Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

(2003-2005), 

First participation

2003

Last participation so far

2012

Number of participations

10 (as of 2012)

Highest ranking

4 ( 2009 )

Highest Score

113 ( 2009 )

Lowest Score

19 ( 2007 )

Points average (since first post)

62.80 (as of 2012)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

3.94 (as of 2012)

This article looks at the history of Belgium as a participant in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest .

Preliminary decisions

Originally, an annual rotation principle between the RTBF ( Wallonia ) and VRT ( Flanders ) was planned, as is also practiced at the Eurovision Song Contest. The VRT made the contribution from 2003, the following year it was the RTBF's turn. When the competition took place in Hasselt , Belgium in 2005 , both broadcasters had a joint preliminary decision, and the competition was also organized by both broadcasters.

After that, the Walloon RTBF withdrew from the competition due to a lack of interest, and since then the Flemish VRT has been solely responsible for the Belgian contributions to the JESC. Since then, the Junior Eurosong preliminary round has been held every year . It ran on één up to and including 2009, and in 2010 it moved to the children's channel Ketnet . As a result, all Belgian contributions were now sung in Dutch, although there were also several songs in the preliminary round that were (partly) sung in French.

Over the years, the selection mode has been changed many times, usually there were several preliminary rounds, the winner was determined by a jury and the audience. Particularly noteworthy is the mode of Junior Eurosong 2009 : Two versions of each of the entries were recorded and performed. In the preliminary rounds, the version that will represent Belgium at the JESC in the event of victory was also chosen. From the winning entry Zo ran there was a Yodelo version as well as a Classico version without yodelling, at the JESC Laura Omloop performed with the yodel version.

In 2013 the VRT withdrew from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The reason given was the decreased interest in international competition. Since the preliminary round was very popular, however, Junior Eurosong was developed into a new casting format for children, independent of the JESC. The popularity of the preliminary decision meant that the associated albums often took high positions in the Flemish charts, in 2007, 2009 and 2010 the Junior Eurosong albums even took first place.

Participation in the competition

Laura finished fourth in 2009

Fabian, currently the last Belgian interpreter at JESC

Belgium took part in the JESC for the first time in 2003 and since then every year up to and including 2012. Although it was never enough to finish in the top three, they finished fourth in 2009, just eight points behind the winners from the Netherlands and a fifth Place in 2012. In 2013 and 2014, Belgium missed out, although until then it was one of only three countries that had always participated. VRT will not return in 2015 either. RTBF from Wallonia is also not interested in participating.

List of posts

year	Interpreter	Title (music / text)	language	translation	Place participants (total)	Points
2003	X! NK	De vriendschapsband (Roel Felius)	Dutch	The bond of friendship	06/16	83
2004	Free spirits	Accroche-toi (Free Spirits)	French	He is the best	10/18	37
2005	Lindsay	Mes rêves (Lindsay Daenen)	French	My dreams	10/16	63
2006	Thor!	Een daughter door het donker (Thor balances)	Dutch	A journey through the night	07/15	71
2007	Trust	Different (trust)	Dutch	Otherwise	15/17	19th
2008	Oliver	Shut up! (Oliver Symons)	Dutch	Shut your mouth!	11/15	45
2009	Laura Omloop	Zo ran (Yodelo) (L. Omloop, M. Wiels, P. Gillis, A. Vande Putte)	Dutch	So in love (Jodelo)	04/13	113
2010	Jill & Lauren	Get up! (J. Van Vooren, L. De Ruyck , M. Wiels, P. Gillis, A. Vande Putte)	Dutch, English	Stand up!	07/14	61
2011	Femke	Een kusje meer (F. Verschueren, P. Gillis, V. Goeminne)	Dutch	Another kiss	07/13	64
2012	Fabian	Abracadabra (F. Feyaerts, S. Fernande, J. Swinnen)	Dutch	-	05/12	72
since 2013	No participation

Competitions held

year	city	venue	Moderation
2005	Hasselt	Ethias Arena	Maureen Louys & Marcel Vanthilt

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or gave the most points to Belgium:

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Netherlands 98 2  Armenia 52 3  Russia 47 4th  Sweden 46 5  Spain 39  Belarus 39

Most received points space country Points 1  Netherlands 97 2  North Macedonia 37 3  Sweden 36 4th  Malta 32 5  Belarus 28

Last updated 2012

Others

• Belgium received the most points from its Dutch neighbors. Conversely, Belgium also gave the Netherlands the most points.
• In 2009 Belgium finished fourth, eight points behind the Netherlands, but they received the highest score of 12 points the most, four times in all. The Netherlands received the highest rating only three times.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://esckaz.com/jesc/2012/bel.htm
2. ↑ Ketnet stops deelname aan Junior Songfestival News from March 26, 203 (Dutch)
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4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.