France 3 ,the French national broadcaster has informed and confirmed to Esctoday.com that France will participate at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden next May. The method and mechanism the broadcaster will use to select its entry and representative will be revealed in due course.

France debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and was one of the founding members of the event. The country has won the contest  5 times (1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977), whilst has hosted it the event 3 times (1959 and 1961 in Cannes, 1978 in Paris)

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Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.