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Chansons Euro '70 consisted of nine shows; six quarter-finals, two semi-finals, and a final. In each quarter-final there were six songs where the top two qualified for the semi-finals. Each semi-final had six songs where the top three qualified to the final, which would then have six songs. All shows were hosted by [[Claude Delacroix]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Vermeulen |first=André |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1240241113 |title=Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. |date=2021 |publisher=Kritak |isbn=978-94-014-7609-6 |location=Leuven |oclc=1240241113}}</ref>
Chansons Euro '70 consisted of nine shows; six quarter-finals, two semi-finals, and a final. In each quarter-final there were six songs where the top two qualified for the semi-finals. Each semi-final had six songs where the top three qualified to the final, which would then have six songs. All shows were hosted by [[Claude Delacroix]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Vermeulen |first=André |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1240241113 |title=Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. |date=2021 |publisher=Kritak |isbn=978-94-014-7609-6 |location=Leuven |oclc=1240241113}}</ref>


Chansons Euro '70 also went by an alternative name in Walloon newspapers, ''09.36.70''. The numbers represented the number of shows in the national final, the total number of songs competing, and the year. The name would change as the national final went on, and instead represented the number of shows left, the number of songs still left in the competition, and the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chansons Euro '70 - België 1970 |url=https://songfestival.be/geschiedenis/31305/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Songfestival.be |language=nl}}</ref>
Chansons Euro '70 also went by an alternative name in Walloon newspapers: ''09.36.70''. The numbers represented the number of shows in the national final, the total number of songs competing, and the year. The name would change as the national final went on, and instead represented the number of shows left, the number of songs still left in the competition, and the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chansons Euro '70 - België 1970 |url=https://songfestival.be/geschiedenis/31305/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Songfestival.be |language=nl}}</ref>


==== Competing Entries ====
==== Competing Entries ====
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===== Quarter-Finals =====
===== Quarter-Finals =====
The qualifiers in the quarter-finals were decided by two different juries. Jury A consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. Jury B consisted of postcard voting; since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the Jury A qualifier was already known, the Jury A winner would often place last with Jury B. Only the placements of Jury B are known.<ref name=":0" />
The qualifiers in the quarter-finals were decided by a jury and postcard voting. The song that scored the highest with the juries and the song that scored the highest with the public postcard voting, as long as it hadn't already qualified with the juries, would qualify to the semi-finals. The jury consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. Since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the jury qualifier was already known, the jury winner would often place last in the postcard voting.<ref name=":0" />

