France has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its debut in . The French participating broadcaster in the contest is . Following its debut, the broadcaster took a fourteen-year hiatus before returning in . It has won the contest on four occasions: in with "" by Valentina, in with "" by Lissandro, in with "" by Zoé Clauzure and in with "" by Lou Deleuze; France is one of two countries (alongside ) to have won two consecutive contests.
Contest history
France has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight times since their debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Their first entry in the contest was the song "Si on voulait bien" performed by Thomas Pontier. To select the entry, a national final was held at France Televisions studios in Paris. 7,000 children auditioned for the event, and an extra 1,000 were invited to the final. By the end, 11 candidates became the finalists, with Pontier winning the competition with his cover of Téléphone's song "Un autre monde". His song for Junior Eurovision, "", was later released on 7 October along with a music video. Despite placing sixth out of the 18 participants, opted to not participate after 2004, saying there was no motivation to compete and that "too much Eurovision kills Eurovision".
On 18 November 2015, it was revealed that the French broadcaster was interested in returning to the contest. However, France 2 announced on 24 June 2015 that they had no plans to return to the contest, though the broadcaster sent a delegation to Bulgaria in order to observe the 2015 edition. On 13 May 2016, executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand announced at a press conference, that the EBU were in contact with broadcasters from several countries including France, so that they would participate in the 2016 contest. Edoardo Grassi, the Head of Delegation for France in the Eurovision Song Contest was one of the jury members at the Maltese national selection for the 2016 Junior Eurovision, and was introduced by the hosts of the show as being the Head of Delegation for France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The return however did not materialise. On 12 May 2018, it was announced that France would return to the contest in , with the nation represented by Angélina, winner of the fourth season of The Voice Kids, who was internally selected as the entrant. Her song "" was drawn to perform fifteenth on 25 November 2018, following Israel and preceding Macedonia, eventually placing second at the contest with 203 points. For the , France was represented by Carla with the song "". During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, France was drawn to perform second on 24 November 2019, following Australia and preceding Russia. At the conclusion of the event, the entry placed fifth with 169 points. Despite achieving France's second-worst result in the contest , the song garnered considerable attention after becoming viral on TikTok, with its music video becoming the most-watched upload on the contest's official YouTube channel. On 8 October 2020, France 2 selected at the time 11-year old Valentina to represent the country at the in Warsaw, Poland, with her song later announced to be called "". On 29 November 2020, Valentina became the first French entrant to win the contest, giving France their first victory as well as their first win in any Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. On 9 December 2020, it was confirmed by the EBU that France would host the . France opted for an internal selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 and was represented by French hip-hop and R&B singer Enzo. His selected song was "Tic Tac", which was released at midnight on 22 October. It was written and composed by Alban Lico, and was described as "an invitation to take a break to enjoy simple things far from our hectic and hyperconnected lives", according to France 2. During the running order draw, which took place on 13 December 2021, host country France was drawn to perform thirteenth, following Ukraine and preceding Azerbaijan. France ended up placing third at the conclusion of the event.
On 28 October 2022, Lissandro was announced as the French entrant at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "". After the opening ceremony for the 2022 contest, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that France would perform sixth on 11 December 2022, following Italy and preceding Albania. The entry won the contest with 203 points, marking the second time France won the Contest. French head of delegation Alexandra Redde-Amiel and Director General of Delphine Ernotte then revealed that the country would host the next edition of the contest in 2023.
selected Zoé Clauzure as the host entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023, held in Nice. Her song "", written by Noée Francheteau, Julien Comblat and Jérémy Chapron, was revealed soon after the announcement of the chosen artist during a press conference held on 27 September 2023. During the opening ceremony and the running order draw, which both took place on 20 November 2023, host country France was drawn to perform twelfth, following Portugal and preceding Albania. The entry won the contest having gained 228 points, winning the jury vote and online vote, this marked the third French victory in the competition, making it the country with the record number of wins, tied with Georgia. France also became the second country to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice in a row, after Poland did so in 2018 and 2019. Despite Clauzure's win on home soil, ultimately opted against hosting the contest for the third time a four-year span in , with Spain eventually announced as the host country. In August 2024, Redde-Amiel revealed in an Instagram story that work was underway on the French entry for the 2024 contest. On 18 September 2024, Titouan was announced as the French entrant with the song "", written by Malory Legardinier and Marie Bastide, which premiered later that day. Titouan was selected at a closed audition with around 20 participants and himself selected "" from among three potential songs. At the conclusion of the contest, France received 177 points, placing fourth out of 17 participating countries.
On 15 July 2025, confirmed its intention to participate in the , with Lou Deleuze announced on 29 September as the French entrant with the song "", written by John Claes, Jonathan Thyssens and . France won the contest having scored 248 points, marking the country's fourth win and again tying it with Georgia (who had since also won in 2024) for the record number of victories. On 18 December 2025, announced it had declined to host the , citing plans to reduce spending. Redde-Amiel confirmed the broadcaster's intention to compete on 14 May 2026, with Alec announced as the selected artist the following 20 June, during the concert on France 2. His song "", written by himself and Malory Legardinier, was released on 24 September. Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place † Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Place Points Thomas Pontier "" French 6 78 Angélina "" French, English 2 203 Carla "" French 5 169 Valentina "" French 1 200 Enzo "Tic Tac" French 3 187 Lissandro "" French 1 203 Zoé Clauzure "" French 1 228 Titouan "" French 4 177 Lou Deleuze "" French 1 248 Alec "" French colspan="2"
Commentators and spokespersons The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The French broadcaster, France Télévisions, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the French language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from France. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2004.
Year Channel Commentator SpokespersonFrance 3Elsa Fayer and GabrielleFrance 2Stéphane Bern and Madame MonsieurLubava Marchuk and Daniil RotenkoStéphane Bern and Sandy HéribertKarolinaStéphane Bern and Carla LazzariNathan LafaceStéphane Bern and Laurence BoccoliniAngélinaStéphane Bern and Carla LazzariValentinaEnzoStéphane Bern and ValentinaLissandro France 4Stéphane Bern and Zoé ClauzureTitouan
Hostings
Year Location Venue Presenters Paris La Seine Musicale Carla, Élodie Gossuin and Olivier Minne Nice Palais Nikaïa Laury Thilleman, Olivier Minne and Ophenya
See also France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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