Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971

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Eurovision Song Contest 1971
CountryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
National selection
Selection processCanzonissima
Selection date(s)6 February 1971
Selected entrant Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel
Selected song"Goeiemorgen, morgen"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Paul Quintens
  • Phil van Cauwenbergh
Finals performance
Final result14th, 68 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belgium was represented by Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel, with the song "Goeiemorgen, morgen", at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in Dublin. Raymond and Castel had not taken part in the original Belgian final, which was won with Nicole and Hugo performing the song.

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Before Eurovision

Canzonissima

Canzonissima was the national final format developed by BRT which determined the song that would represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971. This was the 4th edition of Canzonissima, after previously being used to select BRT's 1963 and 1967 entry, and a 3rd season that ran between 1967 and 1968 but wasn't related to the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of nine semi-finals held between October 1970 and January 1971, and a final on 6 February 1971. All shows were held in the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, and hosted by Jan Theys. [1]

Format

Canzonissima 1971 consisted of nine semi-finals and a final. The original format had ten artists compete in each semi-final and the top three songs chosen by a jury, as well as the public's favourite, would appear again in the next semi-final, while the other artists would have to select new songs, but after one of the competing artists died after semi-final 2, the remaining seven semi-finals only had nine artists. For a song to qualify to the final, it would have to place top three with the juries, or win the public vote, three times. A song could qualify with any combination of these, for example, it could get top three with juries twice and win the public vote once and then qualify to the final [1]

Competing Entries

BRT shortlisted eight singers and two groups for Canzonissima 1971: Ann Christy, Kalinka, Micha Marah, Mary Porcelijn, Ron Davis, Joe Harris, Johan Stollz  [ nl ], Johnny White, Nicole & Hugo, and Kate's Kennel. A total of 58 songs competed in Canzonissima 1971. [1]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Ann Christy "Dag vreemde man"Mary Boduin, Willy Crombé
"De kinderen rond mijn huis"Augustijn Delhaye, S. Kaesen
"Een droom nooit gedroomd"Roland Thyssen, Ferre Vadyn
"Het lied is uit of moet het nog beginnen"Leo Rozenstraeten, Tim Visterin
"n Kleine melodie"Oscar Denayer, Ferre Vadyn
"'n Zilveren kooi"Ke Riema, Peter Laine
Joe Harris"Alles wordt oranje"René Varner, Willy Albimoor, Mary Boduin, Luce Barcy
"Anne Marie"R. De Mon, P. Loland
"Jij bent mijn engel"Ker Delva, Roland Dero
"Nooit weer"Leo Rozenstraeten, René Varner, Luce Barcy
"Sunny Girl"Ker Delva, Roland Dero
"Valdemosa"René Varner, Mary Boduin
"Want je mist haar"Mary Boduin, Roland Dero
Johan Stollz"Ballade voor Soraya"Johan Stolle, Ker Delva, Henk André
"Brugge"Henk André, Johan Stolle
"Emigrant"Johan Stolle, Ker Delva, F. De Backer
"Er is altijd"Johan Stolle
"Eva"Ker Delva, Johan Stolle
"Ik mis je"Mary Boduin, Johan Stolle
"Melodie voor jou"Leo Rozenstraeten, Rocco Granata
"Zo ver van mij"Will Ferdy, Marcel Mortier, Johan Stolle
Johnny White"De wereld blijft niet staan"Ke Riema, Peter Laine
"Dromen zijn nog vrij"Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens
"Je maakt me stapelgek"Merino Costa, Franz André, Johnny White
"Morgen is morgen"Johnny White, Peter Laine
"Te mooi om waar te zijn"Ke Riema, Peter Laine
"Verloren hart, verloren droom"Ke Riema, Peter Laine
Kalinka"Canzonissima"Greta Bogaert, C.M. Peters
"Een regenboog"R. Mast, M. Peeters
"Loop maar door"Greta Bogaert, King Williams
"Vroeg of laat"Greta Bogaert, Scott Bradford
"Wil je soms weten"Greta Bogaert, King Williams
Kate's Kennel"Ach matroosje"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
"De tijd is rijp"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
"De voetbalkampioen"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
"Droom"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
"Peloton… vuur!"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
"Regenlied"Clee van Herzele, Dré Baekelandt
"Rock and Roll"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
"Toen"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
"Wij lopen te vlug voorbij"Jean Blaute, Dré Baekelandt
Mary Porcelijn"Als je terugkomt"Mary Boduin, Al van Dam
"Hou je van mij?"Valeer van Kerkhove, Al van Dam
"Lachen"Ker Delva, Roland Dero
"Requiem"Mary Porcelijn, Sus Nyens
"Weet je nog wie ik was"Mary Boduin, Ann Gaytan
Micha Marah "Balabaloe"Karel Vanherck, R. Rendall
"Die ring"Augustijn Delhaye, Karel Vanherck
"Ik ben zeventien"Karel Vanherck, Louis van Rymenant
"Tamboerke (Parram… parram)"Karel Vanherck, Rudi Witt, Francis Bay
Nicole & Hugo "A Song Is Born"Leo Rozenstraeten, Freddy Sunder
"Goeiemorgen, morgen"Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens
"Ik wil een papieren man"Leo Rozenstraeten, Jef van den Berg
"Ik wil met je mee"Leo Rozenstraeten, René Varner
"Mijn hele leven"Leo Rozenstraeten, Rocco Granata
"Pak je koffers"Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens
Ron Davis"Katialinda"Daviny, Jo Deensen
"Mona Lisa"Daviny, Jo Deensen

