Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960

Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	Eurosong
Selection date(s)	24 January 1960
Selected entrant	Fud Leclerc
Selected song	"Mon amour pour toi"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jack Say; Robert Montal;
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 9 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium was represented by Fud Leclerc, with the song "Mon amour pour toi", at the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 March in London. The song was chosen in the Belgian national final on 24 January. This was the third of Leclerc's four appearances for Belgium at Eurovision.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final took place at the INR studios in Brussels, and was hosted by & . Five songs participated and the winner was chosen by an "expert" jury. Among the other participants was Solange Berry, who had represented Luxembourg in the 1958 contest.^[1] The winning title "Mon amour pour toi" was written by Robert Montal and composed by Jack Say.

**24 January 1960**
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Mary Thé	"À plein cœur"	-
2	Lily Vincent	"Il y a bien longtemps"	-
3	Fud Leclerc	"Mon amour pour toi"	1
4	Solange Berry	"On m'attend"	-
5	Ferry Devos	"Vieux carnet"	-

At Eurovision[]

"Mon amour pour toi" was conducted by Henri Segers and performed 5th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Norway. 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 France.^[2] It was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1961 contest by Bob Benny performing "September, gouden roos".

Voting[]

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Points awarded to Belgium^[3]
Score	Country
4 points	Sweden
3 points	Italy
1 point	Austria Germany

Points awarded by Belgium^[3]
Score	Country
3 points	France
2 points	Germany
1 point	Austria Italy Netherlands Norway United Kingdom

References[]

^ ESC National Finals database 1962
^ ESC History - Belgium 1960
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of London 1960". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

External links[]

[1] Info & lyrics for "Mon amour pour toi"

[1] ESC National Finals database 1962

[2] ESC History - Belgium 1960

[1960detailed-3] "Results of the Final of London 1960". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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