televoting and "expert" jury. This led to a tie between Nayah and Ginie Line, which was solved by giving the televoting score precedence, which meant that Nayah won. As well as French, there were also songs in Arabic, Basque and Hebrew.

National Final

At Eurovision

Nayah performed 10th in the running order of the contest, following Denmark and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of the voting she received 14 points, placing 9th of 23.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/France1999.html French National Final 1999]