Monday, 29 March 1976

1976 FRANCE EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - March 29, 1976
Official name - Grand Concours de la Chanson Française 1976
Organising broadcasters - TFI
Venue - Studios des Buttes Chaumont, Paris
Hosts - Évelyne Leclercq / Enrico Macias / Demis Roussos
Director - Jacques Brialy
Stage designers - Jean Caromel / Camille Crozet
Producer - Maurice Dumay
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 - 'Un, deux, trois' Cathérine Ferry
Winning songwriters - Jean-Paul Cara / Tony Rallo
Winning orchestrator - Tony Rallo

Note - Semi-finals broadcast on March 15 and March 22, 1976, with seven songs competing in each for three places in the final. 

Clearly discernable in the orchestra behind host Évelyne Leclercq: musicians Yvon Rioland (bass, left) and Sylvano Santorio (rhythm guitar, right), both future Eurovision conductors

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1
Title – "Un, deux, trois"
Rendition – Cathérine Ferry
Lyrics – Jean-Pierre Cara
Composition – Jean-Pierre Cara / Tony Rallo
Studio arrangement – Tony Rallo
Live orchestration – Tony Rallo
Conductor – Tony Rallo
Score semi-final 1 – 1st place (4776 votes)
Score final – 1st place (6348 votes)

Song 2
Title – "Aimer quelqu'un heureux"
Rendition – Caroline Verdi
Lyrics – Yves Dessca
Composition – Bernard Liamia / Jeff Barnel
Studio arrangement – Tony Rallo
Live orchestration – Tony Rallo
Conductor – Tony Rallo
Score semi-final 1 – 3rd place (4263 votes)
Score final – 4th place (2036 votes)

Song 3
Title – "Marie-Valentine"
Rendition – Jean Guidoni
Lyrics – Pierre Grosz
Composition – Jean Musy
Studio arrangement – Jean Musy
Live orchestration – Jean Musy
Conductor – Jean Musy (seated at the piano)
Score semi-final 2 – 2nd place (4336 votes)
Score final – 2nd place (5482 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Si tu penses à l'amour"
Rendition – Laurence Cartier
Lyrics – Yves Dessca
Composition – Alain Bernard
Studio arrangement – Jean-Claude Petit
Live orchestration – Jean-Claude Petit
Conductor – Jean-Claude Petit
Score semi-final 2 – 3rd place (3876 votes)
Score final – 5th place (1949 votes)

Song 5
Title – "Quelqu'un dans ma vie"
Rendition – Evelyne Geller
Lyrics – Michel Jourdan
Composition – Danièle Borano
Studio arrangement – Bernard Gérard
Live orchestration – Bernard Gérard
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 2 – 1st place (4394 votes)
Score final – 6th place (1644 votes)

Song 6
Title – "Ne dis pas que tu m'aimes"
Rendition – Harmony 5
Lyrics – Vline Buggy
Composition – Jean Claudric
Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric
Live orchestration – Jean Claudric
Conductor – Jean Claudric
Score semi-final 1 – 2nd place (4474 votes)
Score final – 3rd place (4014 votes)

ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 1)

Eliminated song 1
Title – "Ophélie"
Rendition – Christian Gaubert
Lyrics – Pierre-André Dousset
Composition – Christian Gaubert
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Christian Gaubert
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 1 – 6th place (2354 votes)

Eliminated song 2
Title – "Pourquoi"
Rendition – Sabrina Lory
Lyrics – Jean-Claude Massoulier
Composition – Hubert Giraud / Thierry Geoffroy
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 5th place (3457 votes)

Eliminated song 3
Title – "Vivre une page d'amour"
Rendition – Christopher Laird
Lyrics – Evelyne Courtois
Composition – Christopher Laird
Studio arrangement – Michel Villard / Gérard Hugé
Live orchestration – Michel Villard / Gérard Hugé
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 7th place (1911 votes)

Eliminated song 4
Title – "Les chevaux de l'automne"
Rendition – Christian Borel
Lyrics – Jacques Touray
Composition – André Lutereau
Studio arrangement – Lucien Lavoute
Live orchestration – Lucien Lavoute
Conductor – Lucien Lavoute
Score semi-final 1 – 4th place (4109 votes)  

ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 2)

Eliminated song 5
Title – "Ça ne fait rien"
Rendition – Karine Day
Lyrics – Jacques Demarny
Composition – Jean Claudric
Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric
Live orchestration – Jean Claudric
Conductor – Jean Claudric
Score semi-final 2 – 5th place (3639 votes)

Eliminated song 6
Title – "Je te connais déjà"
Rendition – Isabelle Aubret
Lyrics – Claude Lemesle
Composition – Jean Ferrat
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Alain Goraguer
Score semi-final 2 – 6th place (3345 votes)

Eliminated song 7
Title – "Trois petits soldats"
Rendition – Les Troubadours
Lyrics – Yves Dessca
Composition – Hubert Giraud / Thierry Geoffroy
Studio arrangement – Raymond Gimenez
Live orchestration – Raymond Gimenez
Conductor – Raymond Gimenez
Score semi-final 2 – 7th place (3264 votes)

Eliminated song 8
Title – "Energie, lumière, amour"
Rendition – Edwige
Lyrics – Edwige Nisenboin
Composition – Edwige Nisenboin
Studio arrangement – Rashied Bahri
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – 4th place (3725 votes)

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