Shows

Semi-Finals

Voting in the semi-finals was done by two separate juries and postcard voting. The first jury was a professional jury made up of five members who each gave between 1 and 10 points to every song. The members of the professional jury were non-voting chairman Herman Verelst (head of entertainment at BRT), Jo Leemans (singer), Jos Boudewijn (radio producer), Anton Peters (actor and director), Staf Knop (author and actor), and Raymond Stuyck (journalist). The second jury was a 5-member jury formed by people from the music industry. The music industry jury voted during every semi-final but did not impact the selection for Eurovision and their goal was to choose 'the best Flemish song'. The music industry jury only voted on any new songs in a semi-final and qualified songs kept their scores from previous semi-finals. The members of the music industry jury were non-voting chairman Nest Van der Eyken (SABAM), Gaston Nuyts (composer and conductor), Gerd Mertens (conductor and organist), Vic Nees (composer), Jef Claessen (radio producer), and Armand Preud'homme (composer).

Since songs introduced in semi-final 9 could not get to top three with the juries or win the public vote three times and qualify for the final, the rules to qualify for the final were changed for semi-final 9. Songs had to receive at least the average number of points that every song that qualified to the final got in their last semi-final from the jury. The public vote winner also qualified to the final. [1]

After the second semi-final, on 21 October 1970, Ron Davis was involved in a car accident and remained absent from Canzonissima 1971 until his death on January 22, 1971. His death was commemorated by the juries at the start of the ninth semi-final. [1]

The seventh semi-final did not take place live and was instead pre-recorded because it took place during the Christmas holidays. [1]