The jury points for Quarter-final 5 are unknown.<ref name=":0" />
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
|+Quarter-final 1 - 09.36.70 - 14 October 1969
|+Quarter-final 1 - 09.36.70 - 14 October 1969
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! rowspan="2" | Draw
! Artist
! rowspan="2" | Artist
! Song
! rowspan="2" | Song
! colspan="2" |Jury
!Jury A Points
! rowspan="2" |Public
!Jury B Place
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
|-
|-
|1
|1
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|"Le temps d'avril"
|"Le temps d'avril"
|19
|19
|3
|4
|4
|Out
|-
|-
|2
|2
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|"Oublie que tu l'aimes"
|"Oublie que tu l'aimes"
|0
|0
|6
|5
|5
|Out
|-
|-
|3
|3
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|"Mon amour est tombé du nid"
|"Mon amour est tombé du nid"
|9
|9
|4
|3
|3
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''4'''
|'''4'''
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|'''"Laï laï laï"'''
|'''"Laï laï laï"'''
|'''49'''
|'''49'''
|'''1'''
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
|'''Jury Qualifier'''
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''5'''
|'''5'''
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|'''"Le vent, le temps"''''
|'''"Le vent, le temps"''''
|'''20'''
|'''20'''
|'''2'''
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''Public Qualifier'''
|-
|-
|6
|6
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|"Marche le temps"
|"Marche le temps"
|3
|3
|5
|2
|2
|Out
|}
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
|+Quarter-final 2 - 08.32.70 - 28 October 1969
|+Quarter-final 2 - 08.32.70 - 28 October 1969
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! rowspan="2" | Draw
! Artist
! rowspan="2" | Artist
! Song
! rowspan="2" | Song
! colspan="2" |Jury
!Jury A Points
! rowspan="2" |Public
!Jury B Place
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
|-
|-
|1
|1
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|"Et moi je chante"
|"Et moi je chante"
|4
|4
|5
|4
|4
|Out
|-
|-
|2
|2
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|"La vie"
|"La vie"
|16
|16
|3
|2
|2
|Out
|-
|-
|3
|3
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|"Je n'en reviens pas"
|"Je n'en reviens pas"
|12
|12
|4
|3
|3
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''4'''
|'''4'''
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|'''"Viens l'oublier"'''
|'''"Viens l'oublier"'''
|'''40'''
|'''40'''
|'''1'''
|'''5'''
|'''5'''
|'''Jury Qualifier'''
|-
|-
|5
|5
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|1
|1
|6
|6
|6
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
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|'''"Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient"'''
|'''"Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient"'''
|'''27'''
|'''27'''
|'''2'''
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''Public Qualifier'''
|}
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
|+Quarter-final 3 - 07.28.70 - 11 November 1969
|+Quarter-final 3 - 07.28.70 - 11 November 1969
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! rowspan="2" | Draw
! Artist
! rowspan="2" | Artist
! Song
! rowspan="2" | Song
! colspan="2" |Jury
!Jury A Points
! rowspan="2" |Public
!Jury B Place
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
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|'''"Virginia"'''
|'''"Virginia"'''
|'''15'''
|'''15'''
|'''2'''
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''Public Qualifier'''
|-
|-
|2
|2
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|"Tu seras celui-là"
|"Tu seras celui-là"
|6
|6
|5
|3
|3
|Out
|-
|-
|3
|3
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|"Mary-Ann"
|"Mary-Ann"
|9
|9
|4
|2
|2
|Out
|-
|-
|4
|4
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|"On m'avait dit"
|"On m'avait dit"
|11
|11
|3
|4
|4
|Out
|-
|-
|5
|5
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|"Chatte"
|"Chatte"
|3
|3
|6
|5
|5
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
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|'''"La belle époque"'''
|'''"La belle époque"'''
|'''56'''
|'''56'''
|'''1'''
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
|'''Jury Qualifier'''
|}
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
|+Quarter-final 4 - 06.24.70 - 25 November 1969
|+Quarter-final 4 - 06.24.70 - 25 November 1969
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! rowspan="2" | Draw
! Artist
! rowspan="2" | Artist
! Song
! rowspan="2" | Song
! colspan="2" |Jury
!Jury A Points
! rowspan="2" |Public
!Jury B Place
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
|-
|-
|1
|1
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|"Mélodie d'automne"
|"Mélodie d'automne"
|1
|1
|6
|5
|5
|Out
|-
|-
|2
|2
|Lucienne Troka
|Lucienne Troka
|"Toi soleil"
|"Toi soleil"
|5
|5
|5
|4
|4
|Out
|-
|-
|3
|3
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|"Une rose"
|"Une rose"
|10
|10
|4
|2
|2
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''4'''
|'''4'''
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|'''"Perle d'etoile"'''
|'''"Perle d'etoile"'''
|'''42'''
|'''42'''
|'''1'''
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
|'''Jury Qualifier'''
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''5'''
|'''5'''
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|'''"Comme tous les amoureux"'''
|'''"Comme tous les amoureux"'''
|'''28'''
|'''28'''
|'''2'''
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''Public Qualifier'''
|-
|-
|6
|6
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|14
|14
|3
|3
|3
|Out
|}
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
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! Artist
! Artist
! Song
! Song
!Jury A Place
!Jury
!Public
!Jury B Place
!Result
|-
|-
|1
|1
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|3
|3
|2
|2
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''2'''
|'''2'''
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|'''2'''
|'''2'''
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''Public Qualifier'''
|-
|-
|3
|3
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|5
|5
|3
|3
|Out
|-
|-
|4
|4
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|4
|4
|4
|4
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''5'''
|'''5'''
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|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
|'''Jury Qualifier'''
|-
|-
|6
|6
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|6
|6
|5
|5
|Out
|}
|}
The Jury A points are unknown for quarter-final 5.
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:left"
|+Quarter-final 6 - 04.16.70 - 23 December 1969
|+Quarter-final 6 - 04.16.70 - 23 December 1969
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! rowspan="2" | Draw
! Artist
! rowspan="2" | Artist
! Song
! rowspan="2" | Song
! colspan="2" |Jury
!Jury A Points
! rowspan="2" |Public
!Jury B Place
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
|-
|-
|1
|1
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|"La fête aus musiciens"
|"La fête aus musiciens"
|5
|5
|4=
|3
|3
|Out
|-
|-
|2
|2
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|"Prends ma main"
|"Prends ma main"
|5
|5
|4=
|4
|4
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''3'''
|'''3'''
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|'''"Monsieur du printemps"'''
|'''"Monsieur du printemps"'''
|'''20'''
|'''20'''
|'''2'''
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''Public Qualifier'''
|-
|-
|4
|4
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|"Dix épines pour une rose"
|"Dix épines pour une rose"
|15
|15
|3
|2
|2
|Out
|-
|-
|5
|5
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|"A huit heurs au printemps"
|"A huit heurs au printemps"
|5
|5
|4=
|5
|5
|Out
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|- style="background:navajowhite;"
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
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|'''"Quand on est amoureux"'''
|'''"Quand on est amoureux"'''
|'''50'''
|'''50'''
|'''1'''
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
|'''Jury Qualifier'''
|}
|}


