France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "", composed by Vladimir Cosma, with lyrics by Charles Level, and performed by Annick Thoumazeau. The French participating broadcaster, , selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
National final held the national final on 25 March, hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault and Catherine Ceylac. Fourteen songs took part with the winner chosen by a panel of television viewers who were telephoned and asked to vote on the songs.
Artist Song Points Place 1Victoire"On n'est pas rock, on n'est pas jazz"666 2Muriel Laude"Comme un automate" 1613 3Christine Carrasco"Le temps de la musique"1792 4Pierre Azama"Les années claires"488 5Jean-Claude Allora"Le cœur dans les nuages"617 6Émilien"Et je l'aimais"1443 7Euréka"Fais-le, prends le temps de vivre"2412 8Elia"Eh musicien"2910 9Evelyne Sélès"Quand la terre était un jardin"459 10J.C.B."Parler d'amour"1613 11Arc-en-Ciel"Ton étoile"1215 12Marise Bonnet"Y-a-t-il un rêve"2611 13Annick Thoumazeau"Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles"2061 14Laurence Saltiel"Le retour des bergers"1324
At Eurovision On the night of the final Thoumazeau performed third in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 61 points, placing France 8th of the 19 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to .
Voting
+ Points awarded to France Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by France Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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