  Qualified to final  Qualified to next semi-final

Semi-final 1–3 October 1970
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Kalinka"Wil je soms weten"284=610Out
2Johnny White"Je maakt me stapelgek"284=3554Out
3Nicole & Hugo"Mijn hele leven"2761676Out
4Johan Stollz"Brugge"3034153Jury Qualifier
5Ann Christy"Dag vreemde man"3511427Jury Qualifier
6Ron Davis"Mona Lisa"2393215Out
7Mary Porcelijn"Lachen"312119Jury Qualifier
8Joe Harris"Jij bent mijn engel"2575952Out
9Kate's Kennel"Peloton… vuur!"248618Out
10Micha Marah"Tamboerke (Parram… parram)"201010701Public Qualifier
Semi-final 2–17 October 1970
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Micha Marah"Tamboerke (Parram… parram)"21925041Public Qualifier
2Ron Davis"Katialinda"2485715Out
3Kate's Kennel"Wij lopen te vlug voorbij"20102610Out
4Joe Harris"Sunny Girl"25714482Out
5Kalinka"Loop maar door"295998Out
6Johan Stollz"Brugge"2763646Out
7Ann Christy"Dag vreemde man"3916034Jury Qualifier
8Nicole & Hugo"Ik wil met je mee"313=1397Jury Qualifier
9Mary Porcelijn"Lachen"313=809Jury Qualifier
10Johnny White"Verloren hart, verloren droom"3829823Jury Qualifier
Semi-final 3–31 October 1970
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Micha Marah"Tamboerke (Parram… parram)"22849061Public Qualifier - Final
2Kate's Kennel"De tijd is rijp"219258Out
3Johnny White"Verloren hart, verloren droom"391=4843Jury Qualifier
4Mary Porcelijn"Lachen"3231155Jury Qualifier - Final
5Ann Christy"Dag vreemde man"391=926Jury Qualifier - Final
6Joe Harris"Anne Marie"2866872Out
7Nicole & Hugo"Ik wil met je mee"314=717Out
8Johan Stollz"Zo ver van mij"314=1984Out
9Kalinka"Een regenboog"277139Out
Semi-final 4–14 November 1970
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Nicole & Hugo"Ik wil een papieren man"178996Out
2Joe Harris"Want je mist haar"293=1184Jury Qualifier
3Micha Marah"Ik ben zeventien"293=34741Jury & Public Qualifier
4Johan Stollz"Eva"1592992Out
5Ann Christy"Een droom nooit gedroomd"275358Out
6Kalinka"Canzonissima"3821203Jury Qualifier
7Kate's Kennel"Droom"227279Out
8Johnny White"Verloren hart, verloren droom"3911115Jury Qualifier - Final
9Mary Porcelijn"Hou je van mij?"236737Out
Semi-final 5–28 November 1970
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Kate's Kennel"Regenlied"159449Out
2Johnny White"De wereld blijft niet staan"305776Out
3Micha Marah"Ik ben zeventien"27743191Public Qualifier - Final
4Johan Stollz"Er is altijd"268944Out
5Ann Christy"'n Zilveren kooi"342865Jury Qualifier
6Mary Porcelijn"Requiem"286668Out
7Joe Harris"Want je mist haar"3141193Out
8Kalinka"Canzonissima"333677Jury Qualifier
9Nicole & Hugo"Goeiemorgen, morgen"3816072Jury Qualifier
Semi-final 6–12 December 1970
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Joe Harris"Nooit weer"354938Out
2Kalinka"Canzonissima"316=749Out
3Ann Christy"'n Zilveren kooi"345967Out
4Kate's Kennel"Ach matroosje"099212Out
5Nicole & Hugo"Goeiemorgen, morgen"4316624Jury Qualifier
6Micha Marah"Die ring"362=42391Jury & Public Qualifier
7Johnny White"Morgen is morgen"316=8483Out
8Mary Porcelijn"Als je terugkomt"362=1366Jury Qualifier
9Johan Stollz"Ik mis je"3083585Out
Semi-final 7–26 December 1970 (Pre-recorded)
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Johnny White"Te mooi om waar te zijn"267405Out
2Ann Christy"De kinderen rond mijn huis"315=148Out
3Micha Marah"Die ring"315=27101Public Qualifier - Final
4Johan Stollz"Melodie voor jou"248366Out
5Kalinka"Vroeg of laat"372=139Jury Qualifier
6Nicole & Hugo"Goeiemorgen, morgen"4314762Jury Qualifier - Final
7Mary Porcelijn"Als je terugkomt"372=1343Jury Qualifier
8Kate's Kennel"Rock and Roll"169504Out
9Joe Harris"Valdemosa"354287Out
Semi-final 8–9 January 1971
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Johan Stollz"Ballade voor Soraya"33643452Out
2Nicole & Hugo"A Song Is Born"3551535Out
3Joe Harris"Alles wordt oranje"391=1614Jury Qualifier
4Kate's Kennel"Toen"59238Out
5Micha Marah"Balabaloe"28743711Public Qualifier
6Mary Porcelijn"Als je terugkomt"391=1803Jury Qualifier - Final
7Kalinka"Vroeg of laat"383=199Jury Qualifier
8Johnny White"Dromen zijn nog vrij"383=616Jury Qualifier
9Ann Christy"Het lied is uit of moet het nog beginnen"248337Out
Semi-final 9–23 January 1971
DrawArtistSongJuryPublicResult
PointsPlaceVotesPlace
1Ann Christy"'n Kleine melodie"374278Out
2Nicole & Hugo"Pak je koffers"3656783Out
3Johnny White"Dromen zijn nog vrij"356=287Out
4Micha Marah"Balabaloe"30835042Out
5Mary Porcelijn"Weet je nog wie ik was"422994Jury Qualifier - Final
6Kalinka"Vroeg of laat"41379Jury Qualifier - Final
7Johan Stollz"Emigrant"356=72421Public Qualifier - FInal
8Kate's Kennel"De voetbalkampioen"219686Out
9Joe Harris"Alles wordt oranje"441775Jury Qualifier - Final
Final

The final took place on 6 February 1971 at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels. Voting was by an "expert" jury of 11 members, which consisted of the five members of the professional jury in the semi-finals plus six journalists from Flemish newspapers, each giving one point to their favourite song. This turned out to be something of a non-event, as in the end, only three songs received any votes at all. "Goeiemorgen, morgen" was the choice of eight of the jury members. [1] [2]