===== Semi-Finals =====
===== Semi-Finals =====
The qualifiers in the semi-finals were decided by three different juries. Jury A consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. Jury B consisted of 100 young people who each voted for a song. Jury C consisted of postcard voting; since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the Jury A and Jury B qualifiers were already known, the Jury A and B qualifiers would often place low with Jury C. The winner of each jury qualified; Jury A's qualifier was decided first, then Jury B then Jury C. Only the placements of Jury C are known.<ref name=":0" />
The qualifiers in the semi-finals were decided by two different juries and a public postcard vote. The first jury (Jury A) consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. The second jury (Jury B) consisted of 100 young people who each voted for a song. Jury A and Jury B voted simultaneously but since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the jury qualifiers were already known, the jury qualifiers would often place low in the public vote. The winner of each jury and public vote qualified; Jury A's qualifier was decided first, then Jury B then the public.<ref name=":0" />
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
|+Semi-final 1 - 03.12.70 - 6 January 1970
|+Semi-final 1 - 03.12.70 - 6 January 1970
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! rowspan="2" | Draw
! Artist
! rowspan="2" | Artist
! Song
! rowspan="2" | Song
!Jury A Points
! colspan="2" |Jury A Points
!Jury B Points
! colspan="2" |Jury B Points
! rowspan="2" |Public
!Jury C Place
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|1
|1
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| align="left" |"Perle d'étoile"
| align="left" |"Perle d'étoile"
|11
|11
|2
|24
|24
|3
|1
|1
|Public Qualifier
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|2
|2
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| align="left" |"Nous serons toi et moi"
| align="left" |"Nous serons toi et moi"
|10
|10
|3=
|25
|25
|2
|5
|5
|Jury B Qualifier
|-
|-
|3
|3
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| align="left" |"Le vent, le temps"
| align="left" |"Le vent, le temps"
|10
|10
|?
|3=
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|4
|4
|Out
|-
|-
|4
|4
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| align="left" |"Notre raison de vivre"
| align="left" |"Notre raison de vivre"
|8
|8
|?
|5
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|2
|2
|Out
|-
|-
|5
|5
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| align="left" |"Virginia"
| align="left" |"Virginia"
|6
|6
|?
|6
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|3
|3
|Out
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|6
|6
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| align="left" |"Viens l'oublier"
| align="left" |"Viens l'oublier"
|55
|55
|1
|48
|48
|1
|6
|6
|Jury A Qualifier
|}
|}


