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Belgium: Watch exclusive rehearsal footage from Gustaph’s first rehearsal!

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Gustaph’s first technical rehearsal took place yesterday and VRT, one of Belgium’s national broadcasters, shared a backstage video from yesterday’s rehearsal. In the backstage video we can also take a glimpse of how the televised performance of Gustaph will look like on the day of the 2nd Semifinal on May 11.

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This backstage video provides us also with a better picture about the TV coverage of the stage in Liverpool.

More information about Belgium’s first rehearsal:

Eurovision 2023: Belgium’s First Rehearsal!

The second rehearsal of Belgium is scheduled for Thursday 4/5 when we will have more details on Gustaph’s performance.

Belgium with Gustaph and his song Because of You participates in the 2nd Semifinal on May 11, performing 5th.

You can also watch the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Because of You below:

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Belgium: Gustaph promises a more dynamic show for Eurovision 2023!

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In an interview with Belgium’s public broadcaster, VRT, the country’s representative in this year’s contest, Gustaph, spoke about his performance on the Eurovision stage and his hopes for a qualification to the Final.

With only a week away from the start of rehearsals and consequently the beginning of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, Gustaph spoke to VRT about his preparation for the contest. As Gustaph has said before, his performance at Eurovision will be different from that of the national final:

“There will be a lot more interaction with the backing singers and with the screens. And it will be much more dynamic. I’m going to have to jump around on that stage a lot more.

I would find it an insult to dancers if I called myself a dancer. I’m just going to move a lot. Although that is not easy if you have to sing at the same time.”

The Belgian representative confirmed that his clothing will be designed by Walter Van Beirendinck. He will however keep his Eurosong hat, but his new look will be full of colour:

Looking forward to the competition in Liverpool, Gustaph is aiming to qualify for the Grand Final and finish well. He has strong hopes about his chances:

“The song is an instant party, people will probably get a good feeling immediately. And we are the only one of our kind in the second semi-final where there are a lot of ballads and intense performances. With us it’s a party and that could be turn out well for a public vote.”

You can watch the EurovisionFun team’s reaction to Belgium’s participation in Eurovision 2023 below:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about Belgium in Eurovision 2023!

Source: vrt.be

Belgium: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry ”Because of You” (video)

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The national final of Belgium “Eurosong 2023” has ended with Gustaph and the song “Because of you” receiving at the end of the night the ticket to Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

The Eurovisionfun team couldn’t help but see and comment on Belgium’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Matamis Apostolis, Barboutis Paschalis and Roupakias Christos in a delightful reaction video with detailed commentary for the third entry for the 2023 competition!

Gustaph and “Beacause of You” will wave the Belgian flag in Liverpool and will attempt to claim victory in the upcoming competition. Listen to the entry below:

Will Belgium manage to get back into the top ten after 6 years? Make your prediction in the comments!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for more reaction videos of our favourite contest!

Belgium: Eurosong 2023 Final tonight!

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The big moment for Belgium has arrived as the Western European country chooses its Eurovision 2023 representative tonight.

Seven years after their last national final in 2016, Belgium returns to this format again in order to get back on track after mediocre results in recent years.

Seven artists are competing in tonight’s Eurosong 2023 final, vying to represent Belgium at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in May in Liverpool.

Finalists

Τhis is the running order of the artists that will take part in the Belgian national final tonight:

  1. Hunter Falls –  Ooh La La 
  2. Cherine – Ca m’ennuie pas 
  3. The Starlings – Rollercoaster
  4. Ameerah – The Carnival 
  5. Gustaph – Because Of You & The Nail
  6. Gala Aliaj Dragot – T’lnquiete 
  7. Loredana De Amicis – You Lift Me Up 

Eurosong 2023

A total of 14 songs were selected for Eurosng 2023 after selection by the relevant VRT jury, with two songs belonging to each artist. Then the artists themselves were asked to choose one of the two to compete in the national final.

