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"Vivre" - Guy Bonnet
"Live, live one more day, live, one more love, live, one more awakening, live, filled with the sun"
The French Final was held on March 20th, hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault & Marie Myriam who had won the 1977 ESC. A sample of TV viewers were telephoned after the final to vote on the songs.
| 1 | Les manèges de l'amour | The carrousels of love | Philippe Houbert | 12th |
| 2 | Je t'aime | I love you | Joël Prévost | 9th |
| 3 | Je reviendrai | I'll be back | Claude Merlebois | 8th |
| 4 | L'homme est un mobile | Man is a mobile | Jean-Marc Courtois | 7th |
| 5 | Passionnément | Passionately | Joséphine Coppola | 14th |
| 6 | Je vous oublie | I forget you | Kali | 13th |
| 7 | Vivre | Live | Guy Bonnet | 1st |
| 8 | Mais où est l'amour | But where is love | Rebecca | 11th |
| 9 | France France | France France | Isabelle Aubret | 3rd |
| 10 | Quand je vois le soleil | When I see the sun | Nicolas Layani | 6th |
| 11 | A chantefrance | A chantefrance | Jean-Paul Cara | 5th |
| 12 | Avec | With | Christine Fontane | 10th |
| 13 | Vive le Douanier Rousseau | Long live Douanier Rousseau | La Compagnie Créole | 2nd |
| 14 | J'en appelle à la vie | I call unto life | Anne-Marie Gancel | 4th |
Guy Bonnet had already represented France in 1970 and at the ESC he came 8th. Joël Prévost represented France in 1978 and Isabelle Aubret did the same in 1962 & 1968. Rebecca also sang in the 1983 Israeli Final under her real name - Ilana Avital.