France has also finished second five times, with Paule Desjardins in 1957, Catherine Ferry in 1976, Joëlle Ursull in 1990, Amina in 1991 (who lost out to Sweden's Carola in a tie-break), and Barbara Pravi in 2021.

[4] On 8 November 2023, France Télévisions announced that it had internally selected Slimane with the song "Mon amour" as the French entrant for the 2024 contest.

[5] The song, composed by Slimane with Yaacov and Meïr Salah, was presented to the public on the same day, during the evening news bulletin Journal de 20 heures hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix on France 2.

[8][9] On 22 February 2024, he performed during the first semi-final of the Croatian national final; on 22 March 2024, he was a guest on the Italian TV show La volta buona [it], broadcast on Rai 1;[10][11][12] on 9 April 2024, he performed during the fourth live show of the Francophone Belgian edition of The Voice, broadcast on La Une.

As a member of the "Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final on 11 May 2024, but was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.

[18][19] In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, France Télévisions cooperated with DR and SVT alongside other EBU member broadcasters – namely ARD/WDR, the BBC, ČT, ERR, NRK, NTR, RÚV, VRT and Yle – to produce and air a documentary titled ABBA – Against the Odds, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sweden's first victory at the contest with "Waterloo" by ABBA.

[25] The French jury consisted of Valérie Dissaux, Élise Mollet, Fanny Llado, Pierre Suppa, and Sébastien Surel D'Assigny.

Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent.