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Eurovision Song Contest 1985 Country France Selection process National final Selection date(s) 31 March 1985 Selected artist(s) Roger Bens Selected song "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" Selected songwriter(s) Didier Pascalis Final result 10th, 56 points
France was represented by Roger Bens , with the song "Femme dans ses rêves aussi", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg , Sweden . The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster Antenne 2 .
The national final was held on 31 March 1985, hosted by Patrice Laffont 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.[ 1]
Draw
Artist
Song
Points
Place
1
Les Jumelles
"Notre symphonie"
30
11
2
Roger Bens
"Femme dans ses rêves aussi"
215
1
3
Lucille Marciano
"Pour ne pas oublier les hommes"
52
9
4
Julia Romagne
"Dolly"
80
6
5
Florence Minet
"Le cœur made in amour"
99
4
6
Florence Allora
"C'est un sorcier"
63
8
7
Pascal Renard
"Mary Jackson"
22
12
8
Sarah d'Armento
"Zoom avant"
10
14
9
Henri de Vézins
"Amour non-stop"
17
13
10
3+1
"Paris la France"
76
7
11
Betty Dian
"Le jour où tu reviendras"
121
2
12
Françoise Robert
"Only you, que vous"
103
3
13
Irka and Denis Pépin
"Quelque chose me dit"
89
5
14
Nadine Séra
"Un autre jour, une autre chance"
39
10
On the night of the final Bens performed 6th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Turkey . At the close of voting "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" had received 56 points, placing France 10th of the 19 entries.[ 2] The French jury awarded its 12 points to Israel .[ 3]
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"Bra vibrationer "
"Children, Kinder , Enfants "
"Didai didai dai"
"Eläköön elämä "
"Femme dans ses rêves aussi "
"La fiesta terminó "
"Für alle "
"Kinder dieser Welt "
"La det swinge "
"Laat me nu gaan "
"Love Is... "
"Magic Oh Magic"
"Miazoume "
"Olé, Olé "
"Penso em ti, eu sei "
"Piano, piano "
"Sku' du spørg' fra no'en? "
"To katalava arga "
"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"