The French participating broadcaster, Antenne 2, selected its entry through a national final.

Antenne 2 held the national final, L'Eurovision 1986, on 22 March 1986 at the SFP Studios in Paris, hosted by Patrice Laffont.

Fourteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast across France and to the overseas departments.

The winner was decided by a sample of television viewers who were telephoned at random and asked their opinion of each song.

At the close of the voting the song had received 13 points, placing 17th in a field of 20 competing countries.