Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
| Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) | |||
| Country |  Belgium | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Finale Nationale du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson | |||
| Selection date(s) | 12 March 1995 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Frédéric Etherlinck | |||
| Selected song | "La voix est libre" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 20th, 8 points | |||
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "La voix est libre", written by Pierre Theunis, and performed by Frédéric Etherlinck. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Finale Nationale du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1995
[edit]Walloon broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 representing Belgium. The national selection was broadcast live at 20:10 CET on RTBF 1 on 12 March 1995 from studio 7 in the RTBF studios and was hosted by Thierry Luthers. Ten songs competed, chosen from 192 submitted entries. The winner was chosen by six regional juries (Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur, and Brussels), plus a jury consisting of music professionals. All the juries handed out songs in the same way as is done in the Eurovision Song Contest: 12 points to the top song, 10 points to the second top song, then 8 through to 1 points for the rest of the top ten songs.[1][2][3][4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Frédérick Etherlinck | "La voix est libre" | Pierre Theunis | 58 | 1 |
| 2 | Belinda | "Plus jamais" | Dorthee, Defourny, Jakic, Murgia | 52 | 2 |
| 3 | Teddy Laventure | "Soleil et lune" | Pierre Gillet, Thérèsa Lagerval | 37 | 8 |
| 4 | Power People | "Sileila" | Power People, Jean-Louis Fayt | 49 | 3 |
| 5 | Dominique Malerat | "Rien que pour lui" | Yves Disclez | 27 | 9 |
| 6 | Bea Luna | "L'univers" | Tony Baron, Bea Luna | 46 | 4 |
| 7 | Elani | "Pour l'éternité" | Richard Jacques, Marie-Ange Herman | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | Largo | "Lola" | Marc Van Eyck, Philippe Van Heer, Mustafa Largo | 45 | 5= |
| 9 | Nathalie Lavigne | "Si je m'envole" | Gianni Marzano, Antonio Crisci, Fred Derytd | 40 | 7 |
| 10 | Valerie Buggea | "Si un jour" | Daniel Willems, Jean-Luc Brasseur, Philippe Warlomont | 45 | 5= |
| Draw | Song | Regional Juries | Professional Jury
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Total | Place | |||||
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Brussels
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Brabant
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Hainaut
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Liège
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Luxembourg
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Namur
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| 1 | "La voix est libre" | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 1 |
| 2 | "Plus jamais" | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 2 |
| 3 | "Soleil et lune" | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 8 |
| 4 | "Sileila" | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 3 |
| 5 | "Rien que pour lui" | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 9 |
| 6 | "L'univers" | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 4 |
| 7 | "Pour l'éternité" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | "Lola" | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 5 |
| 9 | "Si je m'envole" | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 7 |
| 10 | "Si un jour" | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 5 |
At Eurovision
[edit]Frédéric Etherlinck performed 14th in the running order of the contest, following Hungary and preceding the United Kingdom. "La voix est libre" received 8 points, 7 from Spain and 1 from Austria, placing 20th of 23 countries competing.[5]
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ "BELGIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1995". natfinals.50webs.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Vermeulen, André (2021). Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 978-94-014-7609-6. OCLC 1240241113.
- ^ "RTBF". Revue. 8 March 1995. p. 117.
- ^ Van Den Abeele, Chris. "The Belgian Preselection 1995". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.