Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Belgium was represented by Frédéric Etherlinck, with the song '"La voix est libre", at the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin on 13 May. Etherlinck was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held in Brussels on 12 March.

Final

French-language broadcaster RTBF was in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the 1995 Contest. The national final was held in Studio 6 of RTBF, hosted by Thierry Luthers. Ten songs competed to become that year's Belgian entrant, voted on by regional juries in Brussels and the five Francophone provinces of Belgium, alongside a professional jury. In a closely fought contest with no song dominating, Etherlinck emerged the winner by a 6-point margin, having received the highest overall score from the regional juries but placing only fourth with the professional jury.^[1]

**Final - 12 March 1995**
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Frédéric Etherlinck	"La voix est libre"	58	1
2	Belinda	"Plus jamais"	52	2
3	Teddy Laventure	"Soleil et lune"	37	8
4	Power People	"Sileila"	49	3
5	Dominique Malerat	"Rien que pour toi"	27	9
6	Bea Luna	"L'univers"	46	4
7	Elani	"Pour l'éternité"	7	10
8	Largo	"Lola"	45	5=
9	Nathalie Lavigne	"Si je m'envole"	40	7
10	Valérie Buggéa	"Si un jour"	45	5=

**Jury votes**
Song	Brussels	Walloon Brabant	Hainaut	Liège	Luxembourg	Namur	Professional Jury	Total
La voix est libre	6	12	8	7	12	6	7	58
Plus jamais	4	10	10	12	7	5	4	52
Soleil et lune	2	5	2	3	8	7	10	37
Sileila	12	2	3	4	4	12	12	49
Rien que pour toi	3	3	5	5	5	4	2	27
L'univers	8	7	6	6	6	8	5	46
Pour l'éternité	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Lola	7	4	4	2	10	10	8	45
Si je m'envole	10	8	7	8	2	2	3	40
Si un jour	5	6	12	10	3	3	6	45

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Etherlinck performed 14th in the running order, following Hungary and preceding the United Kingdom. At the close of the voting "La voix est libre" had received 8 points (7 from Spain and 1 from Austria), placing Belgium 20th out of 23 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to Spain.^[2]

Points Awarded by Belgium

12 points	Spain
10 points	Austria
8 points	Cyprus
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	France
5 points	Norway
4 points	Israel
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Greece
1 point	Turkey

Points Awarded to Belgium

Points Awarded to Belgium (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
			Spain
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
				Austria

External links

Belgian Preselection 1995

References

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 ~~1994~~ 1995 1996 ~~1997~~ 1998 1999 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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 1995

Countries

Final (by final results)	Norway (winner) Spain Sweden France Denmark Croatia Slovenia Israel Cyprus United Kingdom Malta Greece Austria Ireland Iceland Turkey Russia Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Portugal Hungary Germany