Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

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Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Participating broadcaster Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT)
CountryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
National selection
Selection processFinale van de Belgische Bijdrage tot het Eurovisiesongfestival
Selection date(s)29 February 1961
Selected artist(s) Bob Benny
Selected song"September, gouden roos"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Hans Flower
  • Wim Brabants
Finals performance
Final result15th, 1 point
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1960 •1961• 1962►

Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song "September, gouden roos", composed by Hans Flower, with lyrics by Wim Brabants, and performed by Bob Benny. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT), selected its entry through a national final. Benny had previously represented Belgium in the 1959 contest.

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Future Belgian entrant Jacques Raymond (1963 and 1971) finished runner-up in the national final.

Before Eurovision

Finale van de Belgische Bijdrage tot het Eurovisiesongfestival

Finale van de Belgische Bijdrage tot het Eurovisiesongfestival was the national final format developed by Flemish broadcaster Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT) in order to select the Belgian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1961.

Competing entries

BRT opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their songs. At the close of the deadline, 381 entries were submitted, from which the broadcaster selected 6 for the contest and assigned artists to them. Louis Neefs was assigned to "Bonjour" but was not allowed by his music publisher to sing the song, and Rina Pia  [ nl ] was assigned to "Maandenkrans der liefde" but she didn't like the song and claimed it was "unsingable". Ultimately, they were replaced with Luc Van Hoeselt and Enny Denita  [ nl ]. [1] [2]

Final

The national final was held on 29 January 1961 at 21:00 CET at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels and hosted by Aimée De Smet  [ nl ]. [1] [2] Six songs took part with the winner being chosen by an "expert" jury. It is not known by what system the songs were scored. [2]

Final - 29 January 1961
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1 Tony Sandler "Moeder"Henk Van Montfoort86
2 Jacques Raymond "Als je weent, als je lacht"André Van Steyvoort, Lieve Van Steyvoort402
3 Jo Leemans "Af en toe"Gerd Frank, Benny Welton, Louis Baret333
4 Bob Benny "September, gouden roos"Wim Brabants, Hans Flower601
5Luc van Hoeselt"Bonjour"Roger Snoeck, Ke Riema214
6Enny Denita"Maandenkrans der liefde"Jef Van der Berg145

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Bob Benny performed 11th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Norway.

At the close of the voting "September, gouden roos" had received only 1 point (from Luxembourg), placing Belgium joint last (with Austria) of the 16 competing entries. The Belgian jury split its 10 points between Norway (5), Italy (4) and the United Kingdom (1). [3]

Voting

Every participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Trivia

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References

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