France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984


France was represented by Annick Thoumazeau, with the song '"Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster Antenne 2.

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final was held on 25 March, hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault and Catherine Ceylac. Fourteen songs took part with the winner chosen by a panel of TV viewers who were telephoned and asked to vote on the songs.
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Victoire"On n'est pas rock, on n'est pas jazz"666
2Muriel Laude"Comme un automate"1613
3Christine Carrasco"Le temps de la musique"1792
4Pierre Azama"Les années claires"488
5Jean-Claude Allora"Le cœur dans les nuages"617
6Émilien"Et je l'aimais"1443
7Euréka"Fais-le, prends le temps de vivre"2412
8Elia"Eh musicien"2910
9Evelyne Sélès"Quand la terre était un jardin"459
10J.C.B."Parler d'amour"1613
11Arc-en-Ciel"Ton étoile"1215
12Marise Bonnet"Y-a-t-il un rêve"2611
13Annick Thoumazeau"Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles"2061
14Laurence Saltiel"Le retour des bergers"1324

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Thoumazeau performed third in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Spain. At the close of voting "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" had received 61 points, placing France 8th of the 19 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to Belgium.