Contest 8

Contest 8 was the eighth edition of Contest, hosted in Marseille, France after Videoclub's win with their song "Euphories" in Los Angeles. Simon and Esmée withdrew, while Jorb and Juan took their places.

Four countries made their first appearance this edition, being Ghana, Poland, Switzerland and Tunisia. The other seven spots were filled by host country France, who by now had a participation streak of seven editions, Colombia and United States who decided to stay in the contest, Japan who last appeared in edition 6, Nigeria who last appeared when they hosted in edition 5, and South Korea and Wales who had last appeared in edition 4. For the first time ever an instrumental participated.

In the end, Poland won Contest 8 with 69 points with Banks' song "Gemini Feed", just three points ahead of runner-up Nigeria. The podium was completed by host country France, while Colombia placed last.

Contest
Like usual, 11 countries participated in Contest 8.

10 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 10 points awarded by each country's jury in the Final: