| Year: | 1988 |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Preselection: | Eurosong '88 |
| Preselection Date: | 28 February 1988 |
| Entrant: | Reynaert |
| Song: | Laissez briller le soleil |
| Final Result: | 18th, 5 points |
Belgium was represented by Reynaert, with the song "Laissez briller le soleil", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin on 30 April. Reynaert was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held in Brussels on 27 February.
French-language broadcaster RTBF was in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the 1988 Contest. The national final was held on 28 February 1988 at 20:05 CET in the RTBF studios in Brussels, hosted by Patrick Duhamel. The winner was chosen by an expert jury and a public jury, consisting of 500 selected television viewers. The full results of the voting were not made public, and only the winning song was announced.[1] [2] [3]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cap Segal | "Les couleurs de tes nuits" | Nicole Maquinay, Guy Cabay | |
| 2 | Gil Cassan | "Fragile" | Jean-Marie Renuart | |
| 3 | Yannick Darkman and Samantha Gilles | "Exister pour aimer" | Claire Vangheluwe, Toni Kolenberg, Fred Beekmans | |
| 4 | Nathalie D. | "S'évader" | Richard Drachman | |
| 5 | Marianne Eden and Nico Zangardi | "L'oeil médiatique" | Nico Zangardi, R. Festraets | |
| 6 | Frank Michael and Martine Laurent | "Mélodie" | Jonet, Frank Michael | |
| 7 | Chantal Nicaise | "On a..." | Chantal Nicaise | |
| 8 | Gianni Polizzi | "Betty Blue" | Pierre Lebattant, Gianni Polizzi, T. Patt | |
| 9 | Reynaert | "Laissez briller le soleil" | Dany Willem, Joseph Reynaerts, Philippe Anciaux | |
| 10 | Frédéric Ruyman | "Puisque l'amour ne suffit pas" | Frédéric Ruyman | |
| 11 | Fabienne Sevrin | "Laissez-nous croire" | Fabienne Sevrin, R. Canteli, P. Julien | |
| 12 | Toxic | "Perdu dans l'infini" | Bruno Emsens, Bernard Meeus |
On the night of the final Reynaert performed 16th in the running order, following Norway and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting "Laissez briller le soleil" had received 5 points, placing Belgium joint 18th (with Portugal) of the 21 entries.[4] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.