Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 explained

Year:1991
Broadcaster:Dutch; Flemish: [[VRT (broadcaster)|Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep]]|i=no (BRT)
Country:Belgium
Preselection:Artist: Internal selection
Song: National final
Preselection Date:9 March 1991
Entrant:Clouseau
Song:Dutch; Flemish: Geef het op|i=no
Final Result:16th, 23 points

Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Dutch; Flemish: Geef het op|i=no", written by Kris Wauters, Koen Wauters, Bob Savenberg, and Jan Leyers, and performed by the band Clouseau. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish Dutch; Flemish: [[VRT (broadcaster)|Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep]]|i=no (BRT), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.

Before Eurovision

Euro-Clouseau

Clouseau were chosen internally by Flemish broadcaster Dutch; Flemish: [[VRT (broadcaster)|Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep]]|i=no (BRT) to be that year's Belgian representatives. In June 1990, the BRT had signed an agreement with Clouseau to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest, but this agreement was not revealed to the public until 1 September 1990. On 9 March 1991, Euro-Clouseau was broadcast live at 20:10 CET on TV1. Euro-Clouseau was held in the Casino Cursaal in Ostend and was hosted by Jessica de Caluwe. The show featured archive footage of Clouseau's career, and Clouseau also performed several songs from their repertoire, three of which ("Dutch; Flemish: Geef het op|i=no", "Dutch; Flemish: Hilda|i=no", and "Dutch; Flemish: Ik kan zonder jou|i=no") were candidate songs for the Eurovision Song Contest. The band made their own choice from the three songs and announced "Geef het op" as the song they would perform in Rome.[1] [2] [3]

Final – 9 March 1991
DrawSongSongwritersPlace
1"Hilda"Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg
2"Ik kan zonder jou"Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg, Karel Theys
3"Geef het op"Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg, Jan Leyers1

At Eurovision

On the evening of the final Clouseau performed 18th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of the voting "Dutch; Flemish: Geef het op|i=no" had received 23 points from seven countries (the highest being 5 from and), placing Belgium 16th out of 22 entries.[4] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to .[5]

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Belgium1991.html ESC National Finals database - Belgium 1991
  2. Book: Vermeulen, André . Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. . 2021 . Kritak . 978-94-014-7609-6 . Leuven . 1240241113.
  3. News: 8 March 1991 . TV 1 . Brugsch Handelsblad . 66.
  4. Web site: Final of Rome 1991 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418055904/https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991/final . 18 April 2021 . live.
  5. http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=670 ESC History - Belgium 1991
  6. Web site: Results of the Final of Rome 1991 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418071730/https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991/final/results/belgium . 18 April 2021 . live.