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Belgium: The artists themselves will decide which of their two songs they will be taking to Eurosong 2023!

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Less than a month before Eurosong 2023, Belgium’s national final for Eurovision 2023, VRT announced that the artists themselves will choose which of their two songs they will be performing and therefore competing with in order to claim the country’s representation in Eurovision 2023.

In the week before the national final, each artist will present the two songs in a remote area, Belgium’s Tournai, to an audience of Belgian artists, and then choose, themselves, which one they will be participating with, after considering the Belgian artists’ advice.

The Eurosong 2023 presenter and commentator for Belgium at Eurovision stated, regarding the procedure:

“We have created a club of artists. Each artist will perform their two songs in front of other singers. Then, all of these singers will advise the artists which of the two is more suitable for the national final. It is up to the artist whether they will listen to their advice or choose themselves.

Artists must realize that, with their choice, they may give away their victory to someone else, which is not so obvious in such a competition.”

We remind you that the Eurosong 2023 final will take place on January 14 at Paleis 12/Palais 12 in Brussels. You can listen to a snippet of all the songs here.

After Jeremie Makiese’s 19th place in Eurovision 2022, Belgium are attempting to return to the left side of the scoreboard. You can remember last year’s Miss You below:

Which of the candidate songs do you think you will be rooting for, judging by the released snippets? Tell us in the comments!

Source: Eurovoix

Belgium: Eurosong 2023 details revealed. Tom Dice among rumoured artists!

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Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws made public more details about the Belgium national final for Eurovision 2023.  Seven candidates will compete in the Paleis 12 arena in Brussels to represent the country in Liverpool next year.

Eurosong 2023

Eurosong 2023 will be the chosen format to select the Belgian artist and song.  Newspaper HLN published the first details of this selection via their podcast De Mediawatchers.

According to the newspaper, the national selection will take place between January 7 till January 14.  The selection of the names of the artists and the songs that made it to the national final took place separately.  For this selection broadcaster VRT listened “hundreds of demos”.

During this week the seven candidates will perform three different songs.  However, they will only sing a song for the final.

Although the list of candidates is still a secret, HLN hinted some of the names that are likely to participate.  The main revelation is that Tom Dice could make a return as part of “The Starlings“, a duo act with his partner Kato.   Tom Dice already represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010.

 

Former contestant of Eurosong 2014, Loredana could also make a return.  In total there would be five novel acts competing together with “a known candidate”.

There will be a professional jury for Eurosong 2023.  However, a 100% televote result will define who is going to Liverpool with the jury just offering their comments during the final.  It is not clear yet if there will be international jurors as was the case in Eurosong 2014 and 2016.

Source: Songfestival

Belgium: The national final will last five to seven weeks | The first potential candidates!

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VRT wants to attract big names to participate in Eurosong 2023, the planned Belgian pre-qualifier for the Song Contest 2023. Also the duration of the national final is expected to last five to seven weeks.

Surely but steadily the first details are coming out for Belgium’s national final, the first since 2016. After Peter Van de Veire broke the news last Saturday during Zomerhit , it was then confirmed that Eurosong 2023 will not be presented by Niels Destadsbader but Van de Veire himself.

Five or seven weeks

In the meantime, the exact format for the national final has yet to be determined, although today Het Laatste Nieuws is already providing more details. The newspaper clearly talks about “a brilliant musical show that lasts for weeks”. The article states that the new version of Eurosong will last five or seven weeks (and thus possibly as many broadcasts). In 2016 the Eurosong lasted three weeks, while two years earlier it lasted seven.

Former participants

VRT seems to want a strong cast of participants, because according to the same article in Het Laatste Nieuws, the public broadcaster is targeting “a range of top artists”. Just wishlist (for now) are: The Starlings, Camille, Natalia, Regi, Laura Tesoro and Niels Destadsbader. Starlings’ Tom Dice took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010 with Me and My Guitar, while Laura Tesoro was the winner of Belgium’s last national final in 2016, both finishing in the top 10 of the final standings. Natalia finished second in the 2004 qualifier behind Xandee.

It is not yet known when VRT will announce more details about Eurosong 2023, nor the dates and locations of the live shows.

The winner of ‘The Voice Belgique’ Jérémie Makiese represented Belgium at Eurovision 2022 with the song ‘Miss you’, placing 19th in the grand final with a total of 64 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB09advfF6E&feature=emb_title

What do you think about Belgium returning on the national final selection? Tell us in the comments!

Source: Songfestival