France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "", written by Christopher Cohen, Fredie Marche, Maxime Morise, and Fred Savio, and performed by Monroe. The French participating broadcaster, , internally selected its entry for the contest.
As a member of the "Big Four", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Background
Prior to the 2026 contest, and its predecessor national broadcasters have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing France sixty-seven times since RTF's debut in . They first won the contest in with "" performed by André Claveau. In the 1960s, they won three times, with "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer in , "" performed by Isabelle Aubret in , and "" performed by Frida Boccara, who won in in a four-way tie with the , , and the . Their fifth – and so far latest – victory came in with "" performed by Marie Myriam. France has also finished second five times, with Paule Desjardins in , Catherine Ferry in , Joëlle Ursull in , Amina in (who lost out to 's Carola in a tie-break), and Barbara Pravi in . In the 21st century, France has had less success, only making the top ten five times, with Natasha St-Pier finishing fourth in , Sandrine François finishing fifth in , Patricia Kaas finishing eighth in , Amir finishing sixth in , and Pravi finishing second in 2021 with 499 points. In , it finished in seventh place with the song "" performed by Louane.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country through . The French broadcasters have used both national finals and internal selections to choose their entries in the past, sticking to internal selections since 2023. confirmed its intention to participate in the 2026 contest in September 2025.
Before Eurovision Internal selection On 2 March 2026, multiple French outlets reported that French-American singer Monroe Rigby had been selected as the French entrant for the 2026 contest; this was later confirmed on 6 March, with also unveiling her entry, "".
Promotion As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Monroe attended the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 11 April 2026. On 30 April 2026, she travelled to Warsaw, where she met representative Alicja before appearing alongside her on the morning show , broadcast on TVP2.
At Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took take place at the in Vienna, Austria, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. As a member of the "Big Four", France automatically qualified to compete in the final on 16 May 2026, but was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 12 January 2026, when it was announced that France would be voting in the second semi-final. Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the French entry was also performed during the semi-final.
Voting Points awarded to France + Points awarded to France (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded by France
+ Points awarded by France (Semi-final 2) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by France (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results Each participating broadcaster assembles a seven-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent and two of which have to be between 18 and 25 years old. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
The following members comprised the French jury: Benjamin Kern Clément Julia François Troller Thomas Isle Delphine Malem Myla Rosenfeld Valérie Zipper
+ Country Jury Televote Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Juror F Juror G Rank Points Rank Points 01 2 7 1 12 5 6 14 5 6 1 12 02 12 12 8 13 15 13 15 15 15 03 5 11 6 2 4 14 7 8 3 2 10 04 9 5 15 15 14 4 11 12 9 2 05 3 6 11 3 12 15 5 9 2 13 06 6 8 3 5 7 11 13 10 1 5 6 07 11 10 12 4 1 3 8 7 4 10 1 08 10 14 9 14 6 10 12 13 11 09 14 13 10 1 10 9 10 11 8 3 10 1 3 2 8 11 8 9 3 8 14 11 13 2 5 7 9 7 1 4 7 7 4 12 7 4 4 10 8 2 2 2 10 3 8 13 15 15 13 11 13 12 6 14 4 7 14 4 9 14 9 2 5 3 6 5 6 5 15 8 1 7 6 3 1 4 1 12 12 + Country Jury Televote Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Juror F Juror G Rank Points Rank Points 01 12 9 6 1 3 2 8 2 10 18 02 10 15 13 8 13 14 10 16 22 03 8 6 4 5 8 10 9 7 4 1 12 04 20 24 11 6 10 22 19 17 19 05 22 14 18 22 11 23 16 23 7 4 06 21 20 16 21 24 8 14 20 8 3 07 23 7 8 3 2 4 11 5 6 5 6 08 18 4 2 4 4 13 13 6 5 11 09 1 3 21 24 21 18 24 10 1 14 10 4 8 10 13 5 12 4 8 3 13 11 9 5 15 19 19 7 15 15 15 12 6 18 5 2 9 3 6 4 7 4 7 13 13 13 20 18 14 21 18 22 10 1 14 5 19 22 20 23 16 21 18 23 15 16 17 22 24 23 22 24 23 24 2 10 17 16 17 7 10 6 5 5 9 2 9 2 18 14 23 9 7 7 20 3 11 12 19 24 11 23 12 17 15 20 21 21 20 2 12 12 11 20 19 22 14 20 21 19 16 17 15 18 9 12 19 16 22 7 2 1 14 12 17 1 3 8 6 5 23 11 1 3 16 1 6 2 1 12 17 24 3 10 19 9 16 11 7 12 3 8 25 15 21 14 17 15 1 17 13 24
References
External links Official France 2 Eurovision site