Country France Selected entrant Nayah | Selection date(s) 2 March 1999 Final result 19th, 14 points | |
Selection process National Final
50% Jury
50% Televote Selected song "Je Veux Donner Ma Voix" | ||
For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel, France entered "Je Veux Donner Ma Voix" to compete, performed by Nayah.
For the first time since 1987, the French held a national final to select their entry. The final was held on March 2, 1999 at L'Olympia in Paris. It was hosted by Julien Lepers and Karen Cheryl. There were 12 songs in the final, with the winning song chosen by a 50/50 mix of televoting and "expert" jury. This led to a tie between Nayah and Ginie Line, which was solved by giving the televoting score precedence, which meant that Nayah won. As well as French, there were also songs in Arabic, Basque and Hebrew.
At Eurovision
Nayah performed 10th in the running order of the contest, following Denmark and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of the voting she received 14 points, placing 19th of 23.