One of the favourites to win , Annabi performed 9th of 22 , following Sweden and preceding Turkey . At the close of the voting the song had received 146 points , coming joint 1st place with Sweden 's Carola . After the four-way tie at the 1969 contest , a tie-break system had been implemented , where a count-back on the number of top points awarded was used . Since both countries received four 12-points , but Sweden gaining five 10-points over France 's two , Sweden was declared the winner with France coming second
1969 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1969
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991