France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

ESC National Year
Year = 2008
Country = FRA
Preselection = Internal Selection
Preselection date = March 2008 | Entrant = Sébastien Tellier
Song = "Divine"
Final result = 18th, 47 points
France chose their entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 internally in March 2008, and chose Sébastien Tellier to sing Divine. As one of the 'Big 4' countries, France automatically qualified for the final on May 24 2008.

At Eurovision, France performed 19th, and received 47 points, placing 18th of 25, the best French result since 2004.

Commentators

For the 2008 contest the commentators for France were Jean-Paul Gaultier and Julien Lepers. [citeweb|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/11224|title=Jean-Paul Gaultier to comment Eurovision final|publisher=esctoday.com|accessdate=2008-04-27]

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