France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "", written by Didier Pascalis, and performed by Roger Bens. The French participating broadcaster, , selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
National final held the national final on 31 March 1985, hosted by Patrice Laffont and Catherine Ceylac. Fourteen songs took part with the winner chosen by a panel of TV viewers who were telephoned and asked to vote on the songs.
Artist Song Points Place 1Les Jumelles"Notre symphonie"3011 2Roger Bens"Femme dans ses rêves aussi"2151 3Lucille Marciano"Pour ne pas oublier les hommes"529 4Julia Romagne"Dolly"806 5Florence Minet"Le cœur made in amour"994 6Florence Allora"C'est un sorcier"638 7Pascal Renard"Mary Jackson"2212 8Sarah d'Armento"Zoom avant"1014 9Henri de Vézins"Amour non-stop"1713 103+1"Paris la France"767 11Betty Dian"Le jour où tu reviendras"1212 12Françoise Robert"Only you, que vous"1033 13Irka and Denis Pépin"Quelque chose me dit"895 14Nadine Séra"Un autre jour, une autre chance"3910
At Eurovision On the night of the final Bens performed 6th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 56 points, placing France 10th 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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