Sandrine François is a French singer who represented France at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest

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 were her early inspirations. She was discovered singing in a pub and invited to sing on the television show of Mireille Dumas. This appearance led to a record contract, and to her working with producer-writer-arranger Erick Benzi

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 (Jean-Jacques Goldman

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, Céline Dion

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In 2002 François was invited by French television to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Rick Allison, Marie-Florence Gros and Patrick Bruel

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wrote a song for her called "Il faut du temps." She reached fifth position with 104 points which was France's last good result until May 2009, since this country placed 8th (top 10) in 2009.