Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	Finale Nationale du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson
Selection date(s)	12 March 1995
Selected entrant	Frédéric Etherlinck
Selected song	"La voix est libre"
Selected songwriter(s)	Pierre Theunis;
Finals performance
Final result	20th, 8 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, represented by Frédéric Etherlinck with "La voix est libre".

Before Eurovision

Finale Nationale du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1995

The Walloon broadcaster, RTBF, was in charge of the Belgian Eurovision entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Dublin, Ireland. The selection was broadcast live at 20:10 CET on RTBF 1 on 12 March 1995 from studio 7 in the RTBF studios and was hosted by Thierry Luthers. Ten songs competed, chosen from 192 submitted entries. The winner was chosen by six regional juries (Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur, and Brussels), plus a jury consisting of music professionals. All the juries handed out songs in the same way as is done in the Eurovision Song Contest: 12 points to the top song, 10 points to the second top song, then 8 through to 1 points for the rest of the top ten songs.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Final – 12 March 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Frédérick Etherlinck	"La voix est libre"	Pierre Theunis	58	1
2	Belinda	"Plus jamais"	Dorthee, Defourny, Jakic, Murgia	52	2
3	Teddy Laventure	"Soleil et lune"	Pierre Gillet, Thérèsa Lagerval	37	8
4	Power People	"Sileila"	Power People, Jean-Louis Fayt	49	3
5	Dominique Malerat	"Rien que pour lui"	Yves Disclez	27	9
6	Bea Luna	"L'univers"	Tony Baron, Bea Luna	46	4
7	Elani	"Pour l'éternité"	Richard Jacques, Marie-Ange Herman	7	10
8	Largo	"Lola"	Marc Van Eyck, Philippe Van Heer, Mustafa Largo	45	5=
9	Nathalie Lavigne	"Si je m'envole"	Gianni Marzano, Antonio Crisci, Fred Derytd	40	7
10	Valerie Buggea	"Si un jour"	Daniel Willems, Jean-Luc Brasseur, Philippe Warlomont	45	5=

Draw	Song	Regional Juries						Professional Jury	Total	Place
Draw	Song	Brussels	Brabant	Hainaut	Liège	Luxembourg	Namur	Professional Jury	Total	Place
1	"La voix est libre"	6	12	8	7	12	6	7	58	1
2	"Plus jamais"	4	10	10	12	7	5	4	52	2
3	"Soleil et lune"	2	5	2	3	8	7	10	37	8
4	"Sileila"	12	2	3	4	4	12	12	49	3
5	"Rien que pour lui"	3	3	5	5	5	4	2	27	9
6	"L'univers"	8	7	6	6	6	8	5	46	4
7	"Pour l'éternité"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	10
8	"Lola"	7	4	4	2	10	10	8	45	5
9	"Si je m'envole"	10	8	7	8	2	2	3	40	7
10	"Si un jour"	5	6	12	10	3	3	6	45	5

At Eurovision

Frédéric Etherlinck performed 14th in the running order of the contest, following Hungary and preceding the United Kingdom. "La voix est libre" received 8 points, 7 from Spain and 1 from Austria, placing 20th of 23 countries competing.^[5]

Voting

Points awarded to Belgium^[6]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points	Spain
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	Austria

Points awarded by Belgium^[6]
Score	Country
12 points	Spain
10 points	Austria
8 points	Cyprus
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	France
5 points	Norway
4 points	Israel
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Greece
1 point	Turkey

References

^ "BELGIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1995". natfinals.50webs.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
^ Vermeulen, André (2021). Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 978-94-014-7609-6. OCLC 1240241113.
^ "RTBF". Revue. 8 March 1995. p. 117.
^ Van Den Abeele, Chris. "The Belgian Preselection 1995". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[1] "BELGIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1995". natfinals.50webs.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-03.

[:0-2] Vermeulen, André (2021). Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 978-94-014-7609-6. OCLC 1240241113.

[3] "RTBF". Revue. 8 March 1995. p. 117.

[4] Van Den Abeele, Chris. "The Belgian Preselection 1995". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.

[5] "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[1995detailed-6] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

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Artists	Roberto Bellarosa Bob Benny Blanche Lily Castel Vanessa Chinitor Ann Christy Clouseau Robert Cogoi Mélanie Cohl Copycat Lisa del Bo Barbara Dex Tom Dice Dream Express Eliot Frédéric Etherlinck Serge and Christine Ghisoland Gustaph Axel Hirsoux Hooverphonic Jacques Hustin Ingeborg Iris Ishtar Sandra Kim The KMG's Philippe Lafontaine Fud Leclerc Linda Lepomme Claude Lombard Jérémie Makiese Micha Marah Mony Marc Lize Marke Morgane Mustii Louis Neefs Nicole and Hugo Loïc Nottet Pas de Deux Pierre Rapsat Jacques Raymond Nuno Resende Reynaert Kate Ryan Liliane Saint-Pierre Bobbejaan Schoepen Sennek Sergio and the Ladies Nathalie Sorce Emly Starr Stella Telex Laura Tesoro Tonia Urban Trad Jean Vallée Witloof Bay Xandee Jacques Zegers
Songs	"1 Life" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Als het weer lente is" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Avanti la vie" "Baby, Baby" "Because of You" "Before the Party's Over" "City Lights" "Copycat" "Dis oui" "Door de wind" "Envie de vivre" "Euro-Vision" "Fleur de liberté" "Geef het op" "Gelukkig zijn" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "Le Grand soir" "Hey Nana" "Hou toch van mij" "Iemand als jij" "Ik heb zorgen" "J'aime la vie" "Je t'adore" "Jennifer Jennings" "Judy et Cie" "Laat me nu gaan" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Liefde is een kaartspel" "Like the Wind" "Love Kills" "Love Power" "Ma petite chatte" "Macédomienne" "A Matter of Time" "Me and My Guitar" "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "Miss You" "Mon amour pour toi" "Mother" "Nous, on veut des violons" "O Julissi" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie" "Près de ma rivière" "Quand tu reviendras" ~~"Release Me"~~ "Rendez-vous" "Rhythm Inside" "Samson" "Sanomi" "September, gouden roos" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Sister" "Soldiers of Love" "Straatdeuntje" "Ton nom" "Viens l'oublier" "La Voix est libre" "Waarom?" "Wake Up" "What's the Pressure" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "The Wrong Place"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Countries	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Malta Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Anabel Conde Tó Cruz Arzu Ece Frédéric Etherlinck Eddie Friel Bo Halldórsson Jan Johansen Stella Jones Justyna Philipp Kirkorov Elina Konstantopoulou Liora Love City Groove Magazin and Lidija Alexandros Panayi Davor Popović Nathalie Santamaria Secret Garden Mike Spiteri Stone and Stone Darja Švajger Csaba Szigeti Aud Wilken
Songs	"Amen" "Baunilha e chocolate" "Dreamin'" "Dvadeset prvi vijek" "Fra Mols til Skagen" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Keep Me in Mind" "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" "Love City Groove" "Nocturne" "Nostalgija" "Núna" "Pia prosefhi" "Prisluhni mi" "Sama" "Se på mig" "Sev!" "Sti fotia" "Új név egy régi ház falán" "Verliebt in Dich" "La Voix est libre" "Vuelve conmigo" "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"