France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	Concours de la Chanson Française pour l'Eurovision 1979
Selection date(s)	4 March 1979 (cancelled)
Selected entrant	Anne Marie David
Selected song	"Je suis l'enfant soleil"
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 106 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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France was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem, Israel.

The French national final to select their entry, Concours de la Chanson Française pour l'Eurovision 1979, was to be held on 4 March at the TF1 Studios in Paris, but the Société Française de Production, the French film technicians' union, went on strike, barring the semi-finals from airing and the finals from being taped at all. A professional jury picked the winner out of a pool of 14 semi-finalists.

The winning entry was "Je suis l'enfant soleil," performed by Anne Marie David and composed by Eddy Marnay with lyrics by Hubert Giraud. Despite the strike, Anne Marie David's semi-final performance was allowed to be shown during Preview Week.

Songs present at the semi-finals

The song in bold and gold was the jury's pick to represent France in Jerusalem.

Draw	Artist	Song	Informal translation
1	Renaud Siry	Juste une mélodie	Just a melody
2	Darras & Désumeur	Arlequin	Harlequin
3	Christy Caro	L'hiver est le plus chaud	The winter is the hottest
4	Elsa Litton	Cette nuit-là	That night
5	Chorus	Je vole sur la musique	I'm flying on music
6	Anne Marie David	Je suis l'enfant soleil	I'm a child of the sun
7	Michel Démétriadès	Prends la vie comme elle vient	Take life las it comes
8	Judith Lay	Enfants de la musique	Children of music
9	Richard Lory	Un vent de folie	A crazy wind
10	Francine Aliona	Danse, allez danse	Dance, go dance
11	Paul and Julie B.	Retour aux années folles	Return to the Roaring Twenties
12	Patrick Loubié	Bravo, tant pis	Well done, too bad
13	Jean-Noël Dupré	On est tous pareils	It is all the same
14	Nadine Douteau	Un jour tu trouveras	One day, you will find it

At Eurovision

Anne Marie David performed eleventh on the night of the contest, following Israel and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting the song had received 106 points, placing 3rd in a field of 19 competing countries.