Belgium: VRT confirms national final dates and the Eurosong 2023 participants
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Belgium's Dutch speaking broadcaster, VRT, has revealed the Eurosong 2023 participants and the details of the national final.
VRT which is responsible for the selection of next year's Eurovision 2023 representative has bringing back the 'Eurosong' national final format in order to determine the country's hopeful for Liverpool.
Following the decision for a national final VRT was seeking over the last week to find the acts from the domestic music scene, that will be taking part in the national selection.
The names on which VRT came down to for next year's Eurovision national final are:
- Ameerah
- Chérine
- Gala Dragot
- Gustaph
- Hunter Falls
- Loredana
- The Starlings
Among the contestants we see a former Eurovision participants, Tom Dice, who represented Belgium in Eurovision 2010 making an attempt to reach the Eurovision stage in Liverpool this time as part of the duo The Starlings. Also Ameerah and Loredana have taken part in previous national finals. Ameerah as Astrid back in 2004 while Ameerah in the 2014 national final.
Format and dates
Last time VRT opted for a national final was in 2016 when Laura Tesoro won the 'Eurosong' national final and represented the country in Stockholm. Next year's national final of 'Eurosong 2023' will the 7 candidates performing two songs each. The song will be released progressively from January 9, 2022 onwards.
The national final is set to take place in Paleis 12 / Palais 12 in Brussels on January 14, 2023. The outcome of the competition will be determined by a combination of jury voting and televoting. The tickets for the event will be released for sale soon.
Belgium in Eurovision
Belgium is one of the countries to have participated in the Eurovision SOng Contest since its first edition back in 1956. After 30 years the country achieves to win the contest in 1986 with the 13 yo Sandra Kim and her entry “J’aime la vie“.
The country has finished last in the contest 8 times while in two of these occasions didn’t receive any point at all. In 2003 with the group Urban Trad and their song “Sanomi” it almost reached its second victory finishing in the 2nd place, only two points behind Turkey and Sertab Erener with her entry “Every way that I can“.
Although the country has managed to qualify to the final 5 times the last decade, with Loïc Nottet in 2015 and Blanche in 2017 achieving the best results coming 4th in the final, the last two years it hasn’t been that story. In 2018 with Sennek and “A matter of time” , failed to reach the final although the juries ranked her 9th in her semi final. In 2019 internally selected Eliot represented the country in Tel Aviv with his song “Wake up” which failed to reach the grand final.
In 2020 Hooverphonic were internally selected to perform "Release Me" in Rotterdam. Following the cancellation of the contest by EBU due to the coronavirus pandemic, Hooverphonic represented the country in 2021 in Rotterdam with their song 'The Wrong Place" and after qualifying from the 1st semi final show they finished 19th in the final with an overall total of 74 points.
This year, The Voice Belgium winner, Jeremie Makiese flew the flag in Turin, Italy singing 'Miss you' which came 19th in the final with a total of 64 points.
News Source: VRT
Image: EBU/ Sarah Louise Bennett
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Angelos D.
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