Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "Laissez briller le soleil", written by Joseph Reynaerts, Dany Willem, and Philippe Anciaux, and performed by Reynaert himself. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Participating broadcaster	Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF)
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	Eurosong '88
Selection date(s)	28 February 1988
Selected artist(s)	Reynaert
Selected song	"Laissez briller le soleil"
Selected songwriter(s)	Joseph Reynaerts Dany Willem Philippe Anciaux
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 5 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Finale Nationale du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1988

Wallon broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 representing Belgium. It held the national final on 28 February 1988 at 20:05 CET in its studios in Brussels, hosted by Patrick Duhamel. The winner was chosen by an expert jury and a public jury, consisting of 500 selected television viewers. The full results of the voting were not made public, and only the winning song was announced.^[1][2][3]

Final – 28 February 1988

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
1	Cap Segal	"Les couleurs de tes nuits"	Nicole Maquinay, Guy Cabay
2	Gil Cassan	"Fragile"	Jean-Marie Renuart
3	Yannick Darkman and Samantha Gilles	"Exister pour aimer"	Claire Vangheluwe, Toni Kolenberg, Fred Beekmans
4	Nathalie D.	"S'évader"	Richard Drachman
5	Marianne Eden and Nico Zangardi	"L'oeil médiatique"	Nico Zangardi, R. Festraets
6	Frank Michael and Martine Laurent	"Mélodie"	Jonet, Frank Michael
7	Chantal Nicaise	"On a..."	Chantal Nicaise
8	Gianni Polizzi	"Betty Blue"	Pierre Lebattant, Gianni Polizzi, T. Patt
9	Reynaert	"Laissez briller le soleil"	Dany Willem, Joseph Reynaerts, Philippe Anciaux
10	Frédéric Ruyman	"Puisque l'amour ne suffit pas"	Frédéric Ruyman
11	Fabienne Sevrin	"Laissez-nous croire"	Fabienne Sevrin, R. Canteli, P. Julien
12	Toxic	"Perdu dans l'infini"	Bruno Emsens, Bernard Meeus

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Reynaert performed 16th in the running order, following Norway and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting "Laissez briller le soleil" had received 5 points, placing Belgium joint 18th (with Portugal) of the 21 entries.^[4] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.

Voting

Points awarded to Belgium[5] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points  France 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Belgium[5] Score Country 12 points  United Kingdom 10 points  Israel 8 points  Luxembourg 7 points  Denmark 6 points  Spain 5 points  Ireland 4 points   Switzerland 3 points  Norway 2 points  France 1 point  Sweden

References

1. Vermeulen, André (2021). Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 978-94-014-7609-6. OCLC 1240241113.
2. ESC National Finals database 1988
3. "RTB 1". Revue. 24 February 1988. p. 68.
4. "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
5. "Results of the Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

• Belgian Preselection 1988