France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 "Je suis un vrai garçon" had picked up 74 points (the highest a 10 from Russia), placing France 7th of the 25 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to Poland. France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 France was represented by Nina Morato, with the song '"Je suis un vrai garçon", at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 May in Dublin. "Je suis un vrai garçon" was chosen internally by broadcaster France 2. On the night of the final Morato performed last in the running order, following Poland. "Je suis un vrai garçon" was
Channel Tunnel techniques from the oil industry were employed. Tunnelling was a major engineering challenge, with the only precedent being the undersea Seikan Tunnel in Japan, which opened in 1988. A serious risk with underwater tunnels is major water inflow due to the pressure from the sea above, under weak ground conditions. The tunnel also had the challenge of time: being privately funded, early financial return was paramount. The objective was to construct two rail tunnels, apart, in length; a service tunnel between the two main ones; pairs of cross-passages linking the rail tunnels to the service one at spacing; piston relief