Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "", written and performed by Jean Vallée. The Belgian participating broadcaster, French-speaking (RTB), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
Format '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.
also went by an alternative name in French-language 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. + Competing entries Artist SongSongwriter(s)Composer(s)Lyricist(s)"La belle époque""Perle d'etoile", Luc D'AvrayAnn Christy"Le vent, le temps" colspan="2" "Merci, printemps"Claude Lombard, Freddy Zeggers"La fête aus musiciens" colspan="2" "Le temps d'avril" colspan="2" "On m'avait dit" colspan="2" "Triste été" colspan="2" Cecily Forde"Mon amour est tombé du nid"R. Morès, P. Philippe"Prends ma main"Harry Frekin, Cecily FordeConcetta di Maria"Marche le temps" colspan="2" "Oui, mais quand"Raymond Vincent, Igor MinariefEddy Pascal"Oublie que tu l'aimes" colspan="2" "Virginia"G. HoussaFrédéric François"Comme tous les amoureux"Frédéric FrançoisMarino Atria, Alain DarmorJacques Albin"Chatte"J.C. AlbinJean Narcy"Une rose", J. Postula, C. AvanchesJean Vallée"Viens l'oublier"Jean ValléeJoanna"A huit heurs au printemps" colspan="2" "Flash-back" colspan="2" "Mary-Ann" colspan="2" "Quand on est amoureux"Peter Laine, A. HoppeJosiane Janvier"Tu seras celui-là"Claude AvranchesLucienne Troka"Dix épines pour une rose" colspan="2" "Toi soleil" colspan="2" Marc Bertrand"Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient"Jean-Pierre Pleyel"Notre raison de vivre"Jean-Pierre Pleyel, Jean-Marc BertrandMiles Kovac"Mélodie d'automne" colspan="2" Nicole Josy"C'est toi qui as raison" colspan="2" "Je n'en reviens pas" colspan="2" Rosy Dany"Ce n'etait que l'amour" colspan="2" "Et moi je chante" colspan="2" Serge & Christine Ghisoland"Laï laï laï"Serge Ghisoland"Nous serons toi et moi"Serge GhisolandSerge Davignac"La vie", Serge Davignac"Monsieur du printemps" colspan="2"
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 Artist SongJuryPublicResult 1"Le temps d'avril"1934 2Eddy Pascal"Oublie que tu l'aimes"065 3Cecily Forde"Mon amour est tombé du nid"943 4Serge & Christine Ghisoland"Laï laï laï"4916Jury Qualifier 5Ann Christy"Le vent, le temps"2021Public Qualifier 6Concetta di Maria"Marche le temps"352 +Quarter-final 2 - 08.32.70 - 28 October 1969 Artist SongJuryPublicResult 1Rosy Dany"Et moi je chante"454 2Serge Davignac"La vie"1632 3Nicole Josy"Je n'en reviens pas"1243 4Jean Vallée"Viens l'oublier"4015Jury Qualifier 5Joanna"Flash-back"166 6Marc Bertrand"Ne prends pas le temps comme il vient"2721Public Qualifier +Quarter-final 3 - 07.28.70 - 11 November 1969 Artist SongJuryPublicResult 1Eddy Pascal"Virginia"1521Public Qualifier 2Josiane Janvier"Tu seras celui-là"653 3"Mary-Ann"942 4"On m'avait dit"1134 5Jacques Albin"Chatte"365 6"La belle époque"5616Jury Qualifier +Quarter-final 4 - 06.24.70 - 25 November 1969 Artist SongJuryPublicResult 1Miles Kovacs"Mélodie d'automne"165 2Lucienne Troka"Toi soleil"554 3Jean Narcy"Une rose"1042 4"Perle d'etoile"4216Jury Qualifier 5Frédéric François"Comme tous les amoureux"2821Public Qualifier 6Ann Christy"Merci, printemps"1433 +Quarter-final 5 - 05.20.70 - 9 December 1969 Artist SongJuryPublicResult 1Rosy Dany"Ce n'etait que l'amour"32 2Marc Bertrand"Notre raison de vivre"21Public Qualifier 3Concetta di Maria"Oui, mais quand"53 4"Triste été"44 5Serge & Christine Ghisoland"Nous serons toi et moi"16Jury Qualifier 6Nicole Josy"C'est toi qui as raison"65 +Quarter-final 6 - 04.16.70 - 23 December 1969 Artist SongJuryPublicResult 1"La fête aus musiciens"543 2Cecily Forde"Prends ma main"544 3Serge Davignac"Monsieur du printemps"2021Public Qualifier 4Lucienne Troka"Dix épines pour une rose"1532 5Joanna"A huit heurs au printemps"545 6"Quand on est amoureux"5016Jury 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 Artist SongJury A PointsJury B PointsPublicResult 1"Perle d'étoile"1122431Public Qualifier 2Serge & Christine Ghisoland"Nous serons toi et moi"1032525Jury B Qualifier 3Ann Christy"Le vent, le temps"103 4 4Marc Bertrand"Notre raison de vivre"85 2 5Eddy Pascal"Virginia"66 3 6Jean Vallée"Viens l'oublier"5514816Jury A Qualifier
+Semi-final 2 - 02.09.70 - 20 January 1970 Artist Song Jury A PointsJury B PointsPublicResult 1"Quand on est amoureux"163 1Public Qualifier 2"La belle époque"381 6Jury A Qualifier 3Marc Bertrand"Ne prends pas la vie comme elle vient"124 2 4Serge & Christine Ghisoland"Laï laï laï"2924215Jury B Qualifier 5Frédéric François"Comme tous les amoureux"35 3 6Serge Davignac"Monsieur le printemps"26 4
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 Artist Song Jury A Jury B Total Place 1"La belle époque"1262503763 2Serge & Christine Ghisoland"Laï laï laï"2700 2704 3"Quand on est amoureux"3571675242 4Jean Vallée"Viens l'oublier"2305838131
At Eurovision On the night of the final Vallée performed 5th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 5 points (3 from France and 1 apiece from and ), placing Belgium joint 8th (with and ) 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 1 point
+ Points awarded by Belgium Score Country 9 points 1 point
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