France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "", written by Anne Peichert and Tristan Salvati, and performed by Peichert herself under her stage name Louane. The French participating broadcaster, , internally selected its entry for the contest.
As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 24, France placed seventh out of the 26 performing countries with 230 points.
Prior to the 2025 contest, and its predecessor national broadcasters have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing France sixty-six times since RTF's debut in . They first won the contest in with "" performed by André Claveau. In the 1960s, they won three times, with "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer in , "" performed by Isabelle Aubret in , and "" performed by Frida Boccara, who won in in a four-way tie with the , , and the . Their fifth â and so far latest â victory came in with "" performed by Marie Myriam. France has also finished second five times, with Paule Desjardins in , Catherine Ferry in , Joëlle Ursull in , Amina in (who lost out to 's Carola in a tie-break), and Barbara Pravi in . In the 21st century, France has had less success, only making the top ten five times, with Natasha St-Pier finishing fourth in , Sandrine François finishing fifth in , Patricia Kaas finishing eighth in , Amir finishing sixth in , and Pravi finishing second in 2021 with 499 points. In , it finished in fourth place with the song "" performed by Slimane.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country through . The French broadcasters have used both national finals and internal selections to choose their entries in the past. In 2021 and , the broadcaster selected its entries via the national final , a format which was also planned to be held in 2023 but was ultimately cancelled in favour of an internal selection. In August 2024, confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest.
On 30 January 2025, announced that it had internally selected Louane as the French entrant for the 2025 contest; the announcement came shortly after multiple French outlets reported Louane as having been unofficially confirmed to them as the selected entrant. Her entry, "", was presented to the public on 15 March, during half-time of the final match between France and Scotland in the 2025 Six Nations Championship tournament at the .
Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
The following members comprised the French jury: