France

France has participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 16 times, debuting in the fifth contest, with their best position being 2nd, achieving this at the OESC #19 contest.

Contestants

 * XX on Semi Finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be due to the fact that the country ended up in the top five in previous contest or one of the country in top five in previous edition withdraws.
 * XX on Finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt to qualify to the final.