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Belgium was represented by Dutch singer Stella Maessen (billed simply as Stella), with the song '"Si tu aimes ma musique", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Harrogate, England on 24 April. The Belgian preselection consisted of three heats, a semi-final, and the final on 21 February. All the shows took place at the RTBF studios in Brussels, hosted by Pierre Collard-Bovy.
This was Stella's third appearance at Eurovision: She had appeared twice as part of the group Hearts of Soul/Dream Express for the Netherlands in 1970 and for Belgium in 1977. As a solo singer, she had also taken part in the Belgian preselection in 1981.
Heats and semi-final
Three heats were held with six songs in each, from which the top two songs selected by televoting went forward to a semi-final. The top four songs from the semi-final went forward to the final. Details of the non-qualifying songs from the first heat are not currently available.[1]
Heat 1
24 January 1982
Draw
Artist
Song
Qualification
1
Stella
"Si tu aimes ma musique"
Y
2
Joseph Cioppa
"Vivons l'amour de demain"
Y
3
???
"???"
N
4
???
"???"
N
5
???
"???"
N
6
???
"???"
N
Heat 2
31 January 1982
Draw
Artist
Song
Qualification
1
Claude Michel
"Si par bonheur"
Y
2
Gala
"Patati patata"
N
3
Pascal Amory
"Slow en tendresse"
Y
4
Chrome 17
"Intuition"
N
5
Nicole Mery
"Quelle surprise"
N
6
Eddy Pascal
"Même"
N
Heat 3
7 February 1982
Draw
Artist
Song
Qualification
1
Tiziano
"Par amour"
Y
2
Cologne Intime
"Boomerang"
N
3
Baxter
"Plus personne n'y croit"
Y
4
Jacky Lafon
"On l'appelle chanson d'amour"
N
5
Serge Mohimont
"Au fond de ma mémoire"
N
6
Isabelle Rigaux
"Partir"
N
Semi-final
14 February 1982
Draw
Artist
Song
Qualification
1
Claude Michel
"Si par bonheur"
N
2
Stella
"Si tu aimes ma musique"
Y
3
Pascal Amory
"Slow en tendresse"
N
4
Joseph Cioppa
"Vivons l'amour de demain"
Y
5
Tiziano
"Par amour"
Y
6
Baxter
"Plus personne n'y croit"
Y
Final
The national final was held on 21 February with the winning song chosen by a 12-member "expert" jury. After Stella was declared the winner, it was reported that some RTBF executives were unhappy about the fact that they were to be represented by a Dutch-born singer who spoke very little French.[2]
On the night of the final Stella performed 11th in the running order, following Austria and preceding Spain. At the close of the voting "Si tu aimes ma musique" had received 96 points, placing Belgium 4th of the 18 entries. Although the song did not receive any 12 points votes (the highest were 10 from Denmark and Spain), it achieved the distinction of being only the eighth song in Eurovision history to that date (and only the third non-winner) to receive points from every other participating country (excluding the 1971-1973 contests where each country had to award a minimum of 2 points to every song). The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.[3]
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Luxembourg
Israel
Austria
Sweden
Spain
Cyprus
Norway
Yugoslavia