Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Eurovision Song Contest 1959
Eurovision Song Contest 1959
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	Eurosong
Selection date(s)	1, 8, 15 February 1959
Selected entrant	Bob Benny
Selected song	"Hou toch van mij"
Selected songwriter(s)	Hans Flower; Ke Riema;
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 9 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium was represented by Bob Benny, with the song '"Hou toch van mij", at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 11 March in Cannes, France. The song was chosen at the Belgian national final on 15 February. Benny would represent Belgium again in the 1961 contest.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

Two semi-finals with nine songs in each were held on 1 and 8 February, with only the winning song going forward to the final. Details of participating songs are not currently known, nor how the winner was chosen. The final on 15 February was a head-to-head between "Hou toch van mij" and "Levenssymphonie" by Jo Leemans, with the former being declared the winner.^[1] The winning title was written by Ke Riema and composed by Hans Flower.

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the final Bob Benny performed last in the running order, following the United Kingdom. Voting was by 10-member national juries with each member awarding 1 point to his/her favourite song. At the close of the voting "Hou Toch Van Mij" had received 9 points (3 from Germany, 2 from Denmark and the United Kingdom and 1 from Monaco and the Netherlands), placing Belgium joint 6th (with Italy) of the 11 entries.^[2]