Malmö 2013 – The 26 acts participating in tonight’s grand final have less than three hours left before the show starts. Some are chilling, some are eating, some are still doing interviews. We just had a very nice acoustic performance of ‘Love Kills‘ from Belgium‘s Roberto Bellarosa out in the fan area of the press centre for live Swedish TV. Have a look at a short video of it now… (more…)
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Malmö 2013: Last Minute Preparations
Posted: May 18, 2013 by hulluna in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013Tags: Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest, Roberto Bellarosa
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Bulgaria Wowed the Euro Cafe!
Posted: May 11, 2013 by hulluna in Austria, Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013Tags: Eurovision Song Contest, natalia kelly
Malmö 2013 – Last night saw the talk shows at the Euro Cafe at Moriskan. Eurovision Times popped up after a long day at the arena to catch Austria and Bulgaria and are glad we did! Austria’s Natalia Kelly did a rousing version of Katrina and the Waves ‘Love Shine a Light‘ and then Elitsa and Stojan of Bulgaria treated us to some amazing drumming and four songs! (more…)
Belgium: The Voice Roberto
Posted: May 5, 2013 by jadeukesc in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013, otherTags: Belgium, love kills, Roberto Bellarosa
Belgium – Belgium was the one of the first countries to reveal their artist way back in November when RTBF revealed Roberto Bellarosa would be representing them in Malmö. Let’s find out more! Born in 1994, Roberto Bellarosa attended the Music Academy of Huy to study music theory. It was here where his teacher noticed his special talent and encouraged him to take singing lessons. (more…)
Belgium: Revamped Version of ‘Love Kills’
Posted: March 13, 2013 by hulluna in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013Tags: Eurovision Song Contest
Belgium – Roberto Bellarosa, the Belgian representative, has been reworking his entry, ‘Love Kills‘, over in Finland. The revamped version was today revealed on Vivacité. The official video is due for release on March 15th via his official YouTube channel. In the meantime listen to the new version… (more…)
Belgium: New Version of ‘Love Kills’ to be Revealed on Friday
Posted: March 11, 2013 by hulluna in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013Tags: Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest, Roberto Bellarosa
Belgium – It’s just been announced on the official Eurosong.be’s twitter account that a new version of Belgium’s entry by Roberto Bellarosa will be revealed on Friday. The new version of ‘Love Kills‘ will be heard for the first time along with the premiere of the song’s official video. The previous version can be watched here.
Belgium: Roberto Bellarosa to Sing ‘Love Kills’ in Malmö
Posted: December 16, 2012 by hulluna in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Belgium – Running their national selection over the radio on a Sunday morning saw the Belgians choose ‘Love Kills‘ to be performed by Roberto Bellarosa in Sweden next year. Despite the early time, apparently 5 million tuned in over the web link. Check out the winning song and let us know how you’ll think it will do in Malmö. (more…)
Belgium Selects Today!
Posted: December 16, 2012 by Sekhmet Morgan in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Belgium - The third song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 will be picked today. After Belarus last week and Switzerland yesterday, who both used a National Final with televote, Belgium will use a radio show to select an entry for internally chosen Roberto Bellarosa, out of three. Read more on how to follow the show live here! (more…)
Belgium: Radio Final in December!
Posted: November 19, 2012 by Sekhmet Morgan in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013Belgium – Pushed by the Internet rumors to confirm Roberto Bellarosa to the Eurovision Song Contest, the Belgian broadcaster RTBF has revealed all the details of the song selection for the first winner of The Voice Belgique who will be in charge to represent the country in Malmö. Check them out here! (more…)
Belgium: Roberto Bellarosa Selected for Malmö!