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|+Semi-final 2 - 02.09.70 - 20 January 1970
|+Semi-final 2 - 02.09.70 - 20 January 1970
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! rowspan="2" | Draw
! Artist
! rowspan="2" | Artist
! Song
! rowspan="2" | Song
! Jury A Points
! colspan="2" | Jury A Points
!Jury B Points
! colspan="2" |Jury B Points
! rowspan="2" |Public
!Jury C Place
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Points}}</small>
!<small>{{nowrap|Place}}</small>
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|1
|1
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| align="left" |"Quand on est amoureux"
| align="left" |"Quand on est amoureux"
|16
|16
|?
|3
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|1
|1
|Public Qualifier
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|2
|2
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| align="left" |"La belle époque"
| align="left" |"La belle époque"
|38
|38
|?
|1
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|6
|6
|Jury A Qualifier
|-
|-
|3
|3
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| align="left" |"Ne prends pas la vie comme elle vient"
| align="left" |"Ne prends pas la vie comme elle vient"
|12
|12
|?
|4
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|2
|2
|
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|4
|4
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| align="left" |"Laï laï laï"
| align="left" |"Laï laï laï"
|29
|29
|2
|42
|42
|1
|5
|5
|Jury B Qualifier
|-
|-
|5
|5
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| align="left" |"Comme tous les amoureux"
| align="left" |"Comme tous les amoureux"
|3
|3
|?
|5
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|3
|3
|
|-
|-
|6
|6
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| align="left" |"Monsieur le printemps"
| align="left" |"Monsieur le printemps"
|2
|2
|?
|6
| colspan="2" | {{N/A|Unknown}}
|4
|4
|
|}
|}


Revision as of 10:34, 13 June 2024

Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Country Belgium
National selection
Selection processChansons Euro '70
Selection date(s)3 February 1970
Selected artist(s)Jean Vallée
Selected song"Viens l'oublier"
Selected songwriter(s)Jean Vallée
Finals performance
Final result8th, 5 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1969 • 1970 • 1971►

Belgium was represented by Jean Vallée, with the song "Viens l'oublier", at the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Amsterdam on 21 March. "Viens l'oublier" was chosen at the Belgian national final on 3 February.

Before Eurovision

Chansons Euro '70 / 09.36.70

Format

Chansons Euro '70 consisted of nine shows; six quarter-finals, two semi-finals, and a final. In each quarter-final there were six songs where the top two qualified for the semi-finals. Each semi-final had six songs where the top three qualified to the final, which would then have six songs. All shows were hosted by Claude Delacroix.[1]

Chansons Euro '70 also went by an alternative name in Walloon newspapers: 09.36.70. The numbers represented the number of shows in the national final, the total number of songs competing, and the year. The name would change as the national final went on, and instead represented the number of shows left, the number of songs still left in the competition, and the year.[2]

