Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Euro-Vision", written by Michel Moers, Dan Lacksman, and Marc Moulin, and performed by themselves under their stage name Telex. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
Walloon broadcaster (RTBF) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 representing Belgium. The final took place on 24 February 1980 and was hosted by former Belgian Eurovision entrant Jean Vallée. Each song was presented as a pre-recorded video from the RTBF studios. The show was broadcast at 19:55 CET until 20:35 CET, after which a jury deliberated for 2 hours and at 22:35 CET a five minute show was broadcast with the announcement of the winning song, but no other results were revealed.
+ Final – 24 February 1980 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place 1 Bruno Brel "Être heureux, rien qu'une heure" Bruno Brel 2 Domani "Tu es toute ma vie" 3 Lou and The Hollywood Bananas "Et puis, et puis... rien" 4 Kevin Morane "Ivre de vie" Kevin Morane 5 Sonia "La star maniaque" 6 Telex "Euro-Vision" 1 7 Timothy "Parle-moi, grand-père"
At Eurovision On the night of the final Telex performed last in the running order, following . At the close of the voting "Euro-Vision" had received 14 points, placing Belgium 17th of the 19 entries. Singer Marc Moulin later claimed that the band had hoped to finish last and blamed the Portuguese jury for thwarthing their aims, although how much of this was bravado after a bad result in the contest is open to conjecture. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .
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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