Posted: November 16, 2012 by Sekhmet Morgan in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Belgium - Two days ago, Belgian broadcaster RTBF, in charge every two years of the participation of Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest, made the official announcement that… they would reveal more details about their 2013 participation. And indeed, today they have made it official that Roberto Bellarosa, winner of The Voice of Belgium, will get to represent the tri-lingual kingdom. Click for more details! (more…)
Worst Eurovision Winners Ever – Hundreds of people have voted for their personal Top 5 of the Worst Eurovision winners ever. The 5th place of each voter got one point, the 4th place 2 points and so on, the first place thus getting 5 points. The result is a ranking of all 60 Eurovision winners. In the coming days we will reveal the Top 15 of your voting. Today we enter the “Top” 10 and continue with the first and only winner from Belgium. (more…)
Belgium – Kate Ryan represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens with the contemporary song “Je t’adore”. However, despite being one of the favorites due to her catalogue of hits, Ryan failed to even qualify for the Grand Final. Despite this Eurovision trauma, she has now revealed that she would be glad to represent Belgium again. She told a Flanders newspaper that “If RTBF and VRT ask me I would go to the contest again” (more…)
Dissecting the Lyrics- When I originally began commenting here on the Eurovision Times, I never imagined myself writing for the blog. However, when I was asked if I would be willing post this comment, I thought that there was no harm in giving this a try. If this post goes over well enough, I might even do a series where I look at the lyrics of various Eurovision songs. (more…)
Jury Votes of Ireland and Belgium Revealed
Posted: June 13, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Belgium, Ireland
Belgium/Ireland – The official German Eurovision website eurovision.de has contacted all 41 national broadcasters of the Eurovision Song Contest to ask them for the results of their jury voting. Today the website revealed how both the Irish and the Belgian jury voted in the first semi-final and the grand final. Here is the result: (more…)
Eurovision 2012: Day 1 Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 13, 2012 by hulluna in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Finland, Switzerland
Eurovision 2012 – The first day’s rehearsals have been completed. Despite a initial 2 hour delay, Switzerland, Belgium and Finland have now all made their debuts on the Crystal Hall Stage. Plasma screens for the press to watch them weren’t delivered until late afternoon though; another unprepared moment in Baku to embarrass officials. See the rehearsals here: (more…)
Belgium – The Belgian public have chosen ‘Would You‘ as the song for Iris to sing in Baku. The 17-year-old presented the two ballads earlier this evening during a fifteen minute show. The Belgian public then had two and a half hours to vote before the result was announced on the Peter Van de Veire tv chatshow. See what you think to the winning song. (more…)
Belgium – The Belgians will tonight pick a song for their entrant, Iris, to sing in Baku. There are two songs to choose between, both ballads: ‘Would You‘ and ‘Safety Net‘. Iris will present her songs at 20:00 (CET), and the winning song will be announced on the Peter Van de Veire tv show later tonight. You can watch on Eurovision.tv.
Belgium – Belgium will leave the selection of their song util the last minute. They will choose which song Iris will song in Baku… but not until Saturday March 17th. Iris will sing two songs and viewers will decide which one will win in a televote/SMS vote. The programme, Eurosong 2012: Een song voor Iris, will be televised on Één at 20:00 (CET). (more…)
Belgium – Today the Belgian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Iris, has listened to all the songs submitted to VRT, out of which she will select her entry for Baku. The submission period ended on January 16, but it was not revealed how many songs had been submitted. Iris had been chosen internally by VRT, she is from the label Sonic Angle that also represents Tom Dice, the last Flemish entry. (more…)
Belgium: Een’s and Iris’ Quest for Songs
Posted: December 20, 2011 by ddegroodt in BelgiumTags: Belgium
Belgium – Flemish-Belgian broadcaster Een has opened a public call for songs in order to select the entry Iris will sing in Baku. Songwriters and producers are able to submit their songs until 16 January 2012 to the following address: Eén – Eurosong kamer 2L66 1043 Brussel – or via e-mail to eurosong@een.be. (more…)
