Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Country Belgium Selection process Eurosong '88 Selection date(s) 27 February 1988 Selected entrant Reynaert Selected song "Laissez briller le soleil" Selected songwriter(s) Final result 18th, 5 points
Belgium was represented by Reynaert , with the song "Laissez briller le soleil", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place in Dublin on 30 April. Reynaert was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held in Brussels on 27 February.
Before Eurovision
Eurosong '88
French-language broadcaster RTBF was in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the 1988 Contest. The national final was held at the RTBF studios, hosted by Patrick Duhamel. The winner was chosen by an expert jury and a public jury. The full results of the voting were not made public, and only the winning song was announced.[1]
Final – 27 February 1988
Draw
Artist
Song
1
Cap Segal
"Les couleurs de tes nuits"
2
Gil Cassan
"Fragile"
3
Yannick Darkman and Samantha Gilles
"Exister pour aimer"
4
Nathalie D.
"S'évader"
5
Marianne Eden and Nico Zangardi
"L'oeil médiatique"
6
Frank Michael and Martine Laurent
"Mélodie"
7
Chantal Nicaise
"On a..."
8
Gianni Polizzi
"Betty Blue"
9
Reynaert
"Laissez briller le soleil"
10
Frédéric Ruyman
"Puisque l'amour ne suffit pas"
11
Fabienne Sevrin
"Laissez-nous croire"
12
Toxic
"Perdu dans l'infini"
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.[2] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom .
Voting
Points awarded to Belgium[3]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
France
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
References
^ ESC National Finals database 1988
^ "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021 .
^ a b "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
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 "
Disqualified