Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

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Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Country Belgium
National selection
Selection processDe T.V. Maakt Muziek
Selection date(s)16 February 1957
Selected entrantBobbejaan Schoepen
Selected song"Straatdeuntje"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Harry Frekin
  • Eric Franssen
Finals performance
Final result8th, 5 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1956 1957 1958►

Belgium was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, on 3 March 1957, by Bobbejaan Schoepen with the song "Straatdeuntje", written by Harry Frekin and Eric Franssen and performed in Dutch. The song was chosen during a national final with Schoepen performing all entries.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

De T.V. Maakt Muziek
Bobbejaan Schoepen in the national final.

In the national final, all three songs were sung by Bobbejaan Schoepen. The three songs were presented during a music show called De T.V. Maakt Muziek. Schoepen did not sing the three entries live but they were rather presented like in video clips. National final was held on 16th February 1957 and at the beginning, it was announced that a jury would choose the winner. "Straatdeuntje" was the winning song and would become Belgium's third entry in the Eurovision Song Contest (as every country had two songs in the 1956 competition) and the first song submitted by the Flemish broadcaster as well as the first Belgian entry performed in Dutch.[1]

Draw Song Place
1 "Straatdeuntje" 1st
2 "Zomernacht in Gay Paree" Un­known
3 "Het beeld van mijn moeder" Un­known

At Eurovision[]

At the Eurovision Song Contest in Frankfurt, the Belgian entry was the first of the night preceding Luxembourg. Reflecting the song title, the stage was showing the picture of a street in the background. Schoepen delivered, as usual in these days, a simple performance which was remarkable because of the large whistling part in his song. At the close of voting, Belgium had received five points in total; the country finished shared eight among the ten participants. The Belgian jury gave half of its points, five, to the winning country, the Netherlands.

Voting[]

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song. Among the jury members was Francis Bay, who would go on to conduct the Belgian entry at Eurovision in nine future edition of the contest.[2]

Sources[]

  • Jan Feddersen: Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein, Hoffmann und Campe 2002

References[]

  1. ^ Belgian lyrics at Eurovision
  2. ^ "And the conductor is...|...a website dedicated to all conductors of the Eurovision Song Contest".
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Frankfurt 1957". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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