The French Final was held over 6 shows between December 21st and February 28th, hosted by Robert Beauvais. Each song was performed twice and the winner in each show was chosen by a jury. After all 6 shows had been held, „La belle amour“ was chosen as the overall winner.
Show 1- December 21st
| 1 | Vive le mariage | Long live marriage | Francis Linel | Paul Péry |
8 |
3rd |
| 2 | Le petit homme et la noix | The small chap and the nut | Jacqueline Roland | Paul Durand Orchestra | 34 |
1st |
| 3 | Quand ton amour sera fini | When your love is over | Claudine Cereda & Paul Mattei | Catherine Metz |
4 |
5th |
| 4 | Rio | Rio | Georges Blanès | Paul Durand Orchestra |
6 |
4th |
| 5 | Il est là | He is here | Paule Desjardins | Les Blue Stars | 22 |
2nd |
Show 2 – January 4th
| 1 | Le photographe | Photographer | Marcel Amont | Paul Durand Orchestra | 13 |
3rd= |
| 2 | Mon petit homme et moi | My little man and me | Nadine Young | Les Blue Stars | 18 |
2nd |
| 3 | Le manteau de laine | The wool coat | John Littleton | Simone Langlois | 29 |
1st |
| 4 | Le bleu c’est pour les amoureux | The blue is for lovers | Hélène Martin | Unknown whistler | 10 |
5th |
| 5 | La polka du petit poisson rouge | The polka of the small goldfish | Catherine Gay | Paul Durand Orchestra | 13 |
3rd= |
Show 3 – January 18th
| 1 | Le clodo des toits | The tramp on the roofs | Suc & Serre | Jacques Verrière |
4 |
5th |
| 2 | C’est demain | It’s tomorrow | Jean Bertola | Fernand Verstraete & Léo Petit | 18 |
1st |
| 3 | Celui que j’aime | The one I love | Mathé Altéry | Paul Durand Orchestra | 16 | 2nd= |
| 4 | La cour de mon école | The courtyard of my school | Jacques Leroy | Les Quatre de Paris | 16 |
2nd= |
| 5 | La môme aux boutons | The button kid | Lucette Raillat | Pierre Louki | 12 |
4th |
Show 4 – February 1st
| 1 | Le vieux marin | The old sailor | Danièle Dupré | Joss Baselli |
? |
| 2 | Seulement | Only | Line Andrès | Bob Martin |
? |
| 3 | Encore de l’argent | More money | Renée Pierre | Les Quatre Barbus |
? |
| 4 | Au bal du samedi | At the Saturday ball | Lucette Raillat | Georges Blanès |
? |
| 5 | Je m’ballade dans Paname |
I’m having a walk in Paname |
Jean-Louis Tristan | Paul Durand Orchestra |
1st |
Show 5 – February 15th
| 1 | Les deux enfants | Both children | Maria Léa | Christian Borel |
9 |
4th |
| 2 | Des souris et des chats | Mice and cats | Jacques Estérel | Paul Durand Orchestra | 15 |
3rd |
| 3 | Les aurochs |
The wild oxes |
Les Bass‘ Harmonistes | Paul Durand Orchestra |
0 |
5th |
| 4 | La belle amour | The beautiful love | Josette Privat | Paul Durand Orchestra | 25 |
1st |
| 5 | Moi qui vous parle | I speak to you | Guy Marly | Les Bass‘ Harmonistes | 17 |
2nd |
Show 6 – February 28th
| 1 | Ma dondon |
My fat woman |
Mistigri | Paul Durand Orchestra |
3 |
6th |
| 2 | Mon vieux phono | My old gramophone | Félix Marten | Les Frères Demarny |
9 |
5th |
| 3 | Quelqu’un viendra demain | Someone will come tomorrow | Guy Séverins | Unnamed Quartet | 15 | 1st= |
| 4 | Villa bella |
Nice house |
Victoria Marino | Miguel Amador | 12 |
3rd |
| 5 | La reine du port | The queen’s harbour | Lucien Lupi | Paul Durand Orchestra | 15 | 1st= |
| 6 | Mon premier amour | My first love | René-Louis Lafforgue | Jacqueline Allard | 10 |
4th |
„La belle amour“ came 2nd at the ESC where it was performed by Paule Desjardins.