| Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | France Télévisions | |||
| Country |  France | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 9 February 2004 Song: 10 March 2004 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Jonatan Cerrada | |||
| Selected song | "À chaque pas" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 40 points | |||
| France in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "À chaque pas", written by Ben "Jammin" Robbins, Steve Balsamo, and Jonatan Cerrada, and performed by Cerrada himself. The French participating broadcaster France Télévisions internally selected its entry for the contest. The broadcaster announced Jonatan Cerrada as its representative on 9 February 2004 and later the song "Laissez-moi le temps" as its entry on 11 February 2004. On 22 February 2004, France Télévisions announced that Cerrada would perform a new song at Eurovision and "À chaque pas" was presented to the public as the new entry during a live performance by Cerrada on 22 March 2004 during the France 3 programme Symphonic Show.
As a member of the "Big Four", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 4, France placed fifteenth out of the 24 participating countries with 40 points.