France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Patricia Kaas was officially announced by France 3 as the French entrant on 28 January 2009 and later the song was presented to the public as the contest entry on 1 February 2009.France have also finished second four times, with Paule Desjardins in 1957, Catherine Ferry in 1976, Joëlle Ursull in 1990 and Amina in 1991, who lost out to Sweden's Carola in a tie-break.France 3 announced in late 2008 that the French entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected internally after requesting proposals from record companies.[3] On 28 January 2009, it was announced during the France 3 talk show programme Vivement dimanche, hosted by Michel Drucker, that the French entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 would be Patricia Kaas.[12] Patricia Kaas made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Et s'il fallait le faire" as the French Eurovision entry along with her album Kabaret, which was released on 15 December 2008.[13][14] In addition to her international appearances, Kaas also promoted "Et s'il fallait le faire" in France, performing the song on 15 March during the NRJ 12 talent show Star Academy in a duet with contestant Quentin Mosimann.This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.
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