France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Echo (You and I)" written by William Rousseau, Jean-Pierre Pilot and Anggun. The song was performed by Anggun. The French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 3 internally selected the French entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Anggun was officially announced by France 3 as the French entrant on 29 November 2011 and later the song was presented to the public as the contest entry during a press conference on 29 January 2012.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
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| Country | France | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 29 November 2011 Song: 29 January 2012 | |||
| Selected entrant | Anggun | |||
| Selected song | "Echo (You and I)" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 21 points | |||
| France in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 9, France placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries with 21 points.