France 2, the French national broadcaster has confimed to ESCToday that France will participate at the forthcoming 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.

France Televisions is yet to reveal its format it will use to select its 2017 Eurovision act and entry.

In 2016 Amir defended the French colours at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm with his entry J’ai cherche achieving an honorable 6th place in the grand final.

The preliminary dates for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest have been set on 16, 18 and 20 May.


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.