Date - March 23, 1980
Official name - Grand Concours de la Chanson Française 1980
Organising broadcasters - TF1
Venue - Studios des Buttes Chaumont, Paris
Hosts - Évelyne Dheliat
Director - Bernard Lion
Stage designer - Bernard Thomassin
Producer - Emmanuel Robert
Musical director - François Rauber
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Opening sequence - instrumental arrangement (arr. François Rauber)
Interval act - none
Number of entries - 6 in final (14 songs in total)
Winning entry - 'Hé, hé, m'sieurs, dames' Profil
Winning songwriters - Sylvano Santorio / Richard Joffo / Richard de Bordeaux
Winning orchestrator - Sylvano Santorio
Note 1 - Semi-finals broadcast on March 9 and March 16, 1980, with seven songs competing in each for three places in the final.
Note 2 - Whereas the winning 'Hé, hé, m'sieurs, dames' was conducted in the French pre-selection by the show's MD, François Rauber, but by its composer and arranger, Sylvano Santorio.
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Une chanson rose"
Rendition – Bee Michelin
Lyrics – Guy Bontempelli
Composition – Jack Arel
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 1 – 2nd place (5091 votes)
Score final – 6th place (4071 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Un jour, un matin"
Rendition – Chantal Billon
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – Benoît Kaufman
Live orchestration – Benoît Kaufman
Conductor – Benoît Kaufman
Score semi-final 2 – 1st place (6107 votes)
Score final – 2nd place (8263 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Poète ou musicien"
Rendition – Anne Delorme
Lyrics – Didier Barbelivien / Pierre-André Dousset
Composition – Gérard Bourgeois / André Popp
Studio arrangement – Hervé Roy
Live orchestration – Hervé Roy
Conductor – Hervé Roy
Score semi-final 2 – 3rd place (5803 votes)
Score final – 3rd place (7324 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Hé, hé, m'sieurs, dames"
Rendition – Profil
Lyrics – Richard de Bordeaux / Richard Joffo
Composition – Sylvano Santorio
Studio arrangement – Sylvano Santorio
Live orchestration – Sylvano Santorio
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 2 – 2nd place (6049 votes)
Score final – 1st place (10,628 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Camarade vigneron"
Rendition – Marcel Amont
Lyrics – Marcel Amont
Composition – Claude Mainguy
Studio arrangement – Claude Mainguy
Live orchestration – Claude Mainguy
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 1 – 1st place (5902 votes)
Score final – 4th place (7182 votes)
Song 6
Title – "Un enfant de France"
Rendition – Frida Boccara
Lyrics – Jacques Demarny
Composition – Jean Claudric
Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric
Live orchestration – Jean Claudric
Conductor – Jean Claudric
Score semi-final 1 – 3rd place (4722 votes)
Score final – 5th place (7144 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 1)
Eliminated song 1
Title – "Si tous les je t'aime"
Rendition – Jocelyne Jocya
Lyrics – Pierre-André Dousset
Composition – Patrick Lemaître
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 6th place (1143 votes)
Eliminated song 2
Title – "Le jeu de la liberté"
Rendition – Serge Fouchet
Lyrics – unknown
Composition – unknown
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 7th place (597 votes)
Eliminated song 3
Title – "On a coupé un arbre"
Rendition – Michel Démétriadès
Lyrics – Michel Démétriadès
Composition – Michel Démétriadès
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 4th place (2056 votes)
Eliminated song 4
Title – "Ils ont planté un olivier"
Rendition – Nadine Douteau
Lyrics – Michel Jourdan
Composition – Michel Jourdan
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 5th place (1441 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 2)
Eliminated song 5
Title – "Viens dans ma farandole"
Rendition – Minouche Barelli
Lyrics – Michel Jourdan
Composition – Michel Jourdan
Studio arrangement – François Rauber
Live orchestration – François Rauber
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 2 – 6th place (1705 votes)
Eliminated song 6
Title – "Ni bleu, ni gris"
Rendition – Parasol
Lyrics – Gilbert Sinoué
Composition – Tony Rallo
Studio arrangement – Tony Rallo
Live orchestration – Tony Rallo
Conductor – Tony Rallo
Score semi-final 2 – 5th place (4579 votes)
Eliminated song 7
Title – "Dans le regard d'un enfant"
Rendition – Simone Langlois
Lyrics – unknown
Composition – unknown
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – 4th place (3094 votes)
Eliminated song 8
Title – "J'suis heureux"
Rendition – Bernard Sauvat
Lyrics – Bernard Sauvat
Composition – Bertrand Lamoureux
Studio arrangement – Claude Vallois
Live orchestration – Claude Vallois
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – 7th place (1493 votes)
