Tom Dice

Tom Dice in Oslo (2010)

Tom Dice (born November 25, 1989 in Eeklo ; actually Tom Eeckhout ) is a Belgian singer-songwriter . He represented his home country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Norway.

Life

Youth and X Factor

Tom Eeckhout, who grew up in Eeklo as the youngest of four siblings, took his stage name from the youth band The Dice , which he founded at the age of 15 and in which he played for some time. His musical career began earlier, however, because at the age of 8 he attended a music college and had his first guitar lessons. He started writing his first songs at the age of 12. His musical idols include Gavin DeGraw , Taylor Swift , Tyler Hilton , Damien Rice , The Kooks , Muse , Placebo and System of a Down .

In 2008 he took part in the Belgian version of the casting show X Factor and took second place, which made him better known in the Flemish part of Belgium. Maurice Engelen , known as a DJ under the pseudonym Praga Khan, was his mentor.

His singles released as part of this show were able to place themselves in the Belgian charts. The song Bleeding Love (originally sung by Leona Lewis ) was particularly successful .

He continued working with Engelen after the X Factor . He is now under contract with the Sonic Angel label founded by Engelen in spring 2010.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

On November 25, 2009, the Flemish TV broadcaster VRT announced that Tom Dice would take part in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest for Belgium in Norway. This pre-selection of the candidate without an elimination competition was heavily criticized in public. The song Me and my guitar was presented to the public on the television program Eurosong 2010: Een song voor Tom Dice on March 7, 2010.

At the competition in Oslo he managed to win the first semifinals by a clear margin and thus qualify for the final. There he finally achieved sixth place, with Germany being the only country to award 12 points to the Belgian contribution. The entry was particularly well received by the juries, where it took second place, just two points behind the German entry. In the audience vote, however, he only reached 14th place.

Discography (selection)

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE F	BE W
2010	Teardrops	-	-	-	BE F1 gold (28 weeks)BE F	BE W57 (2 weeks) BE W	First published: May 8, 2010
2012	Heart for Sale	-	-	-	BE F11 (27 weeks) BE F	BE W73 (6 weeks) BE W	First published: May 3, 2012
2016	I've come a long way	-	-	-	BE F39 (4 weeks) BE F	-	First published: October 28, 2016
2018	Better Days	-	-	-	BE F15 (9 weeks) BE F	-	First published: March 23, 2018

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE F	BE W
2009	Bleeding Love teardrops	-	-	-	BE F7 (14 weeks) BE F	-	First published: July 18, 2009 Original: Leona Lewis
2010	Me and My Guitar teardrops	DE20 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH32 (1 week) CH	BE F1 platinum (24 weeks)BE F	BE W1 (14 weeks) BE W	First published: March 20, 2010
	Lucy teardrops	-	-	-	BE F21 (8 weeks) BE F	-	First published: August 28, 2010
2011	A Thousend Years Teardrops	-	-	-	BE F44 (1 week) BE F	-	First published: January 15, 2011
2012	Utopia Heart for Sale	-	-	-	BE F21 (6 weeks) BE F	-	First published: March 24, 2012
	Out At Sea Heart for Sale	-	-	-	BE F26 (6 weeks) BE F	-	First published: May 4, 2012

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE F	BE W
2011	Sunlight Welcome To DJ Antoine	DE85 (4 weeks) DE	AT51 (1 week) AT	CH10 gold (28 weeks)CH	BE F8th gold (16 weeks)BE F	BE W43 (1 week) BE W	First published: June 12, 2011 DJ Antoine feat. Tom Dice
	Il nous faut Le syndrome de Peter Pan	-	-	CH36 (7 weeks) CH	BE F1 platinum (18 weeks)BE F	BE W1 (24 weeks) BE W	First published: October 28, 2011 Elisa Tovati & Tom Dice

Awards

• 2009: TMF Awards - nomination in the category Best New Artist

Web links

Commons : Tom Dice  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tom Dice's biography at SonicAngel
• Short profile of Tom Eeckhout (Dutch) at nieuwsblad.be
• Marc Van Hulle: Tom Dice volgend jaar naar Eurovisiesongfestival (Dutch) In: nieuwsblad.be. November 25, 2009.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result at eurovision.tv divided according to jury and audience votes
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Germany DE AT CH BEF BEW
3. ↑ Awards for music sales: CH BE