Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Belgium was represented by Liliane Saint-Pierre, with the song '"Soldiers of Love", at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 April in Brussels, following Sandra Kim's victory for Belgium the previous year. Saint-Pierre was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held on 14 March.

Final

Flemish broadcaster BRT was in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the 1987 Contest (While RTBF hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for Belgium due to their winning the previous year). The national final was held at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, hosted by Luc Appermont. Twelve singers had been invited to present a song in the selection, but Judith Vindevogel withdrew before the final, leaving eleven songs competing to become that year's Belgian entrant. Voting was by regional juries in the five Flemish provinces of Belgium, alongside a professional jury. Saint-Pierre emerged the winner by a 5-point margin, having been placed first by four of the regional juries (and second by the other), but being ranked only sixth by the professional jury.^[1]

**Final - 14 March 1987**
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	John Terra	"Champagne voor iedereen"	43	3
2	Dan O'Neil	"Oh, mon amour"	19	9
3	Vincent	"De wereld als ik droom"	0	11
4	Margriet Hermans	"In Slow Motion"	25	7
5	Daan van den Durpel	"Gigolo"	37	5
6	Bart Kaëll	"Carrousel"	58	2
7	Angie Dylan	"Zeventien"	40	4
8	Sonia Pelgrims	"Casanova"	24	8
9	Curt Lawrence	"De dans der macht"	9	10
10	Sofie	"Door jou"	30	6
11	Liliane Saint-Pierre	"Soldiers of Love"	63	1

**Jury votes**
Song	Antwerp	Brabant	Limburg	East Flanders	West Flanders	Professional Jury	Total
Champagne voor iedereen	6	6	10	8	7	6	43
Oh, mon amour	3	2	4	2	5	3	19
De wereld als ik droom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
In Slow Motion	8	7	2	5	2	1	25
Gigolo	7	5	7	4	6	8	37
Carrousel	10	8	8	10	10	12	58
Zeventien	5	12	6	7	8	2	40
Casanova	4	3	3	3	4	7	24
De dans der macht	1	1	1	1	1	4	9
Door jou	2	4	5	6	3	10	30
Soldiers of Love	12	10	12	12	12	5	63

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Saint-Pierre performed 5th in the running order, following Iceland and preceding Sweden. At the close of the voting "Soldiers of Love" had received 56 points with votes from 12 countries (the highest mark being 8 from the United Kingdom), placing Belgium 11th out of 22 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland.^[2]

Points Awarded by Belgium

12 points	Ireland
10 points	Germany
8 points	Yugoslavia
7 points	Norway
6 points	Israel
5 points	Italy
4 points	Iceland
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Greece
1 point	Sweden

External links

Belgian Preselection 1987

References

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

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Artists

1950s	Fud Leclerc Mony Marc Bobbejaan Schoepen Fud Leclerc Bob Benny

1960s	Fud Leclerc Bob Benny Fud Leclerc Jacques Raymond Robert Cogoi Lize Marke Tonia Louis Neefs Claude Lombard Louis Neefs

1970s	Jean Vallée Lily Castel & Jacques Raymond Serge & Christine Ghisoland Nicole & Hugo Jacques Hustin Ann Christy Pierre Rapsat Dream Express Jean Vallée Micha Marah

1980s	Telex Emly Starr Stella Pas de Deux Jacques Zegers Linda Lepomme Sandra Kim Liliane Saint-Pierre Reynaert Ingeborg

1990s	Philippe Lafontaine Clouseau Morgane Barbara Dex ~~1994~~ Frédéric Etherlinck Lisa del Bo ~~1997~~ Mélanie Cohl Vanessa Chinitor

2000s	Nathalie Sorce ~~2001~~ Sergio & The Ladies Urban Trad Xandee Nuno Resende Kate Ryan The KMG's Ishtar Patrick Ouchène

2010s	Tom Dice Witloof Bay Iris Roberto Bellarosa Axel Hirsoux Loïc Nottet Laura Tesoro

Songs

1950s	"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "Le plus beau jour de ma vie" "Straatdeuntje" "Ma petite chatte" "Hou toch van mij"

1960s	"Mon amour pour toi" "September, gouden roos" "Ton nom" "Waarom?" "Près de ma rivière" "Als het weer lente is" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Ik heb zorgen" "Quand tu reviendras" "Jennifer Jennings"

1970s	"Viens l'oublier" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Baby, Baby" "Fleur de liberté" "Gelukkig zijn" "Judy et Cie" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Hey Nana"

1980s	"Euro-Vision" "Samson" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Rendez-vous" "Avanti la vie" "Laat me nu gaan" "J'aime la vie" "Soldiers of Love" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Door de wind"

1990s	"Macédomienne" "Geef het op" "Nous, on veut des violons" "Iemand als jij" ~~1994~~ "La voix est libre" "Liefde is een kaartspel" ~~1997~~ "Dis oui" "Like The Wind"

2000s	"Envie de vivre" ~~2001~~ "Sister" "Sanomi" "1 Life" "Le grand soir" "Je t'adore" "Love Power" "O Julissi" "Copycat"

2010s	"Me and My Guitar" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "Love Kills" "Mother" "Rhythm Inside" "What's the Pressure"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Belgium did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Countries

Final (by final results)	Ireland (winner) Germany Italy Yugoslavia Netherlands Denmark Cyprus Israel Norway Greece Belgium Sweden United Kingdom France Finland Iceland Switzerland Portugal Spain Austria Luxembourg Turkey