Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Belgium originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Release Me", performed by Hooverphonic. The entry, written by Alex Callier and Luca Chiaravalli, was selected internally by the Flemish broadcaster VRT. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the contest was cancelled.

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Belgium
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 1 October 2019
Song: 17 February 2020
Selected entrantHooverphonic
Selected song"Release Me"
Selected songwriter(s)Alex Callier
Luca Chiaravalli
Finals performance
Semi-final resultCancelled
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

2020 is the 62nd time Belgium will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since its debut as one of seven inaugural countries at the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.[1] Belgium has won the contest once, in 1986 with the song "J'aime la vie" performed by Sandra Kim. The following year, Belgium hosted the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels. In 2019, Eliot Vassamillet represented Belgium with the song "Wake Up". The song failed to qualify to the grand final, placing 13th out of 17 entries in its semi final.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 1 October 2019, VRT announced Hooverphonic as the Belgian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.[2] Their song "Release Me" was released on 17 February 2020 together with the official music video.[3]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was due to take place at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with two semi finals on 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2020.[4] Belgium were due to compete in the second half of the first semi final on 12 May.[5] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contest was cancelled.

References
  1. "Belgium Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. Farren, Neil (1 October 2019). "Belgium: Hooverphonic to Eurovision 2020". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. Farren, Neil (17 February 2020). "Belgium: Hooverphonic to Sing "Release Me" at Eurovision 2020". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. "Rotterdam to host Eurovision 2020!". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  5. "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
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