Sunday, 20 March 1983

1983 FRANCE EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - March 20, 1983
Official name - Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1983 Sélection Française
Organising broadcasters - Antenne 2
Venue - Théatre de l'Empire, Paris
Hosts - Jean-Pierre Foucault / Marie Myriam
Director - Georges Barrier
Stage designer - Michel Millecamps
Producer - Emmanuel Robert
Musical director - François Rauber
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Opening sequence - instrumental arrangement (arr. François Rauber)
Interval act - none
Number of entries - 14
Winning entry - 'Vivre' Guy Bonnet
Winning songwriters - Guy Bonnet / Fulbert Cant
Winning orchestrator - Guy Matteoni

Guy Bonnet won the French selection for a second time, thirteen years after his first stint with 'Marie-Blanche' in 1970

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1
Title – "Les manèges de l'amour"
Rendition – Philippe Houbert
Lyrics – Pierre Delanoë / Jean-Michel Bériat
Composition – Pierre Jeanten
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Score – 12th place 

Song 2
Title – "Je t'aime"
Rendition – Joël Prévost
Lyrics – Michel Jouveaux
Composition – Joël Rocher
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Joël Rocher / Pierre Tibéri
Score – 9th place

Song 3
Title – "Je reviendrai"
Rendition – Claude Merlebois
Lyrics – Hugues Dumas
Composition – Béatrice Gravier
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 8th place

Song 4
Title – "L'homme est un mobile"
Rendition – Jean-Marc Courtois
Lyrics – Évelyne Courtois
Composition – Jean-Marc Courtois
Studio arrangement – Gérard Hugé
Live orchestration – Gérard Hugé
Score – 7th place

Song 5
Title – "Passionnément"
Rendition – Joséphine Coppola
Lyrics – Patrick Michel
Composition – Alain Bernard / Patrick Lemaître
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 14th place

Song 6
Title – "Je vous oublie"
Rendition – Kali
Lyrics – Suzanne Quintelier
Composition – Pierre Quintelier / Suzanne Quintelier
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 13th place

Song 7
Title – "Vivre"
Rendition – Guy Bonnet
Lyrics – Fulbert Cant
Composition – Guy Bonnet
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Score – 1st place 

Song 8
Title – "Mais où est l'amour"
Rendition – Rebecca
Lyrics – Pascal Auriat
Composition – Michel Jourdan
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 11th place

Song 9
Title – "France France"
Rendition – Isabelle Aubret
Lyrics – Maurice Fanon
Composition – Serge Sentis / Isabelle Aubret
Studio arrangement – Sylvano Santorio
Live orchestration – Sylvano Santorio
Score – 3rd place 

Song 10
Title – "Quand je vois le soleil"
Rendition – Nicolas Layani
Lyrics – Jacques Demarny
Composition – Jean-Michel Braque
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 6th place

Song 11
Title – "A Chantefrance"
Rendition – Jean-Paul Cara
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – David Sprinfield
Score – 5th place

Song 12
Title – "Avec"
Rendition – Christine Fontane
Lyrics – Daniel Thibon
Composition – Christine Fontane / Jean-François Laroux
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 10th place

Song 13
Title – "Vive le douanier Rousseau"
Rendition – La Compagnie Créole
Lyrics – Daniel Vangarde
Composition – Daniel Vangarde
Studio arrangement – Jean Kluger / La Compagnie Créole
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 2nd place

Song 14
Title – "J'en appelle à la vie"
Rendition – Anne-Marie Gancel
Lyrics – Maurice Fanon
Composition – Paul Koulak
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 4th place

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