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Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Participating broadcasterRadio-Télévision Belge (RTB)
Country Belgium
National selection
Selection processChansons Euro '70
Selection date(s)3 February 1970
Selected artist(s)Jean Vallée
Selected song"Viens l'oublier"
Selected songwriter(s)Jean Vallée
Finals performance
Final result8th, 5 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1969 1970 1971►

Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Viens l'oublier", written and performed by Jean Vallée. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio-Télévision Belge (RTB), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Chansons Euro '70 / 09.36.70

Format

Chansons Euro '70 consisted of nine shows; six quarter-finals, two semi-finals, and a final. In each quarter-final there were six songs where the top two qualified for the semi-finals. Each semi-final had six songs where the top three qualified to the final, which would then have six songs. All shows were hosted by Claude Delacroix.

Chansons Euro '70 also went by an alternative name in Walloon newspapers: 09.36.70. The numbers represented the number of shows in the national final, the total number of songs competing, and the year. The name would change as the national final went on, and instead represented the number of shows left, the number of songs still left in the competition, and the year.

Competing Entries

RTB received 350 submissions, from which 36, by 20 different artists, were chosen to participate in the national final.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Andrée Simons [fr] "La belle époque" Andrée Simons
"Perle d'etoile" Andrée Simons, Luc D'Avray
Ann Christy "Le vent, le temps"' Unknown
"Merci, printemps" Claude Lombard, Freddy Zeggers
Bébé Suong "La fête aus musiciens" Unknown
"Le temps d'avril" Unknown
"On m'avait dit" Unknown
"Triste été" Unknown
Cecily Forde "Mon amour est tombé du nid" R. Morès, P. Philippe
"Prends ma main" Harry Frekin, Cecily Forde
Concetta di Maria "Marche le temps" Unknown
"Oui, mais quand" Raymond Vincent, Igor Minarief
Eddy Pascal "Oublie que tu l'aimes" Unknown
"Virginia" Unknown
Frédéric François "Comme tous les amoureux" Frédéric François, Marino Atria, Alain Darmor
Jacques Albin "Chatte" J.C. Albin
Jean Narcy "Une rose" Hector Delfosse, J. Postula, C. Avanches
Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" Jean Vallée
Joanna "A huit heurs au printemps" Unknown
"Flash-back" Unknown
Johnny White "Mary-Ann" Unknown
"Quand on est amoureux" Peter Laine, Armande Hoppe
Josiane Janvier "Tu seras celui-là" Hector Delfosse, Claude Avranches
Lucienne Troka "Dix épines pour une rose" Unknown
"Toi soleil" Unknown
Marc Bertrand "Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient" Jean-Pierre Pleyel
"Notre raison de vivre" Jean-Pierre Pleyel, Jean-Marc Bertrand
Miles Kovacs "Mélodie d'automne" Unknown
Nicole Josy "C'est toi qui as raison" Unknown
"Je n'en reviens pas" Unknown
Rosy Dany "Ce n'etait que l'amour" Unknown
"Et moi je chante" Unknown
Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" Pierre Coran, Serge Ghisoland
"Nous serons toi et moi" Pierre Coran, Serge Ghisoland
Serge Davignac "La vie" Roland Thyssen, Serge Davignac
"Monsieur du printemps" Unknown

Shows

Quarter-Finals

The qualifiers in the quarter-finals were decided by a jury and postcard voting. The song that scored the highest with the juries and the song that scored the highest with the public postcard voting, as long as it hadn't already qualified with the juries, would qualify to the semi-finals. The jury consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. Since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the jury qualifier was already known, the jury winner would often place last in the postcard voting.

The jury points for Quarter-final 5 are unknown.

