Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "", written by Joseph Reynaerts, Dany Willem, and Philippe Anciaux, and performed by Reynaert himself. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
1988 Wallon broadcaster (RTBF) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 representing Belgium. It held the national final on 28 February 1988 at 20:05 CET in its studios in Brussels, hosted by Patrick Duhamel. The winner was chosen by an expert jury and a public jury, consisting of 500 selected television viewers. The full results of the voting were not made public, and only the winning song was announced.
+ Final – 28 February 1988 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result 1 Cap Segal "Les couleurs de tes nuits" 2 Gil Cassan "Fragile" Jean-Marie Renuart 3 Yannick Darkman and Samantha Gilles "Exister pour aimer" 4 Nathalie D. "S'évader" Richard Drachman 5 Marianne Eden and Nico Zangardi "L'oeil médiatique" 6 Frank Michael and Martine Laurent "Mélodie" 7 Chantal Nicaise "On a..." Chantal Nicaise 8 Gianni Polizzi "Betty Blue" 9 Reynaert "Laissez briller le soleil" 1 10 Frédéric Ruyman "Puisque l'amour ne suffit pas" Frédéric Ruyman 11 Fabienne Sevrin "Laissez-nous croire" 12 Toxic "Perdu dans l'infini"
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on RTBF1 (with commentary by Pierre Collard-Bovy) and TV1 (with commentary by Luc Appermont). It was also broadcast on radio station BRT 2.
On the night of the final Reynaert performed 16th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of the voting "" had received 5 points, placing Belgium joint 18th (with ) of the 21 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to the .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Belgium Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Belgium Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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