Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
| Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | ||||
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| Country |  Belgium | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Nationale Finale Songfestival | |||
| Selection date(s) | 13 February 1965 | |||
| Selected entrant | Lize Marke | |||
| Selected song | "Als het weer lente is" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 0 points | |||
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Belgium was represented by
There was a minor controversy after the selection when it came to light that "Als het weer lente is" had previously been performed on TV (by the following year's Belgian representative
Before Eurovision
Artist selection
In December 1964, BRT announced that they had internally selected Lize Marke to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.[1]
Nationale Finale Songfestival
Nationale Finale Songfestival was the national final format developed by BRT in order to select Belgium's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. [1]
Competing entries
Following the announcement of Marke as Belgian representative, a song submission period was opened, in which composers were able to submit their songs until 10 January 1965. BRT received 250 songs by the closing of the deadline, from which six were selected for the national final. The national final originally had eight songs, but two of them were dropped before rehearsals for unknown reasons. [1][2]
| Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|
| "Als het weer lente is" | Jaak Dreesen, Jef van den Berg |
| Unknown | |
| "Een wereld zonder jou" | Hans Flower, Louis Baret |
| "Jij alleen" | Gilbert de Clerck, Jacques Raymond |
| "Jij bent onmisbaar" | Armand van Steyvoort |
| "Regenlied" | Nico Gomez, Peter Loland, Alice Toen, Jo Leemans |
| "Zoals" | Jef van den Berg, Will Ferdy |
Final
The final was held on 13 February 1965 at 20:50 CET at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels and was hosted by Nand Baert.[3] Six songs competed in the contest with the winner being decided upon by a 20-member jury, 10 members of which were "professionals", while another 10 were representatives of the Flemish public.[1][2]
| Draw | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Als het weer lente is" | 317 | 1 |
| 2 | "Regenlied" | 277 | 3 |
| 3 | "Een wereld zonder jou" | 285 | 2 |
| 4 | "Jij alleen" | 249 | 6 |
| 5 | "Jij bent onmisbaar" | 266 | 5 |
| 6 | "Zoals" | 270 | 4 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Marke performed 8th in the running order, following Norway and preceding Monaco. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5, 3 and 1 points to its three favourite songs. At the close of the voting "Als het weer lente is" was one of four songs (along with the entries from Finland, Germany and Spain) which had failed to register a single point. This was the third time that Belgium had found itself at the foot of the Eurovision scoreboard, and the second (and to date last) time the country had finished with the infamous nul-points.
The Belgian jury vote was unique under this system, as only two songs had received any votes at all from the 10 jury members. Under the rules then in effect, this meant that they awarded 6 points (rather than the apparent maximum 5) to the United Kingdom and 3 points to Italy.[4]
Voting
Belgium did not receive any points at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.[5]
| Score | Country |
|---|---|
| 6 points |  United Kingdom
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| 3 points |  Italy
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References
- ^ a b c d "Belgische finale Eurovisie Songfestival - België 1965".
- ^ OCLC 1240241113.
- ^ "Even voorstellen... Zangeres Lize Marke". De Gazet van Aalst (in Dutch). 11 February 1965. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "ESC History - Belgium 1965". Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Naples 1965". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.