Belgium – The Flemish broadcaster VRT has announced today at a press conference that the Belgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be 16-year-old Iris. Iris (alias Laura Van Den Bruel) was discovered at a talent contest which she won and belongs to the same record label as 2010 Belgian Eurovision entrant Tom Dice. Recently she changed her stage name from “Airis” to Iris for a more international appeal. (more…)
Belgium – As the Belgian Eurovision website Belgovision.com reports, the Flemish broadcaster in Belgium, VRT, will present the Belgian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 tomorrow. In Belgium the Wallonian and Flemish television stations take turns in choosing the entry for Eurovision. Last year the Wallonian act “Witloof Bay” had been selected in an elaborate national final (including internet, radio and television votings) but failed to qualify for the (more…)
Interview With Belgium’s Witloof Bay
Posted: March 17, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Belgium, Interview
Interview – This may the a capella group “Witloof Bay” will represent Belgium in Düsseldorf in the second semi-final. Their song is called “With love baby”. The six singers and musicians decided to start a new musical project in 2005. As they love jazz and pop a capella music, their style is centered around these musical genres. The band consists of members from all parts of Belgium and thus represent a unified country. Benoît, one of the six members of the group answered our questions: (more…)
Belgium: “Witloof Bay – With Love Baby” to Eurovision
Posted: February 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Belgium
Belgium – Belgium has just decided upon its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. The a capella cat “Witloof Bay” was the winner of the jury vote that made up 50% of the final result. Witloof Bay also won the public televote and are thus the clear winners of The Belgian national final “Qui? A vous de choisir”. Watch the performance and rate the song here: (more…)
Belgium – Tonight 14 acts will compete for the right to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf in the national final “Qui? A vous de choisir”. The show will be broadcast from the “Salle des Mille” in the “Palais des Congrès” in Liège. Jean-Louis Lahaye will host the show, while Maureen Louys co-host of JESC 2005 will be in charge of the green room. Over the last months artists collecting over 20.000 euro on the online platform akamusic.com qualified for the second phase of the Belgian selection. The 30 acts were then narrowed down to 14 in a special radio selection on January 30. (more…)
Belgium – RTBF has announced the running order of “Qui? A vous de choisir“, the final of their selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, today. 14 acts which previously qualified from a radio selection will fight for the Belgian ticket to Düsseldorf. The national final will be held in Liège on February 12. This is the running order: (more…)
Belgium – In a radio selection this morning the Belgian hopefuls for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany have been narrowed down from 30 to 14. Over the last months artists collecting over 20.000 euro on the online platform akamusic.com qualified for the second phase of the Belgian selection. 30 songs had still been in the running. The radio selection was introduced in order to reduce the number of entries for the televised national final. “Qui? A vous de choisir” will take place on February 12 in Lièges. The 14 Finalists are: (more…)
Belgium – You can now watch the semi-final of the Belgian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-final is being broadcast on the radio in Belgium. All acts perform live in the studio and here you can see the webcam. Over the last months artists collecting over 20.000 euro on the online platform akamusic.com qualified for the second phase of the Belgian selection. 30 songs are still in the running. 14 will (more…)
Belgium – Eurovision 2011: Qui? A vous de choisir! is the name of this year’s Belgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. Over the last months artists collecting over 20.000 euro on the online platform akamusic.com qualified for the second phase of the Belgian selection. 30 songs are still in the running. In a special radio show on VivaCité on January 30, 14 of them will qualify for the televised national final. The show will be held in Liège on (more…)
Belgium : 30 songs qualified + new selection round added
Posted: December 31, 2010 by Sekhmet Morgan in BelgiumBelgium – Noon, today, Belgium ended the very long first round of its Internet selection, with 32 songs reaching the 20,000 euros limit. Indeed, the format was different from the simple Internet vote. In order to ensure that people would really invest in the songs they supported, the RTBF made people actually pay money for the songs. Only the ones who invested in the song that will actually represent Belgium, however, will actually have to pay. The others will be reimbursed. (more…)
