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Virginie Pouchin
The French Final was held at La Plaine St-Denis TV Studios in Paris on March 14th, hosted by Michel Drucker & Claudy Siar. The final was the culmination of a 'Pop Idol' type show, solely to select the singer to represent France in the ESC. The song that the winner was intended to sing at the ESC - "Nous, c'est vous" was considered unsuitable for Virginie and therefore she sang another song at the ESC - "Il était temps". The winner was chosen by televoting (50%) and an "expert jury" (50%) in two rounds - the first to select the top 3 and the second to select the winner. The "expert jury" included Lara Fabian (Luxembourg 1988) & Natasha St-Pier (France 2001).
| 1 | Virginie Schaeffer | - |
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| 2 | Alexandre Vautrin | - |
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| 3 | Virginie Pouchin | 42.5% | 1st |
| 4 | Aude Henneville | - |
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| 5 | Tyssia | - |
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| 6 | Pierre Suppa | - |
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| 7 | Candice Parise | - |
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| 8 | Fabien Incardona | 34.2% | 2nd |
| 9 | Julien Lamassonne | 23.3% | 3rd |
| 10 | Leila Barechdy | - |
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Virginie Pouchin came 22nd at the ESC.