France is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with the song "", written by Fatima Zahra Hafdi, Ahmed Saghir, Yannick Rastogi, and Zacharie Raymond. The song is performed by La Zarra. The French broadcaster internally selected the French entry for the contest, delegated by the television channel . La Zarra was officially announced by as the French entrant on 12 January 2023, and the song was presented to the public as the French entry on 19 February 2023, during the France 2 programme . As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualifies to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Background Prior to the 2023 contest, France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-four times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in . France 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 . France's fifth victory came in when Marie Myriam won with the song "". 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 , the nation finished in twenty-fourth place with the song "" performed by Alvan and Ahez. The French national broadcaster, , broadcasts the event within the country and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the television channel . The French broadcaster has used both national finals and internal selections to choose the country's entry in the past. In and , the French entries were selected via the national final . Before Eurovision Internal selection Initially, announced in July 2022 that the French entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 would be selected via the national final However, on 12 January 2023, it was reported that