Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

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Eurovision Song Contest 1991
CountryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: National final
Selection date(s)9 March 1991
Selected entrant Clouseau
Selected song"Geef het op"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result16th, 23 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belgium was represented by the band Clouseau, with the song "Geef het op", at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Rome on 4 May.

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Before Eurovision

Euro-Clouseau

Clouseau were chosen internally by broadcaster BRT to be that year's Belgian representatives. In June 1990, the BRT had signed an agreement with Clouseau to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest, but this agreement was not revealed to the public until 1 September 1990. On 9 March 1991, Euro-Clouseau was broadcast live at 20:10 CET on TV1. Euro-Clouseau was held in the Casino Cursaal in Ostend and was hosted by Jessica de Caluwe. The show featured archive footage of Clouseau's career, and Clouseau also performed several songs from their repertoire, three of which ("Geef het op", "Hilda" and "Ik kan zonder jou") were candidate songs for the Eurovision Song Contest. The band made their own choice from the three songs and announced "Geef het op" as the song they would perform in Rome. [1] [2] [3]

Final – 9 March 1991
DrawSongSongwritersPlace
1"Hilda" Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg
2"Ik kan zonder jou"Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg, Karel Theys
3"Geef het op"Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg, Jan Leyers 1

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Clouseau performed 18th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Spain. At the close of the voting "Geef het op" had received 23 points from seven countries (the highest being 5 from France and Italy), placing Belgium 16th out of 22 entries. [4] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland. [5]

Voting

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