Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with the song "", composed by Jack Say, with lyrics by Robert Montal, and performed by Fud Leclerc. The French-speaking department of the Belgian participating broadcaster, the (NIR/INR), selected its entry through a national final. This was the third of Leclerc's four appearances for Belgium at Eurovision.
Before Eurovision
The (NIR/INR), whose official name in French was (INR), delegated its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 to its French-speaking department, which developed the national final format in order to select its entry for the contest. The national final was held during the first part of the show .
Competing Entries INR received 187 submissions, from which ten songs were selected over three days by a 10-member jury. The jury then chose five songs to participate in the televised selection and simultaneously determined the results of the selection.
Final Five entries competed in the competition which was held on 24 January 1960 at the INR studios in Brussels, and was hosted by and . The winner was chosen by an "expert" jury. Among the other participants was Solange Berry, who had represented .
+ Final - 24 January 1960 Artist Song Songwriter(s) PlaceComposer(s)Lyricist(s) 1 "À plein cœur" 2 Fud Leclerc "Il y a bien longtemps" 3 Fud Leclerc "Mon amour pour toi"Jack SayRobert Montal 1 4 Mary Thé "On m'attend"Edgard KermontRunbel 5 "Vieux carnet"
At Eurovision
"" was conducted by Henri Segers and performed 5th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of the voting it had received 9 points, placing Belgium 6th of the 13 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its highest mark (3) to contest winners . It was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1961 contest by Bob Benny performing "".
Voting Every participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.
+ Points awarded to Belgium Score Country 4 points 3 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Belgium Score Country 3 points 2 points 1 point
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