The French Final was held on March 14th at the La Plaine St Denis TV Studios near Paris, 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.
| 1 | Virginie Schaeffer | – | – |
| 2 | Alexandre Vautrin | – | – |
| 3 | Virginie Pouchin | 42.5% | 1st |
| 4 | Aude Henneville | – | – |
| 5 | Tyssia | – | – |
| 6 | Pierre Suppa | – | – |
| 7 | Candice Parise | – | – |
| 8 | Fabien Incardona | 34.2% | 2nd |
| 9 | Julien Lamassonne | 23.3% | 3rd |
| 10 | Leila Barechdy | – | – |
Virginie Pouchin came 22nd at the ESC.