Competing Entries

RTB received 350 submissions, from which 36, by 20 different artists, were chosen to participate in the national final.[1]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Andrée Simons [fr] "La belle époque" Andrée Simons
"Perle d'etoile" Andrée Simons, Luc D'Avray
Ann Christy "Le vent, le temps"' Unknown
"Merci, printemps" Claude Lombard, Freddy Zeggers
Bébé Suong "La fête aus musiciens" Unknown
"Le temps d'avril" Unknown
"On m'avait dit" Unknown
"Triste été" Unknown
Cecily Forde "Mon amour est tombé du nid" R. Morès, P. Philippe
"Prends ma main" Harry Frekin, Cecily Forde
Concetta di Maria "Marche le temps" Unknown
"Oui, mais quand" Raymond Vincent, Igor Minarief
Eddy Pascal "Oublie que tu l'aimes" Unknown
"Virginia" Unknown
Frédéric François "Comme tous les amoureux" Frédéric François, Marino Atria, Alain Darmor
Jacques Albin "Chatte" J.C. Albin
Jean Narcy "Une rose" Hector Delfosse, J. Postula, C. Avanches
Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" Jean Vallée
Joanna "A huit heurs au printemps" Unknown
"Flash-back" Unknown
Johnny White "Mary-Ann" Unknown
"Quand on est amoureux" Peter Laine, Armande Hoppe
Josiane Janvier "Tu seras celui-là" Hector Delfosse, Claude Avranches
Lucienne Troka "Dix épines pour une rose" Unknown
"Toi soleil" Unknown
Marc Bertrand "Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient" Jean-Pierre Pleyel
"Notre raison de vivre" Jean-Pierre Pleyel, Jean-Marc Bertrand
Miles Kovacs "Mélodie d'automne" Unknown
Nicole Josy "C'est toi qui as raison" Unknown
"Je n'en reviens pas" Unknown
Rosy Dany "Ce n'etait que l'amour" Unknown
"Et moi je chante" Unknown
Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" Pierre Coran, Serge Ghisoland
"Nous serons toi et moi" Pierre Coran, Serge Ghisoland
Serge Davignac "La vie" Roland Thyssen, Serge Davignac
"Monsieur du printemps" Unknown

Shows

Quarter-Finals

The qualifiers in the quarter-finals were decided by a jury and postcard voting. The song that scored the highest with the juries and the song that scored the highest with the public postcard voting, as long as it hadn't already qualified with the juries, would qualify to the semi-finals. The jury consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. Since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the jury qualifier was already known, the jury winner would often place last in the postcard voting.[1]

The jury points for Quarter-final 5 are unknown.[1]

Quarter-final 1 - 09.36.70 - 14 October 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Bébé Suong "Le temps d'avril" 19 3 4 Out
2 Eddy Pascal "Oublie que tu l'aimes" 0 6 5 Out
3 Cecily Forde "Mon amour est tombé du nid" 9 4 3 Out
4 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" 49 1 6 Jury Qualifier
5 Ann Christy "Le vent, le temps"' 20 2 1 Public Qualifier
6 Concetta di Maria "Marche le temps" 3 5 2 Out
Quarter-final 2 - 08.32.70 - 28 October 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Rosy Dany "Et moi je chante" 4 5 4 Out
2 Serge Davignac "La vie" 16 3 2 Out
3 Nicole Josy "Je n'en reviens pas" 12 4 3 Out
4 Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" 40 1 5 Jury Qualifier
5 Joanna "Flash-back" 1 6 6 Out
6 Marc Bertrand "Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient" 27 2 1 Public Qualifier
Quarter-final 3 - 07.28.70 - 11 November 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Eddy Pascal "Virginia" 15 2 1 Public Qualifier
2 Josiane Janvier "Tu seras celui-là" 6 5 3 Out
3 Johnny White "Mary-Ann" 9 4 2 Out
4 Bébé Suong "On m'avait dit" 11 3 4 Out
5 Jacques Albin "Chatte" 3 6 5 Out
6 Andrée Simons "La belle époque" 56 1 6 Jury Qualifier
Quarter-final 4 - 06.24.70 - 25 November 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Miles Kovacs "Mélodie d'automne" 1 6 5 Out
2 Lucienne Troka "Toi soleil" 5 5 4 Out
3 Jean Narcy "Une rose" 10 4 2 Out
4 Andrée Simons "Perle d'etoile" 42 1 6 Jury Qualifier
5 Frédéric François "Comme tous les amoureux" 28 2 1 Public Qualifier
6 Ann Christy "Merci, printemps" 14 3 3 Out
Quarter-final 5 - 05.20.70 - 9 December 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
1 Rosy Dany "Ce n'etait que l'amour" 3 2 Out
2 Marc Bertrand "Notre raison de vivre" 2 1 Public Qualifier
3 Concetta di Maria "Oui, mais quand" 5 3 Out
4 Bébé Suong "Triste été" 4 4 Out
5 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Nous serons toi et moi" 1 6 Jury Qualifier
6 Nicole Josy "C'est toi qui as raison" 6 5 Out
Quarter-final 6 - 04.16.70 - 23 December 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Bébé Suong "La fête aus musiciens" 5 4= 3 Out
2 Cecily Forde "Prends ma main" 5 4= 4 Out
3 Serge Davignac "Monsieur du printemps" 20 2 1 Public Qualifier
4 Lucienne Troka "Dix épines pour une rose" 15 3 2 Out
5 Joanna "A huit heurs au printemps" 5 4= 5 Out
6 Johnny White "Quand on est amoureux" 50 1 6 Jury Qualifier
Semi-Finals

