Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

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Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Participating broadcaster Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT)
CountryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
National selection
Selection processEurosong '87
Selection date(s)14 March 1987
Selected artist(s) Liliane Saint-Pierre
Selected song"Soldiers of Love"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result11th, 56 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "Soldiers of Love", written by Gyuri Spies, Marc de Coen, and Liliane Saint-Pierre, and performed by Saint-Pierre herself. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, Walloon Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) was the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Centenary Palace in Brussels, after winning the previous edition with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim.

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Before Eurovision

Organization

Flemish broadcaster Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT) competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 for Belgium, while Walloon broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) hosted the event due to them winning the previous year. BRT decided to host another edition of Eurosong to select their entry for Eurovision.

Eurosong '87

Competing Entries

BRT had asked professionals from the music scene, record companies, producers, and publishers to propose artists to compete in Eurosong '87. The artists did not necessarily have to have a song ready. More than seventy artists had been submitted by the end of the submission period. On 12 December 1986, a 12-member jury assessed the artists and chose twelve to compete in Eurosong '87. The jury consisted of: three members of SABAM (Mary Boduin, Ben Gyselinck, and Els Van Den Abeele), three representatives from Belgian TV (Tom Huybrechts, Marc Maes, and Johannes Thuy), three representatives from Belgian radio (Ro Burms, Paul De Wijngart, and Nora Nys), and three representatives from the press (Paul Cajot, Toni Smeulders, and Guido Van Liefferinge). The twelve chosen artists were: Daan Van Den Durpel, Angie Dylan, Margriet Hermans, Bart Kaëll, Curt Lawrence, Dan O'Neil, Sonia Pelgrims, Sofie, Liliane Saint-Pierre, John Terra, Vincent, and Judith Vindevogel. However, a few weeks before the final, Judith Vindevogel withdrew after a dispute with her producer. [1]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Angie Dylan"Zeventien"Fonnie de Wulf, Ann Christel
Bart Kaëll "Carrousel"Bart Kaëll, Hubert Hugo
Curt Lawrence"De dans der macht"Marc Vanhie
Daan Van Den Durpel"Gigolo"Daan Van Den Durpel, Stefan Verwey, Peter Gisterink, Mare Munster
Dan O'Neil"Oh, mon amour"Ron Marron
John Terra "Champagne voor iedereen"John Terra, Nelly Byl
Liliane Saint-Pierre "Soldiers of Love"Marc De Coen, Gyuri Spies, Liliane Keuninckx
Margriet Hermans "In Slow Motion"Ricky Diver, Margriet Hermans, Marc Dex
Sofie"Door jou"Sofie Verbruggen, Gyuri Spies, Johan Verminnen
Sonia Pelgrims"Casanova"Eddy Van Passel, Danny Van Passel
Vincent"De wereld als ik droom"Paul Despiegelaere, Walter Ertvelt, Hans De Booy

Final

The national final was broadcast live at 20:20 CET on 14 March 1987 from the Amerikaans Theater  [ nl ] in Brussels, and was hosted by Luc Appermont. The BRT Orchestra was conducted by Freddy Sunder. Voting was done by regional juries in the five Flemish provinces of Belgium, each consisting of forty television viewers between the ages of 16 and 60, and a professional jury. The professional jury consists of the same twelve members that chose the participating artists. All juries vote by giving each entry a score out of ten. Saint-Pierre emerged the winner by a 5-point margin, having been placed first by four of the regional juries (and second by the other), but being ranked only sixth by the professional jury. [1] [2] [3]

Final – 14 March 1987
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1 John Terra "Champagne voor iedereen"433
2Dan O'Neil"Oh, mon amour"199
3Vincent"De wereld als ik droom"011
4 Margriet Hermans "In Slow Motion"257
5Daan Van Den Durpel"Gigolo"375
6 Bart Kaëll "Carrousel"582
7Angie Dylan"Zeventien"404
8Sonia Pelgrims"Casanova"248
9Curt Lawrence"De dans der macht"910
10Sofie"Door jou"306
11 Liliane Saint-Pierre "Soldiers of Love"631
Detailed jury votes
DrawSong
Professional Jury
Regional JuriesTotal
Antwerp
Brabant
Limburg
East Flanders
West Flanders
1"Champagne voor iedereen"666108743
2"Oh, mon amour"33242519
3"De wereld als ik droom"0
4"In Slow Motion"18725225
5"Gigolo"87574637
6"Carrousel"121088101058
7"Zeventien"251267840
8"Casanova"74333424
9"De dans der macht"4111119
10"Door jou"102456330
11"Soldiers of Love"5121012121263

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Saint-Pierre performed 5th in the running order, following Iceland and preceding Sweden. At the close of the voting "Soldiers of Love" had received 56 points with votes from 12 countries (the highest mark being 8 from the United Kingdom), placing Belgium 11th out of 22 entries. [4] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland. [5]

The contest was shown on TV1 with commentary by Luc Appermont, and RTBF1. [6] It was also broadcast on a radio station BRT 2. [7]

Voting

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