France was represented by Sofia Mestari, with the song "On aura le ciel", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Stockholm. This was the second year in which broadcaster France 3 had been in charge of the French participation, and as in 1999 they opted to choose their entry via public selection, with a national final being organised on 15 February 2000. However the poor result obtained by Nayah in 1999 followed by the even worse result in 2000, together with the controversy surrounding the 2000 selection process, led to France 3 changing to internal selection in the years following, initially with much greater success.
Eurovision 2000: la sélection was the national final organised by France 3 to select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The competition took place on 15 February 2000 at the L'Olympia in Paris and hosted by Julien Lepers and Karen Cheryl. The show was broadcast on France 3.
Competing entries
France 3 requested proposals from record companies in October 1999. A three-member selection committee reviewed the received proposals, shortlisted twenty entries after an audition round and selected fourteen to compete in the national final. The selection committee consisted of Nathalie André (producer), Catherine Régnier (M6 music programmer) and Fabrice Ferment (Head of Delegation for France at the Eurovision Song Contest). The competing artists and songs were announced on 6 January 2000.[1]
Final
The final took place on 15 February 2000. Fourteen entries competed and the winner, "On aura le ciel" performed by Sofia Mestari, was selected by the combination of public televoting (50%) and a jury panel (50%). The jury panel included Marie Myriam and Patrick Fiori who represented France in the 1977 and 1993 Contests respectively.[2]
A degree of controversy arose when it became known that "On aura le ciel" had been placed first by the jury but "Espoir" performed by Jessica Ferley had won the public vote, receiving 27,000 votes out of the 43,000 registered.[1] The explanation of France 3 that "On aura le ciel" came second in the televote while "Espoir" was ranked only fourth by the jury prompted complaints that in the event of the televote and jury vote coming up with different winners, the televote should have taken precedence, otherwise there was a degree of dishonesty in asking the public to pay to vote, only for their choice to be overruled by a small group of jurors (A similar controversy would later engulf the 2005 Swedish selection).[3]
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Mestari performed fifth in the running order, following Estonia and preceding Romania. At the close of voting "On aura le ciel" had received only 5 points, placing France 23rd of the 24 entries, ahead only of Belgium.[4] This was the second time in three contests that France had finished one place off the bottom, and led to reiterated claims that the wrong song for a televoting environment had been sent. The 12 points from the French televote were awarded to Turkey.[5]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message France was represented by Sofia Mestari with the song On aura le ciel at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May in Stockholm This was the second year in which broadcaster France 3 had been in charge of the French participation and as in 1999 they opted to choose their entry via public selection with a national final being organised on 15 February 2000 However the poor result obtained by Nayah in 1999 followed by the even worse result in 2000 together with the controversy surrounding the 2000 selection process led to France 3 changing to internal selection in the years following initially with much greater success Eurovision Song Contest 2000Country FranceNational selectionSelection processEurovision 2000 la selectionSelection date s 15 February 2000Selected entrantSofia MestariSelected song On aura le ciel Selected songwriter s Pierre LegayBenoit HeinrichFinals performanceFinal result23rd 5 pointsFrance in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 2000 2001 Contents 1 Before Eurovision 1 1 Eurovision 2000 la selection 1 1 1 Competing entries 1 1 2 Final 1 2 Controversy 2 At Eurovision 2 1 Voting 3 ReferencesBefore Eurovision EditEurovision 2000 la selection Edit Eurovision 2000 la selection was the national final organised by France 3 to select France s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 The competition took place on 15 February 2000 at the L Olympia in Paris and hosted by Julien Lepers and Karen Cheryl The show was broadcast on France 3 Competing entries Edit France 3 requested proposals from record companies in October 1999 A three member selection committee reviewed the received proposals shortlisted twenty entries after an audition round and selected fourteen to compete in the national final The selection committee consisted of Nathalie Andre producer Catherine Regnier M6 music programmer and Fabrice Ferment Head of Delegation for France at the Eurovision Song Contest The competing artists and songs were announced on 6 January 2000 1 Final Edit The final took place on 15 February 2000 Fourteen entries competed and the winner On aura le ciel performed by Sofia Mestari was selected by the combination of public televoting 50 and a jury panel 50 The jury panel included Marie Myriam and Patrick Fiori who represented France in the 1977 and 1993 Contests respectively 2 Draw Artist Song Songwriter s Place1 Jenny Zana Tendresses Jean Michel Soupraya 2 Stephane Godsend Nous deux Stephane Godsend M Arraya E Reverdi 3 Ebony L amour en noir et blanc Thierry Gronfier Chantal Peraldi 4 Christophe Sarti C est une tres belle histoire d amour Jean Max Riviere 5 ZH Tu en fais trop Serge Pellerin 6 Sofia Mestari On aura le ciel Benoit Heinrich Pierre Legay 17 Orijin Autour de toi Renaud Bidjeck Thierry Bidjeck 38 Gildas Thomas Pense a moi Gildas Thomas 9 Hologramme Avec des gants Pascal Mounet Felix Nicklabon Peter von Poehl 10 Aiden Aleksander Maintenant Aiden Aleksander Lionel Florence 11 Jessica Ferley Espoir Frederic Bechecloux 212 Guillaume Eyango Liberez Guillaume Eyango Benjamin Farley 13 Mademoiselle SOS Thierry Gronfier Chantal Peraldi 14 Soundkail Jeunes solidaires David Selise Sacha Stouri Controversy Edit A degree of controversy arose when it became known that On aura le ciel had been placed first by the jury but Espoir performed by Jessica Ferley had won the public vote receiving 27 000 votes out of the 43 000 registered 1 The explanation of France 3 that On aura le ciel came second in the televote while Espoir was ranked only fourth by the jury prompted complaints that in the event of the televote and jury vote coming up with different winners the televote should have taken precedence otherwise there was a degree of dishonesty in asking the public to pay to vote only for their choice to be overruled by a small group of jurors A similar controversy would later engulf the 2005 Swedish selection 3 At Eurovision EditOn the night of the final Mestari performed fifth in the running order following Estonia and preceding Romania At the close of voting On aura le ciel had received only 5 points placing France 23rd of the 24 entries ahead only of Belgium 4 This was the second time in three contests that France had finished one place off the bottom and led to reiterated claims that the wrong song for a televoting environment had been sent The 12 points from the French televote were awarded to Turkey 5 Voting Edit Points awarded to France 6 Score Country12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points5 points4 points3 points Russia2 points Netherlands1 point Points awarded by France 6 Score Country12 points Turkey10 points Germany8 points Croatia7 points Denmark6 points Israel5 points Russia4 points Ireland3 points Latvia2 points Netherlands1 point SwedenReferences Edit a b La France et ses selections televisees 2000 EAQ FRENCH NATIONAL FINAL 2000 ESC National Finals database 2000 Final of Stockholm 2000 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 10 April 2021 Retrieved 10 April 2021 ESC History France 2000 a b Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 10 April 2021 Retrieved 10 April 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 amp oldid 1110424311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
