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For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, France entered Je veux donner ma voix, performed by Nayah. The song received 14 points, and finished 19th.
For the first time since 1987, the French held a National Final, and it was held on March 2 in L'Olympia in Paris, and 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.
The songs were:
| Singing position |
Song title |
Act |
Jury results (placing) |
Televoting results (placing) |
Final position |
| 1 |
Les droits de l'âme |
Alex |
58 (=7) |
4497 (2) |
4 |
| 2 |
Euroland |
Karine Trécy |
44 (11) |
482 (11) |
12 |
| 3 |
Douce |
Caractère |
90 (2) |
1438 (7) |
5 |
| 4 |
C'est souvent ça l'amour |
Nathalie Marine |
66 (6) |
1680 (6) |
6 |
| 5 |
Plus jamais, never more |
Pedro Alves |
89 (3) |
3725 (3) |
3 |
| 6 |
Go ahead |
Anath |
58 (=7) |
1186 (8) |
7 |
| 7 |
Irradaka |
Kukumiku |
48 (10) |
1084 (9) |
10 |
| 8 |
La même histoire |
Ginie Line |
94 (1) |
3457 (4) |
2 |
| 9 |
Gazoline |
Mo & la Gazo |
72 (5) |
378 (12) |
9 |
| 10 |
Je veux donner ma voix |
Nayah |
85 (4) |
11521 (1) |
1 |
| 11 |
Ihtidael |
Israhn |
50 (9) |
862 (10) |
11 |
| 12 |
Euro song |
Uni.T |
26 (12) |
2153 (5) |
8 |
It was Nayah's second attempt to sing at Eurovision, having finished second in the Swiss final in 1990.
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