France has been a loyal Eurovision Song Contest contender since the very beginning. It is one of the only seven countries to be present at the first contest in 1956 and has only missed two contestants which were 1974 and 1982.
The country is back with a joint group this year hoping to win the trophy and host next year’s contest. The artist to represent France was chosen through ‘Eurovision France: c’est vous qui décidez’, where they competed with five other acts and came on top by the jury and televote.
The competition is taking place in Turin, Italy this year. Last year’s winners Mäneskin are also a group and won last year with a total of 524 points, they became the 68th winner of the song contest and the first Italian entry to win the contest in 31 years.
