Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Belgium | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 2000 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 18 February 2000 | |||
| Selected entrant | Nathalie Sorce | |||
| Selected song | "Envie de vivre" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Silvio Pezzuto | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 24th, 2 points | |||
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Belgium participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Envie de vivre" written by Silvio Pezzuto. The song was performed by Nathalie Sorce. The Belgian entry for the 2000 contest in Stockholm, Sweden was selected through the national final Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 2000, organised by the Walloon broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF). In the final on 18 February 2000 which featured ten competing entries, "Envie de vivre" performed by Nathalie Sorce was selected as the winner solely by public televoting, receiving 21,362 votes.
Belgium competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2000. Performing during the show in position 10, Belgium placed twenty-fourth (last) out of the 24 participating countries, scoring two points.
Background
Prior to the 2000 contest, Belgium had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in 1956.[1] Since then, the country has won the contest on one occasion in 1986 with the song "J'aime la vie" performed by Sandra Kim. In 1999, Vanessa Chinitor represented the country with the song "Like the Wind" and placed twelfth.
The Belgian broadcaster for the 2000 contest, who broadcast the event in Belgium and organised the selection process for its entry, was Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF). The Belgian participation in the contest alternates between two broadcasters: the Flemish Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) and the Walloon RTBF. Both broadcasters have selected the Belgian entry using national finals and internal selections in the past. In 1996 and 1998, both VRT and RTBF organised a national final to select the Belgian entry. On 28 June 1999, RTBF confirmed Belgium's participation in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest and held a national final to select their entry.[2][3]
Before Eurovision
Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 2000
Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 2000 was the national final that selected Belgium's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. A submission period was opened on 25 September 1999 for artists and songwriters to submit their entries, and the ten acts selected by RTBF for the competition from 145 received during the submission period were announced on 6 January 2000.[4][5][6] The final took place on 18 February 2000 at the RTBF Studio 6 in Brussels, hosted by Jean-Pierre Hautier and broadcast on La Une.[7] The winner, "Envie de vivre" performed by Nathalie Sorce, was selected solely by public televoting with the results being revealed by Belgium's six regions: four Walloon provinces with votes from Namur and Luxembourg being combined, a Rest of Belgium region covering the five Flemish provinces, and Brussels.[8]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Canel | "Et si..." | Maria Canel Ferreiro, Patrice de Matos de Morais | 2,518 | 10 |
| 2 | Géraldine Cozier | "Ma voie" | Geraldine Cozier, Cécile Delamarre, Pascal Noel, Philippe Libois | 8,371 | 5 |
| 3 | Gerlando | "Rêve" | Fernando de Meersman, Hughes Maréchal | 4,002 | 9 |
| 4 | Sabrina Klinkenberg | "Tout ce que je suis" | Alexis Vanderheyden, Jacques Broun | 11,085 | 3 |
| 5 | La Teuf | "Soldat de l'amour" | Alec Mansion | 6,216 | 6 |
| 6 | Mezzo Mezzo | "Belgicanos" | Silvio Pezzuto, Michel Ianiri, Juan Gonzalez | 10,750 | 4 |
| 7 | Christel Pagnoul | "Pour la vie" | Francis Goya, Ralph Benatar, Christel Pagnoul, Valérie Weyer | 6,066 | 7 |
| 8 | Frédéric Reynaerts | "Le nomade m'a dit" | Frédéric Reynaerts | 17,774 | 2 |
| 9 | Nathalie Sorce | "Envie de vivre" | Silvio Pezzuto | 21,362 | 1 |
| 10 | Triana | "Donne" | Roberto D'Angelo, Filippo di Maira | 5,270 | 8 |
| Draw | Song | Walloon Brabant |
Hainaut | Namur and Luxembourg |
Liège | Rest of Belgium |
Brussels | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Et si..." | 163 | 63 | 142 | 68 | 48 | 2,035 | 2,518 |
| 2 | "Ma voie" | 368 | 2,042 | 2,782 | 1,072 | 228 | 1,879 | 8,371 |
| 3 | "Rêve" | 103 | 1,313 | 263 | 360 | 563 | 1,427 | 4,002 |
| 4 | "Tout ce que je suis" | 292 | 809 | 393 | 7,906 | 114 | 1,571 | 11,085 |
| 5 | "Soldat de l'amour" | 290 | 727 | 731 | 1,489 | 146 | 2,833 | 6,216 |
| 6 | "Belgicanos" | 424 | 3,962 | 848 | 1,109 | 497 | 3,910 | 10,750 |
| 7 | "Pour la vie" | 340 | 681 | 221 | 742 | 456 | 3,626 | 6,066 |
| 8 | "Le nomade m'a dit" | 956 | 2,497 | 1,988 | 3,137 | 2,225 | 6,971 | 17,774 |
| 9 | "Envie de vivre" | 910 | 8,305 | 2,243 | 3,360 | 950 | 5,594 | 21,362 |
| 10 | "Donne" | 91 | 629 | 211 | 3,361 | 47 | 931 | 5,270 |
Controversy
After the final, there was initially some degree of uncertainty about the disproportionately high number of votes to Sabrina Klinkenberg from the province of Liège, but RTBF subsequently confirmed that it was correct, citing the fact that Klinkenberg was a native of that province as the most probable explanation, and pointing out that Sorce had also received an exceptionally high number of votes from her home province of Hainaut.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000.[9] On 21 November 1999, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Belgium was set to perform in position 10, following the entry from Russia and before the entry from the Cyprus.[10] Belgium finished in twenty-fourth (last) place with 2 points.[11]
The contest was broadcast in Belgium by both the Flemish and Walloon broadcasters. VRT broadcast the show on TV1 with commentary in Dutch by André Vermeulen and Anja Daems.[12][13] RTBF televised the shows on La Une with commentary in French by Jean-Pierre Hautier.[14] The Belgian spokesperson, who announced the results of the Belgian televote during the final, was Thomas Van Hamme.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Latvia in the contest.[15]
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