Quarter-final 1 - 09.36.70 - 14 October 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Bébé Suong "Le temps d'avril" 19 3 4 Out
2 Eddy Pascal "Oublie que tu l'aimes" 0 6 5 Out
3 Cecily Forde "Mon amour est tombé du nid" 9 4 3 Out
4 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" 49 1 6 Jury Qualifier
5 Ann Christy "Le vent, le temps"' 20 2 1 Public Qualifier
6 Concetta di Maria "Marche le temps" 3 5 2 Out
Quarter-final 2 - 08.32.70 - 28 October 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Rosy Dany "Et moi je chante" 4 5 4 Out
2 Serge Davignac "La vie" 16 3 2 Out
3 Nicole Josy "Je n'en reviens pas" 12 4 3 Out
4 Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" 40 1 5 Jury Qualifier
5 Joanna "Flash-back" 1 6 6 Out
6 Marc Bertrand "Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient" 27 2 1 Public Qualifier
Quarter-final 3 - 07.28.70 - 11 November 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Eddy Pascal "Virginia" 15 2 1 Public Qualifier
2 Josiane Janvier "Tu seras celui-là" 6 5 3 Out
3 Johnny White "Mary-Ann" 9 4 2 Out
4 Bébé Suong "On m'avait dit" 11 3 4 Out
5 Jacques Albin "Chatte" 3 6 5 Out
6 Andrée Simons "La belle époque" 56 1 6 Jury Qualifier
Quarter-final 4 - 06.24.70 - 25 November 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Miles Kovacs "Mélodie d'automne" 1 6 5 Out
2 Lucienne Troka "Toi soleil" 5 5 4 Out
3 Jean Narcy "Une rose" 10 4 2 Out
4 Andrée Simons "Perle d'etoile" 42 1 6 Jury Qualifier
5 Frédéric François "Comme tous les amoureux" 28 2 1 Public Qualifier
6 Ann Christy "Merci, printemps" 14 3 3 Out
Quarter-final 5 - 05.20.70 - 9 December 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
1 Rosy Dany "Ce n'etait que l'amour" 3 2 Out
2 Marc Bertrand "Notre raison de vivre" 2 1 Public Qualifier
3 Concetta di Maria "Oui, mais quand" 5 3 Out
4 Bébé Suong "Triste été" 4 4 Out
5 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Nous serons toi et moi" 1 6 Jury Qualifier
6 Nicole Josy "C'est toi qui as raison" 6 5 Out
Quarter-final 6 - 04.16.70 - 23 December 1969
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Result
Points Place
1 Bébé Suong "La fête aus musiciens" 5 4= 3 Out
2 Cecily Forde "Prends ma main" 5 4= 4 Out
3 Serge Davignac "Monsieur du printemps" 20 2 1 Public Qualifier
4 Lucienne Troka "Dix épines pour une rose" 15 3 2 Out
5 Joanna "A huit heurs au printemps" 5 4= 5 Out
6 Johnny White "Quand on est amoureux" 50 1 6 Jury Qualifier
Semi-Finals

The qualifiers in the semi-finals were decided by two different juries and a public postcard vote. The first jury (Jury A) consisted of 100 people across 10 cities in Belgium who would be phoned and asked to vote for 1 song. The second jury (Jury B) consisted of 100 young people who each voted for a song. Jury A and Jury B voted simultaneously but since the postcard voting started after the semi-final had already taken place and the jury qualifiers were already known, the jury qualifiers would often place low in the public vote. The winner of each jury and public vote qualified; Jury A's qualifier was decided first, then Jury B then the public.

Semi-final 1 - 03.12.70 - 6 January 1970
Draw Artist Song Jury A Points Jury B Points Public Result
Points Place Points Place
1 Andrée Simons "Perle d'étoile" 11 2 24 3 1 Public Qualifier
2 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Nous serons toi et moi" 10 3= 25 2 5 Jury B Qualifier
3 Ann Christy "Le vent, le temps" 10 3= Unknown Unknown 4 Out
4 Marc Bertrand "Notre raison de vivre" 8 5 Unknown Unknown 2 Out
5 Eddy Pascal "Virginia" 6 6 Unknown Unknown 3 Out
6 Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" 55 1 48 1 6 Jury A Qualifier
Semi-final 2 - 02.09.70 - 20 January 1970
Draw Artist Song Jury A Points Jury B Points Public Result
Points Place Points Place
1 Johnny White "Quand on est amoureux" 16 3 Unknown Unknown 1 Public Qualifier
2 Andrée Simons "La belle époque" 38 1 Unknown Unknown 6 Jury A Qualifier
3 Marc Bertrand "Ne prends pas la vie comme elle vient" 12 4 Unknown Unknown 2 Out
4 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" 29 2 42 1 5 Jury B Qualifier
5 Frédéric François "Comme tous les amoureux" 3 5 Unknown Unknown 3 Out
6 Serge Davignac "Monsieur le printemps" 2 6 Unknown Unknown 4 Out
Final

Serge & Christine Ghisoland and Andrée Simons, who had each qualified two songs for the final, both decided in advance to withdraw one of their songs ("Nous serons toi et moi" and "Perle d'étoile" respectively) in order not to risk splitting their vote, leaving only four songs in the final. The winning song was chosen by a combination of two juries: Jury A consisted of 600 TV viewers from 6 cities who were gathered in Dinant, and Jury B consisted of one jury from each of the other eleven participating countries in Eurovision 1970 and several journalists.

Final - 01.04.70 - 3 February 1970
Draw Artist Song Jury A Jury B Total Place
1 Andrée Simons "La belle époque" 126 250 376 3
2 Serge & Christine Ghisoland "Laï laï laï" 270 0 270 4
3 Johnny White "Quand on est amoureux" 357 167 524 2
4 Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" 230 583 813 1

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Vallée performed 5th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding France. At the close of voting "Viens l'oublier" had received 5 points (3 from France and 1 apiece from Ireland and Luxembourg), placing Belgium joint 8th (with Italy and Monaco) of the 12 entries. The Belgian jury awarded 9 of its 10 points to contest winners Ireland, the highest ever mark given by one country to another under the 10-points-per-jury system.

Voting

Points awarded to Belgium
Score Country
3 points  France
1 point
Points awarded by Belgium
Score Country
9 points  Ireland
1 point  Monaco

References

  1. ^ Vermeulen, André (2021). Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 978-94-014-7609-6. OCLC 1240241113.
  2. "Chansons Euro '70 - België 1970". Songfestival.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ESC National Finals database - Belgium final 1970
  4. ESC History - Belgium 1970
  5. ^ "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
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