Eurovision 2006 : et si c’était vous ?

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Statistics
Date(s)	14 March 2006
Venue	La Plaine St-Denis TV Studios, Paris
Host(s)	Michel Drucker Claudy Siar
Voting Method	50% Jury 50% Televoting
Winner	Virginie Pouchin

In 2006 France held a talent search to find the French representative at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. 10 acts were selected to compete in a televised national final, the winning artist being selected over two rounds of voting: the first to select the top 3 and the second to select the winner, who would sing a pre-written song, Vous, c’est nous.

Final
#	Artist	Percentage	Result
1	Virginie Schaeffer	–	–
2	Alexandre Vautrin	–	–
3	Virginie Pouchin	42.5%	1st
4	Aude Henneville	–	–
5	Tyssia	–	–
6	Pierre Suppa	–	–
7	Candice Parise	–	–
8	Fabien Incardona	34.2%	2nd
9	Julien Lamassonne	23.3%	3rd
10	Leila Barechdy	–	–

After Virginie won, it was deemed that “Vous, c’est nous” did not suit her voice, and so a new song was commissioned: therefore Il était temps was the French entry for Eurovision 2016.