France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

France will compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on home soil, which will be held in Nice on 26 November 2023. On 27 September 2023 it was announced by participating broadcaster France Télévisions, that Zoé Clauzure was selected as the French entrant with the song "Cœur".

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Country France
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)27 September 2023
Selected entrantZoé Clauzure
Selected song"Cœur"
Selected songwriter(s)Jérémy Chapron
Julien Comblat
Noée Francheteau
Finals performance
Final resultTBD
France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

France debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with "Si on voulait bien" by Thomas Pontier.[1] Despite getting sixth place, France Télévisions decided to withdraw from the contest after 2004, saying there was no motivation to compete and that "too much Eurovision kills Eurovision".[2] France returned to the contest in 2018, and achieved second place with Angelina with the song "Jamais sans toi".[3] In the 2020 contest, Valentina represented France in Warsaw, Poland with the song "J'imagine". She placed 1st out of 12 entries with 200 points, achieving the first ever French victory at the contest and the first win for France in any Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989.[4] After a top 3 placement in 2021, France claimed its second victory in the 2022 contest thanks to Lissandro, who sang "Oh maman!". He won the jury voting and gained a total of 203 points, bringing Junior Eurovision back to France for a second hosting.

Before Junior Eurovision

On 27 September 2023, Zoé Clauzure was announced as the French entrant at Junior Eurovision 2023 with the song "Cœur".[5]

References
  1. Philips, Roel (7 October 2004). "Junior: Thomas to sing Si on voulait bien". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  2. Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. "Final of Minsk 2018". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020.
  4. "Valentina des Kids United représentera la France à l'Eurovision Junior 2020" [Valentina from Kids United will represent France in Junior Eurovision 2022] (in French).
  5. "Zoé Clauzure". Junioreurovision.tv. 27 September 2023.
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