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France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The French entry was selected through a national final, organised by the French broadcaster France Télévisions. Twin Twin represented France with the song "Moustache".〔http://www.rtl.fr/actualites/culture-loisirs/musique/article/eurovision-2014-le-groupe-twin-twin-representera-la-france-7770111522 Eurovision 2014 : le groupe Twin Twin représentera la France]〕 France placed 26th (last) in the final, scoring 2 points. This was the first time in the history of the contest that France had placed last in a final. ==National final== On 4 November 2013, France 3 announced that it would organise a national final in order to select the French entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. This marked a return to a national final selection procedure by the French broadcaster, who last organised a televised multi-artist national final in 2007, opting instead for internal selections in the years between. In early October 2013, France 3 initiated a casting call for interested artists to submit songs with the criteria that the majority of the lyrics of the submitted song be in French and that instrumental pieces that extensively lacked vocals would not be accepted. The deadline for submissions concluded on 24 November 2013.〔 France 3, in cooperation with France Bleu, launched a competition open to the public where entrants were required to successfully answer three questions related to the Eurovision Song Contest in order to enter a draw. The winner had the opportunity to be part of the selection committee for the national final.〔 On 26 November 2013, the section committee consisting of music industry professionals: Laurent Bentata, Bruno Berberes, Laura Cès, Mary De Vivo, Valérie Michelin and Franck Saurat; representatives of France Télévisions: Thierry Langlois, Yann Chapellon, Marie Claire Mezerette, Frédéric Valencak and Olivier Daube; a representative of France Bleu: Dominique Bourron; a Eurovision fan: Farouk Vallette; and the winner of the public competition, Morgane Buret, convened to select three candidates for the national final. The fourteen members completed the selection in two rounds of voting: the first round selected the top five songs after a blind audio listening of the submissions and the second round selected the top three. On 27 November 2013, Destan, Joanna and Twin Twin were revealed as the artists that would compete at the national final.〔 The three candidates presented their entries in a special edition of the French television program ''Les chansons d'abord'' on 26 January 2014, which was hosted by 2001 French Eurovision entrant Natasha St-Pier.〔 All of the competing songs were in French with "Sans toi" featuring some lyrics in English. In addition to the performances of the competing songs, the show also featured Eurovision Song Contest 1977 winner Marie Myriam, 2011 French Eurovision entrant Amaury Vassili and 2012 French Eurovision entrant Anggun. Following the presentation, the public had the opportunity to vote for their favourite entry between 26 January 2014 and 23 February 2014.〔 During this time, the entries were given increased exposure and rotation on France 3 and France Bleu. The votes from the public were combined with the votes of a jury panel in order to select the winning artist and song. The result of the national final was announced on ''Les chansons d'abord'' on 2 March 2014.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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