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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Belgium

The Belgian entry is chosen by either the French speaking RTBF or Flemmish VRT. Belgium first took part in 1956. The country has won once before (in 1986).

VRTs Eight songs for Europe are released.

The eight songs that VRT have chosen for their national final Eurosong 2025 .  They have been released in two batches on the 18th and 25th...

19 January – It’s a two-way street

Do you think that those semi-finals are brutal? We've all had discussions on why a certain song qualifies over another song. After all, every...

5 December – Now he’s too dead to rock ‘n’ roll

Along with the serious songs - the ballads, the rock songs, the raps - we have the occasional beast known as a novelty song....

15 June – I’ve been trying to erase my mind but...

Our friends in Belgium have been taking part in our favourite TV show since the start - that's 1956, if you were thinking the...

23 August – We want violins, we want a whole orchestra

Have you ever thought that some performers might not want to be at our favourite TV show? Or that they might want to shed...

Belgium – Do I have to sing this song?

Eliot (spelled correctly this time) was like an un-interested teenager on stage, looking as if everything was too much effort, and sometimes that came...

BELGIUM – Thank you for being a friend, driving down the...

What? Not that Blanche? Not even the one from Corrie? One must fire one's researcher! <<Googles* "Blanche Belgium Eurovision 2017">> Ah ... It ... um ... appears that...

Cool Belgian Chic

Ooh you’ll like this! Well, I do anyway. Loïc is doing contemporary dance to match his contemporary song. It’s all black and white, which some...

So that’s Day 1 done then?

Let me catch up with the vids at eurovision.tv - I know other sources of video footage are available, but I kind of trust...

Downtime

I have a few idle moments from my day job, so I can catch up on stuff. The catering here at the press centre...