  • The outcome of tonight’s final will be decided by a combination of public voting and a panel of judges. The weight of the vote of both is 50%.
  • 1560 points will be shared among the seven artists, with 780 going to the audience and 780 to the panel respectively.
  • The 780 jury points will be determined by fifteen members selected by the Belgian state broadcaster. Each member will give 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 points to each of the seven songs.
  • Regarding the public vote, which also counts for 780 votes, if a song gets 20% of the votes, that means it will receive 156 points in the final score.
  • In case of a tie, the jury’s vote prevails. If there is a tie in this criterion as well, then the song with the most 12 or 10 points prevails.

The Eurosong 2023 final will take place tonight at 20:20 CET and will last just under two hours. You can watch it through the official website of VRT, by clicking HERE.

The presenter of Eurosong 2023 will be the well-known radio producer from Flanders, Peter van de Veire, who in recent years has also been the Eurovision commentator for the Dutch-language broadcast in Belgium.

So today we will learn the third song ahead of Eurovision 2023, as well as Jérémie Makiese‘s successor to represent Belgium. The young singer took 19th place in Turin with the song “Miss You“.

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

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Belgium’s participation in Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool!

Belgium: Listen to the songs of Eurosong 2023!

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We now know all the songs that are going to compete in the Belgian national final, while the seven competing songs are now available on Spotify in their full versions!

 

The songs of Eurosong 2023

You can listen to the competing songs of Eurosong 2023 by clicking each song’s title:

How is the winner going to be revealed?

  • There are 1560 points in total, that are going to be divided in half; 780 for the public and 780 for the jury
  • The jury will be consisted of 15 members where each member will award 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 (52 points in total)
  • The public vote will also give 780 points to the contestants. If, for example, a song gets 10% of the televote, it will receive 78 points.
  • In case of a tie, the jury vote will be the one to be counted. In case there is also a tie, the winner will be the one with the most 12 points, 10 points etc.
  • Each voter can make a free vote through the website of VRT and only one vote per phone number with the cost of 0,75€

The Grand Final of Eurosong 2023 will take pace in Paleis 12 / Palais 12 in Brussels on January 14.

You can also watch our interviews with two of Eurosong 2023 contestants, Ameerah and Gala Dragot:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Belgian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Belgium: These are the contestants of Eurosong 2023!

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Despite qualifying for the final twice in a row, the mid-table results made the public broadcaster of Belgium, organise a national final in order to select their representative for Eurovision 2023. In January 14, Eurosong 2023 will take place, in which seven artists will compete for the ticket to Liverpool.

Earlier today, Belgium’s public broadcaster revealed the names of the contestants that will take part in Eurosong 2023:

  • Ameerah is a Belgian singer, who writes and compoese her own songs, initally known by the name “Astrid”. Her greatest success was the song “The Sound of Missing You” sung alongside the Wildboyz which managed to reach the top 3 of USA Billboard Hot Dance Airplay.
  • Cherine became widely known to the Belgian public through her participation to “The Voice 2022”, in which she managed to reach the Live Shows with her unique voice. Her styles reminds of the country’s song for Eurovision 201 and 2018.
  • Gala Aliaj Dragot is the winner of “The Voice Kids 2020” and claims the country’s representation yet again with an indie pop style of songs. Gala managed to stand out through her mature voice desoite her young age and in the final she won by performing the song “Make you feel my love”! Right after the contest, she released a single named “Contagious“.
  • Gustaph is a singer from Flanders has taken part in numerous festivals and he has worked alongside many internationally known artists. He has produced  many songs for a number of record labels in his country having experience in the field.
  • Hunter Falls is a Belgian composer who specialises in aerial productions and all of his songs belong in the indie pop field and are very well produced.
  • The Starlings are a duet with a very special sound and romantic lyrics. Their last song is called “Get to You” and is a great example of their music. One of the members of th eduet is Tom Dice, who represented Belgium in Eurovision 2010 with the song “Me and My Guitar” and ended up in 6th place.
  • Loredana De Amicis was one of the contestants of the Belgian version of “The Masked Singer” dressed up as the Ridder and made an impression with her impressive vocals.

Belgium was represented in Eurovision 2023 by Jérémie Makiese with the song “Miss You” ending up in 19th place in the Grand Final for the second year in a row:

https://youtu.be/sB09advfF6E

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Belgian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!
Source: vrt.be