France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	National Final; 50% Jury; 50% Televote
Selection date(s)	2 March 1999
Selected entrant	Nayah
Selected song	"Je Veux Donner Ma Voix"
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 14 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest

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.

National final

Draw	Song	Artist	Jury (Points)	Televotes (Points)	Total Points	Place
1	Les Droits De L'Âme	Alex	58 (7)	4497 (2)	9	4
2	Euroland	Karine Trécy	44 (11)	482 (11)	22	12
3	Douce	Caractère	90 (2)	1438 (7)	9	4
4	C'Est Souvent Ça L'Amour	Nathalie Marine	66 (6)	1680 (6)	12	6
5	Plus Jamais, Never More	Pedro Alves	89 (3)	3725 (3)	6	3
6	Go Ahead	Anath	58 (7)	1186 (8)	15	7
7	Irradaka	Kukumiku	48 (10)	1084 (9)	19	10
8	La Même Histoire	Ginie Line	94 (1)	3457 (4)	5	2
9	Gazoline	Mo & La Gazo	72 (5)	378 (12)	17	9
10	Je Veux Donner Ma Voix	Nayah	85 (4)	11521 (1)	5	1
11	Ihtidael	Israhn	50 (9)	862 (10)	19	10
12	Euro Song	Uni.T	26 (12)	2153 (5)	17	7

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.

Points Awarded by France

Final

12 points	Portugal
10 points	Israel
8 points	Germany
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points	Turkey
4 points	Estonia
3 points	Sweden
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Slovenia