Belgium competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 , represented by Frédéric Etherlinck with "La voix est libre".
Finale Nationale du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1995 [ edit ] The Walloon broadcaster, RTBF , was in charge of the Belgian Eurovision entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 , held in Dublin , Ireland . The selection was broadcast live at 20:10 CET on RTBF 1 on 12 March 1995 from studio 7 in the RTBF studios and was hosted by Thierry Luthers. Ten songs competed, chosen from 192 submitted entries. The winner was chosen by six regional juries (Brabant , Hainaut , Liège , Luxembourg , Namur , and Brussels ), plus a jury consisting of music professionals. All the juries handed out songs in the same way as is done in the Eurovision Song Contest: 12 points to the top song, 10 points to the second top song, then 8 through to 1 points for the rest of the top ten songs.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Final – 12 March 1995 Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Frédérick Etherlinck "La voix est libre" Pierre Theunis 58 1 2 Belinda "Plus jamais" Dorthee, Defourny, Jakic, Murgia 52 2 3 Teddy Laventure "Soleil et lune" Pierre Gillet, Thérèsa Lagerval 37 8 4 Power People "Sileila" Power People, Jean-Louis Fayt 49 3 5 Dominique Malerat "Rien que pour lui" Yves Disclez 27 9 6 Bea Luna "L'univers" Tony Baron, Bea Luna 46 4 7 Elani "Pour l'éternité" Richard Jacques, Marie-Ange Herman 7 10 8 Largo "Lola" Marc Van Eyck, Philippe Van Heer, Mustafa Largo 45 5= 9 Nathalie Lavigne "Si je m'envole" Gianni Marzano, Antonio Crisci, Fred Derytd 40 7 10 Valerie Buggea "Si un jour" Daniel Willems, Jean-Luc Brasseur, Philippe Warlomont 45 5=
Draw Song Regional Juries Professional Jury Total Place Brussels Brabant Hainaut Liège Luxembourg Namur 1 "La voix est libre" 6 12 8 7 12 6 7 58 1 2 "Plus jamais" 4 10 10 12 7 5 4 52 2 3 "Soleil et lune" 2 5 2 3 8 7 10 37 8 4 "Sileila" 12 2 3 4 4 12 12 49 3 5 "Rien que pour lui" 3 3 5 5 5 4 2 27 9 6 "L'univers" 8 7 6 6 6 8 5 46 4 7 "Pour l'éternité" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 10 8 "Lola" 7 4 4 2 10 10 8 45 5 9 "Si je m'envole" 10 8 7 8 2 2 3 40 7 10 "Si un jour" 5 6 12 10 3 3 6 45 5
Frédéric Etherlinck performed 14th in the running order of the contest, following Hungary and preceding the United Kingdom . "La voix est libre" received 8 points, 7 from Spain and 1 from Austria, placing 20th of 23 countries competing.[ 5]
Points awarded to Belgium[ 6] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points Spain 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Austria
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 "Amen" "Baunilha e chocolate " "Dreamin' " "Dvadeset prvi vijek " "Fra Mols til Skagen " "Il me donne rendez-vous " "Keep Me in Mind" "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana " "Love City Groove " "Nocturne " "Nostalgija " "Núna " "Pia prosefhi " "Prisluhni mi " "Sama " "Se på mig " "Sev! " "Sti fotia " "Új név egy régi ház falán " "Verliebt in Dich " "La Voix est libre " "Vuelve conmigo " "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt "