Date - March 8, 1981
Official name - Grand Concours de la Chanson Française pour l'Eurovision 1981
Organising broadcasters - TF1
Venue - Studios des Buttes Chaumont, Paris
Hosts - Fabienne Egal
Director - Bernard Lion
Stage designer - Jacques Bataille
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 (11 songs in total)
Winning entry - 'Humanahum' Jean Gabilou
Winning songwriters - Joe Gracy / Jean-Paul Cara
Winning orchestrator - David Sprinfield
Note - Semi-finals broadcast on February 22 and March 1, 1981, with five songs competing in the first and six in the second – and with three songs from each heat progressing to the final.
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Un homme s'était levé"
Rendition – Amour
Lyrics – Patrick Bousquet
Composition – Vivien Vallay / Guy Matteoni
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Conductor – Guy Matteoni
Score semi-final 1 – qualified
Score final – 6th place (116 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Les yeux fermés"
Rendition – Evelyne Geller
Lyrics – Michel Senlis
Composition – Jean Ferrat
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Alain Goraguer
Score semi-final 1 – qualified
Score final – 3rd place (165 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Humanahum"
Rendition – Jean Gabilou
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – David Sprinfield
Live orchestration – David Sprinfield
Conductor – David Sprinfield
Score semi-final 2 – qualified
Score final – 1st place (273 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Voilà comment je t'aime"
Rendition – Frida Boccara
Lyrics – Eddy Marnay
Composition – Michel Jourdan
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Alain Goraguer
Score semi-final 2 – qualified
Score final – 4th place (159 votes)
Song 5
Title – "De visage en visage"
Rendition – Jeff Barnel
Lyrics – Claude Carmone
Composition – Jeff Barnell
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 1 – qualified
Score final – 5th place (131 votes)
Song 6
Title – "C'est un oiseau de papier"
Rendition – Jorge Rafael
Lyrics – Charles Level
Composition – Jean Claudric
Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric
Live orchestration – Jean Claudric
Conductor – Jean Claudric
Score semi-final 1 – qualified
Score final – 2nd place (242 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 1)
Eliminated song 1
Title – "Pour une fille quelque part"
Rendition – David Christie
Lyrics – Josiane Rech
Composition – David Christie
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – not qualified
Eliminated song 2
Title – "Danse"
Rendition – Noëlle
Lyrics – unknown
Composition – unknown
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – not qualified
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 2)
Eliminated song 3
Title – "Folie des années 80"
Rendition – Anne Loric
Lyrics – Anne Loric
Composition – Anne Loric
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – not qualified
Eliminated song 4
Title – "Mes premières fois"
Rendition – Claude Mainguy
Lyrics – Claude Mainguy
Composition – Claude Mainguy
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Claude Mainguy
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 2 – not qualified
Eliminated song 5
Title – "Question d'heure, question de temps"
Rendition – Anne-Marie Romain
Lyrics – Jacques Gautrain
Composition – Franck Michaël / Jean-Pierre Surimeau
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – not qualified
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