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Virginie Pouchain
Born	1980 Saint-Montan, France
Origin	France

Virginie Pouchain (born 1980 in Saint-Montan, Ardèche), is a singer and hairdresser from the département of Ardèche in southern France. On 14 March 2006 she was selected by the viewers of France 3 and a jury presided by Charles Aznavour to represent France in Eurovision Song Contest 2006. For the French national grand finale, she sang Céline Dion's hit song Pour que tu m'aimes encore. In Athens, Virginie performed a song – written especially for the occasion by the German-born singer Corneille – entitled Il était temps (It's about time). She finished in the third-to-last position scoring only five points.

External links

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(in French) [1]
(in English) Eurovision Song Contest – France (official)
(in French) France 3 – Eurovision page (official)
(in French) France at Eurovision Song Contest – Eurovision page (non-official)

Preceded by Ortal with Chacun pense à soi	France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006	Succeeded by Les Fatals Picards with L'amour à la française

v t e France in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 ~~1974~~ 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Ahez Alma Mathé Altéry Alvan Amir Amina Lisa Angell Anggun Isabelle Aubret Louisa Baïleche Alain Barrière Roger Bens Frida Boccara Guy Bonnet Amandine Bourgeois Jacqueline Boyer Dan Ar Braz Jonatan Cerrada André Claveau Martine Clémenceau Cocktail Chic Noëlle Cordier ~~Dani~~ Dany Dauberson Anne-Marie David Paule Desjardins Fanny Les Fatals Picards Catherine Ferry Patrick Fiori Sandrine François Jean Gabilou Bilal Hassani Héritage des Celtes Jean Philippe Patricia Kaas Kali Serge Lama ~~Tom Leeb~~ Gérard Lenorman Madame Monsieur Guy Mardel Marie Line Betty Mars Jessy Matador Jean-Paul Mauric Sofia Mestari Christine Minier Nina Morato Marie Myriam Nayah Ortal Nathalie Pâque Virginie Pouchain Barbara Pravi Joël Prévost Profil Rachel Nicole Rieu Nathalie Santamaria Slimane Natasha St-Pier Sébastien Tellier Annick Thoumazeau Twin Twin Joëlle Ursull Amaury Vassili Dominique Walter La Zarra
Songs	"À chaque pas" "Allez Ola Olé" "L'Amour à la française" "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" "La Belle amour" "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" "Chacun pense à soi" "Le Chant de Mallory" "Chanteur de charme" "Chez nous" "Comé-comédie" "Divine" "Diwanit bugale" "Dors, mon amour" "Echo (You and I)" "Elle était si jolie" "L'Enfer et moi" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Et s'il fallait le faire" "Européennes" "Évidemment" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "Fulenn" "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames" "Humanahum" "Il doit faire beau là-bas" "Il est là" "Il était temps" "Il faut du temps" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "J'ai cherché" "J'ai volé la vie" "Un jardin sur la terre" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Je suis un vrai garçon" "Je veux donner ma voix" "Un jour, un enfant" "Mama Corsica" "Marie-Blanche" "Mercy" ~~"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"~~ "Mon amour" "Monté la riviè" "Monts et merveilles" "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Moustache" "N'avoue jamais" "N'oubliez pas" "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" "On aura le ciel" "Où aller" "Oui, oui, oui, oui" "Un premier amour" "Printemps, avril carillonne" "Requiem" "Roi" "Sans toi" "Sentiments songes" "Sognu" "La Source" "Le Temps perdu" "Tom Pillibi" "Un, deux, trois" ~~"La Vie à vingt-cinq ans"~~ "Vivre" "Voilà" "White and Black Blues"
Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Countries

Final	Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Denmark France Finland Germany Greece Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-final	Albania Andorra Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Estonia Iceland Monaco Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovenia
Withdrawn	Serbia and Montenegro

Artists

Final	André Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R Dima Bilan Eddie Butler Carola Vocal Group Cosmos Fabrizio Faniello Christine Guldbrandsen Hari Mata Hari Tina Karol Brian Kennedy Las Ketchup Lordi LT United Virginie Pouchain Elena Risteska Daz Sampson Sidsel Ben Semmane Severina six4one Texas Lightning Mihai Trăistariu Sibel Tüzün Anna Vissi
Semi-final	Annet Artani Anžej Dežan Luiz Ejlli Séverine Ferrer Ich Troje Jenny Silvia Night Nonstop Mariana Popova Kate Ryan Sandra Polina Smolova Treble
Withdrawn	No Name

Songs

Final	"Alvedansen" "Bloody Mary" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Everything" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "I Do" "I Hear Your Heart" "If We All Give a Little" "Il était temps" "Invincible" "Lejla" "Loca" "Moja štikla" "Never Let You Go" "Ninanajna" "No No Never" "Show Me Your Love" "Superstar" "Teenage Life" "Together We Are One" "Tornerò" "Twist of Love" "We Are the Winners" "Without Your Love"
Semi-final	"Amambanda" "La Coco-Dance" "Coisas de nada" "Congratulations" "Follow My Heart" "Je t'adore" "Let Me Cry" "Mr Nobody" "Mum" "Sense tu" "Through My Window" "Why Angels Cry" "Zjarr e ftohtë"
Withdrawn	"Moja ljubavi"

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	France BnF data