The qualifiers in the semi-finals were decided by two different juries and a public postcard vote. The first jury (Jury A) consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. The second jury (Jury B) consisted of 100 young people who each voted for a song. Jury A and Jury B voted simultaneously but since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the jury qualifiers were already known, the jury qualifiers would often place low in the public vote. The winner of each jury and public vote qualified; Jury A's qualifier was decided first, then Jury B then the public.[1]

Semi-final 1 - 03.12.70 - 6 January 1970
Draw Artist Song Jury A Points Jury B Points Public Result
Points Place Points Place
1 Andrée Simons "Perle d'étoile" 11 2 24 3 1 Public Qualifier
2 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Nous serons toi et moi" 10 3= 25 2 5 Jury B Qualifier
3 Ann Christy "Le vent, le temps" 10 3= data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 4 Out
4 Marc Bertrand "Notre raison de vivre" 8 5 data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 2 Out
5 Eddy Pascal "Virginia" 6 6 data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 3 Out
6 Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" 55 1 48 1 6 Jury A Qualifier
Semi-final 2 - 02.09.70 - 20 January 1970
Draw Artist Song Jury A Points Jury B Points Public Result
Points Place Points Place
1 Johnny White "Quand on est amoureux" 16 3 data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 1 Public Qualifier
2 Andrée Simons "La belle époque" 38 1 data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 6 Jury A Qualifier
3 Marc Bertrand "Ne prends pas la vie comme elle vient" 12 4 data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 2
4 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" 29 2 42 1 5 Jury B Qualifier
5 Frédéric François "Comme tous les amoureux" 3 5 data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 3
6 Serge Davignac "Monsieur le printemps" 2 6 data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown 4
Final

Serge & Christine Ghisoland and Andrée Simons, who had each qualified two songs for the final, both decided in advance to withdraw one of their songs ("Nous serons toi et moi" and "Perle d'étoile" respectively) in order not to risk splitting their vote, leaving only four songs in the final. The winning song was chosen by a combination of two juries: Jury A consisted of 600 TV viewers from 6 cities who were gathered in Dinant, and Jury B consisted of one jury from each of the other eleven participating countries in Eurovision 1970 and several journalists.[1][3]

Final - 01.04.70 - 3 February 1970
Draw Artist Song Jury A Jury B Total Place
1 Andrée Simons "La belle époque" 126 250 376 3
2 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" 270 0 270 4
3 Johnny White "Quand on est amoureux" 357 167 524 2
4 Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" 230 583 813 1

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Vallée performed 5th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding France. At the close of voting "Viens l'oublier" had received 5 points (3 from France and 1 apiece from Ireland and Luxembourg), placing Belgium joint 8th (with Italy and Monaco) of the 12 entries. The Belgian jury awarded 9 of its 10 points to contest winners Ireland, the highest ever mark given by one country to another under the 10-points-per-jury system.[4]

Voting

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Vermeulen, André (2021). Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 978-94-014-7609-6. OCLC 1240241113.
  2. ^ "Chansons Euro '70 - België 1970". Songfestival.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ ESC National Finals database - Belgium final 1970
  4. ^ ESC History - Belgium 1970
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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