| Year: | 1988 |
| Broadcaster: | French: [[RTBF|Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française]]|i=no (RTBF) |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Preselection: | Eurosong '88 |
| Preselection Date: | 28 February 1988 |
| Entrant: | Reynaert |
| Song: | French: Laissez briller le soleil|i=no |
| Final Result: | 18th, 5 points |
Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "French: Laissez briller le soleil|i=no", written by Joseph Reynaerts, Dany Willem, and Philippe Anciaux, and performed by Reynaert himself. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon French: [[RTBF|Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française]]|i=no (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.
Wallon broadcaster French: [[RTBF|Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française]]|i=no (RTBF) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 representing Belgium. It held the national final on 28 February 1988 at 20:05 CET in its 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 and preceding . At the close of the voting "French: Laissez briller le soleil|i=no" had received 5 points, placing Belgium joint 18th (with) of the 21 entries.[4] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to the .