Belgium was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Een tocht door het donker", written and performed by Thor!. The Belgian participating broadcaster, (VRT), selected its entry for the contest with a national final titled Eurosong for Kids 2006, consisting of 10 songs competing over two semi-finals and a final.
Before Eurovision
Eurosong for Kids 2006 Eurosong for Kids was the national final organised by Belgian broadcaster (VRT) to select its entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Format The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In all shows, the results were based on the votes from a three-member adult "expert" jury, a kids jury, Radio 2 jury, Radio Donna jury and televoting. The televote counted for 1/3 of the overall vote, with the other 4 juries counting for 1/6. The members of the "expert" jury were Els De Schepper, Heidi Lenaerts and Ronny Mosuse. The winning song from each semi-final qualified for the final along with the 3 overall best scoring non-winners.
Semi-final The first semi-final took place on 17 September 2006. Thor! advanced directly for the final, winning the semi-final with 70 points. Lizz@xy and Attic also qualified as two of the three overall best scoring non-winners with 67 and 60 points respectively. + Semi-final 1 – 17 September 2006 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place 1 Kristel "Zal je ooit"3418 52 4 2 Attic "Ik doe alle dingen"4020 60 3 3 Suzanne "Zeg het mij"3516 51 5 4 Lizz@xy "Ik doe wat ik wil"4522 67 2 5Thor!"Een tocht door het donker"4624 70 1 + Detailed Jury VotesSong Total 1"Zal je ooit" 8 8 9 9 34 2"Ik doe alle dingen" 9 10 10 11 40 3"Zeg het mij" 10 9 8 8 35 4"Ik doe wat ik wil"12 1112 10 45 5"Een tocht door het donker" 1112 1112 46
Semi-final 2 The second semi-final took place on 24 September 2006. The Fireflies advanced directly for the final, winning the semi-final with 71 points. Nicolas also qualified as one of the three overall best scoring non-winners with 62 points. + Semi-final 2 – 24 September 2006 Artist SongJuryTelevote Total Place 1 Nikkie "Echte vrienden"3916 55 4 2 Nicolas "Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"4022 62 2 3 Arlieke "Waarom liet je mij daar staan"3618 54 5 4 Melissa "Hé jij"3720 57 3 5 The Fireflies "Waarom?"4724 71 1 + Detailed Jury VotesSong Total 1"Echte vrienden" 11 9 9 10 39 2"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt" 10 1012 9 40 3"Waarom liet je mij daar staan" 9 11 8 8 36 4"Hé jij" 8 8 10 11 37 5"Waarom?"1212 1112 47
Final The final was held on 1 October 2006. The winner was "Een tocht door het donker" performed by Thor!.
+ Final – 1 October 2006 Artist SongJuryTelevote Total Place 1Thor!"Een tocht door het donker"4724711 2 The Fireflies "Waarom?"3920 59 2 3 Lizz@xy "Ik doe wat ik wil"3522 57 3 4 Attic "Ik doe alle dingen"3918 57 3 5 Nicolas "Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"4016 56 5 + Detailed Jury VotesSong Total 1"Een tocht door het donker"121212 11 47 2"Waarom?" 11 10 9 9 39 3"Ik doe wat ik wil" 8 11 8 8 35 4"Ik doe alle dingen" 9 9 11 10 39 5"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt" 10 8 1012 40
At Eurovision At Junior Eurovision, Belgium performed in thirteenth position, before Croatia and after Belarus. Belgium placed in 7th position with 71 points; the highest of which was 10 points, which came from Croatia.
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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