France will reveal their representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 tomorrow evening at 21:15 CEST.
The tenth singer to represent France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed on Saturday night during Fรชte de la Musique on France 2 from 21:15 CEST. Fรชte de la Musique will come live from the Roman Theatre of Orange with acts such as La Petite Culotte, Yann Muller, รlodie Frรฉgรฉ, and Monroe performing live.
France Tรฉlรฉvisions has internally selected both its singer and song for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since its return to the competition in 2018.
Lou Deleuze won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi for France with โCe mondeโ. She scored 248 points, giving France their fourth victory in history and tying them with Georgia for the most wins overall.
Junior Eurovision 2026
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place October 24 in the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Taโ Qali. This will be the third time that Malta will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having done so previously in 2014 and 2016.
To date, the following countries have confirmed their intention to compete in the 2026 contest:
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania: Eslin Kurti โ โKรซrce me muaโ
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia
- ๐จ๐พ Cyprus
- ๐ซ๐ท France
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia: Davit Lomidze
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
- ๐ฎ๐น Italy
- ๐ฒ๐น Malta
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia: Ana Stojanoska โ โIdnata jasโ
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland: Wiktor Sas
- ๐ต๐น Portugal: Salvador Rio
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine
The following countries, who have previously participated, have declined returning to the contest:
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia: Last participated in 2016
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium: Last competed in 2012
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark: Last participated in 2005
- ๐ช๐ช Estonia: Last participated in 2024
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany: Last participated in 2024
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania: Last participated in 2011
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway: Last participated in 2005
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia: Last participated in 2015
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden: Last participated in 2014
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom: Last participated in 2023
- ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌWales: Last participated in 2019
The following countries have ruled out debuting in the contest:
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia: Never broadcast the contest
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: Last broadcast the contest in 2003
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland: Last broadcast the contest in 2021
Source: FTV
France first participated in the 2004 contest in Lillehammer. Thomas Pontier placed 6th with his song โSi on voulait bienโ. Afterwards, they withdrew from the contest and did not return until 2018. Since then, they have won four times; in 2020 with โJโimagineโ by Valentina, in 2022 with โOh Maman!โ by Lissandro, in 2023 with โCลurโ by Zoรฉ Clauzure and most recently in 2025 with โCe mondeโ by Lou Deleuze. France has hosted the contest twice; in 2021 in Paris and in 2023 in Nice.
