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.
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
References
External links
Participation Artists Songs
"1 Life"
"À la folie ou pas du tout "
"Als het weer lente is "
"L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie "
"Avanti la vie "
"Baby, Baby"
"Because of You "
"Before the Party's Over "
"City Lights "
"Copycat"
"Dis oui "
"Door de wind "
"Envie de vivre "
"Euro-Vision "
"Fleur de liberté "
"Geef het op "
"Gelukkig zijn "
"Goeiemorgen, morgen "
"Le Grand soir "
"Hey Nana"
"Hou toch van mij "
"Iemand als jij "
"Ik heb zorgen "
"J'aime la vie "
"Je t'adore "
"Jennifer Jennings"
"Judy et Cie "
"Laat me nu gaan "
"Laissez briller le soleil "
"Liefde is een kaartspel "
"Like the Wind"
"Love Kills "
"Love Power"
"Ma petite chatte "
"Macédomienne "
"A Matter of Time "
"Me and My Guitar "
"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine "
"A Million in One, Two, Three"
"Miss You "
"Mon amour pour toi "
"Mother"
"Nous, on veut des violons "
"O Julissi"
"Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel "
"Le Plus beau jour de ma vie "
"Près de ma rivière "
"Quand tu reviendras "
"Release Me "
"Rendez-vous "
"Rhythm Inside "
"Samson"
"Sanomi "
"September, gouden roos "
"Si tu aimes ma musique "
"Sister"
"Soldiers of Love"
"Straatdeuntje "
"Ton nom "
"Viens l'oublier "
"La Voix est libre "
"Waarom? "
"Wake Up "
"What's the Pressure "
"With Love Baby"
"Would You?"
"The Wrong Place "
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete
Countries
Artists
Songs
Final
"Ben Adam "
"Chanteur de charme "
"La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)"
"Clown"
"Croire "
"For vår jord "
"Go "
"Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'? "
"Laissez briller le soleil "
"Lied für einen Freund "
"Lisa Mona Lisa"
"Mangup "
"Nauravat silmät muistetaan "
"Ne partez pas sans moi "
"Shangri-La"
"Stad i ljus "
"Sufi"
"Take Him Home"
"Þú og þeir (Sókrates) "
"Vivo (Ti scrivo) "
"Voltarei "
Withdrawn