During the final, it was also announced that "Als je terugkomt" performed by Mary Porcelijn was the winner of the music industry jury and earned the title of 'the best Flemish song'. [1]

Final – 6 February 1971
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1 Ann Christy "Dag vreemde man"22
2 Nicole and Hugo "Goeiemorgen, morgen"81
3Joe Harris"Alles wordt oranje"04=
4Mary Porcelijn"Lachen"04=
5 Micha Marah "Tamboerke (Parram... parram)"04=
6Johnny White"Verloren hart, verloren droom"13
7Mary Porcelijn"Als je terugkomt"04=
8Mary Porcelijn"Weet je nog wie ik was"04=
9Kalinka"Vroeg of laat"04=
10 Micha Marah "Ik ben zeventien"04=
11 Micha Marah "Die ring"04=
12Johann Stollz"Emigrant"04=
Music Industry Jury Ranking
ArtistSongResultPlace
Mary Porcelijn"Als je terugkomt"351
Nicole & Hugo "A Song Is Born"352
Mary Porcelijn"Weet je nog wie ik was"343=
Ron Davis"Katialinda"34
Ann Christy "Dag vreemde man"325=
Mary Porcelijn"Lachen"32
Mary Porcelijn"Hou je van mij?"317
Johnny White"Te mooi om waar te zijn"308=
Kalinka"Vroeg of laat"30
Ann Christy "Een droom nooit gedroomd"2910=
Ann Christy "n Kleine melodie"29
Ann Christy "'n Zilveren kooi"29
Johnny White"De wereld blijft niet staan"29
Johnny White"Dromen zijn nog vrij"29
Nicole & Hugo "Goeiemorgen, morgen"29
Joe Harris"Alles wordt oranje"2816=
Joe Harris"Valdemosa"28
Johan Stollz"Ik mis je"28
Kalinka"Een regenboog"28
Ann Christy "Het lied is uit of moet het nog beginnen"2720=
Johnny White"Verloren hart, verloren droom"27
Kalinka"Wil je soms weten"27
Kate's Kennel"Wij lopen te vlug voorbij"27
Nicole & Hugo "Pak je koffers"27
Johan Stollz"Er is altijd"2625=
Johnny White"Morgen is morgen"26
Kate's Kennel"Droom"26
Micha Marah "Die ring"26
Johan Stollz"Melodie voor jou"2529=
Kate's Kennel"De tijd is rijp"25
Mary Porcelijn"Requiem"25
Nicole & Hugo "Mijn hele leven"25
Ann Christy "De kinderen rond mijn huis"2433=
Joe Harris"Want je mist haar"24
Kalinka"Loop maar door"24
Nicole & Hugo "Ik wil een papieren man"24
Joe Harris"Nooit weer"2337=
Johan Stollz"Ballade voor Soraya"23
Kalinka"Canzonissima"23
Joe Harris"Sunny Girl"2240=
Johan Stollz"Emigrant"22
Kate's Kennel"Peloton… vuur!"22
Nicole & Hugo "Ik wil met je mee"22
Joe Harris"Anne Marie"2144
Kate's Kennel"Regenlied"2045=
Micha Marah "Ik ben zeventien"20
Ron Davis"Mona Lisa"20
Johan Stollz"Eva"1948=
Johnny White"Je maakt me stapelgek"19
Johan Stollz"Zo ver van mij"1750
Joe Harris"Jij bent mijn engel"1651=
Johan Stollz"Brugge"16
Micha Marah "Tamboerke (Parram… parram)"16
Micha Marah "Balabaloe"1354
Kate's Kennel"Ach matroosje"1055
Kate's Kennel"Rock and Roll"556
Kate's Kennel"De voetbalkampioen"057=
Kate's Kennel"Toen"0

At Eurovision

Shortly before the Dublin final, however, Nicole had fallen ill and was unable to travel, so broadcaster BRT drafted in Raymond and Castel as late replacements. Raymond had previously sung for Belgium at Eurovision in 1963. Nicole and Hugo would represent Belgium in 1973.

On the night of the final Raymond and Castel performed 10th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Italy. At the close of the voting "Goeiemorgen, morgen" had received 68 points, placing Belgium 14th of the 18 participating countries. [3] [4] The original version by Nicole and Hugo does, however, remain one of the better-remembered of Belgian Eurovision entries.

Voting

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