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Internal selection for Belgium in 2009
Belgium is the next country to reveal its plans, with French-language broadcaster RTBF confirming to partner site Belgovision.com that it will once again use an internal selection to select the Belgian contestant for Moscow.
RTBF, the French language broadcaster, and VRT, the Flemish language one, take it in turns to choose the Belgian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. While VRT usually embarks on a long-lasting Eurosong national final, RTBF prefers to choose internally, with varying levels of success - from a 2nd place for Urban Trad in Riga 2003 to a bottom 5 place in the semi final for the Krazy Mess Groovers in Helsinki 2007.
It is as yet unknown as to when RTBF will make the announcement about its selected song for 2009 or how the artists under consideration will be determined.
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Mina:
To me Hungary sounds like the Swedish 1994 entry "Stjärnorna". The line "when you love me by sweet ..." is almost identical to the Swedish song.
Azerbaijan, Moldova, Turkey, Bosnia and San Marino are the songs I listen more often to 
As this is a Belgian article - I hope Kate Ryan will appear in the Schlager Pride Eurovision show in Stockholm tonight
Bosnia&Herzegovina has grown on me! (shocked!)
@johnny: yeh its winter here 
sooooo its been bloody cold!!! well byour standars lol, like 14C with rain, so that kinda compounds it... however today is a nice 23C hehe kinda like brit sumer aye lol 
Jonny,
The last (3rd) hour of the show they were only playing ESC hits, and also some MF songs !?
Jonny,
from your list I only liked and still like Russia and Moldova. At 1st I liked Hungary too, until I realised it was identical to a Celine Dion song and it lost all its appeal for me.
I don't think any song has really 'grown on me'..it's more a case of songs 'growing off me'..lol..I used to like the Portuguese song but now it bores me to death..and I found the Armenian song 'sufferable' (I'm sure there's not such a word ) but now I can't stand it...and the Israeli song also I find it a little boring these days.
The ones I listen to more often are the Russian one, the Norwegian one and the (shame on me, I know!) Latvian one.
Jonny,
Apart from Russia I liked those songs from the beginning. The Russian song has not yet grown on me but I still think they deserved to win. Their performance was great
The songs that grew on me were Portugal, San Marino, FYR Macedonia and even Norway.
It's Eurovision night on Radio International now. There was an interview with René Romkes about the Dutch selection.
Jonny,
LOL, but admit that the Azeri song has grown on you
Jonny:
LOL.
I wonder if there's something wrong with me - I voted for Azerbaijan and Bosnia
In Sweden we usually have hot summers but last year it was raining a lot.
And then we told my little brother that we were going on holiday to Azerbaijan and he got really scared lol
HAHAHA I can imagine that scene!
Mina/Jonny:
When I watched the KMG video yesterday I was also struck by the similarities between "Love Power" and "Even if". Perhaps that's why I liked the UK entry.
I think "Je t'adore" is my favourite Belgian entry but I like their 2002, 2004 and 2007 songs as well. If I should pick a ballad I'd say 1993 "Iemand als jij".
And we're having a very hot summer too, about 30 degrees.
Just out of interest, what is the temperature in Athens at the moment? Because we are having our hottest summer for years and on Monday, it was 31 degrees celsius in my garden!
It's 33 C but it feels hotter.
My favorite Belgian entry ever is " Rendez-vous"....
Jonny,
1 life was one of my favourites, too..I was talking about the last 4 yrs Belgian entries 
And you don't want to know what my dad said when he saw (and heard) Elnur
@johnny: my grandfather spat at the screen when he saw laka...
my cousin almost wet her pants at azerbaijan, shame u guys probz wont get this joke but we all dubbed samir the paddle pop lion, and when my grandma finally got it she fell off the lounge in laughter..
when Bosnia-Herz came on . . . . . well you can imagine what they were thinking!
Many hilarious moments with Bosnia this year, I should have voted for them only for the funny moments they gave me. You should see my mum's face...when they showed a close up of Laka's eyes she was terrified..lolllllll
About Belgian entries, Love Power last year sounded like Even if this year, didn't it? Similar style.
Now if I had to choose a favourite entry from the last 4 years it would be Le grand soir.. I liked that song much more than Je t'adore (which I also liked)...but I prefer ballads so it's no surpise
Jacques Dusart:
I guess it's a matter of taste. I prefer some of the Flemish entries. Ishtar wasn't one of my favourites this year though but I liked the Belgian entry last year.
@Stockholm calling ,
To say that the Flanders sending the best entries, is a joke! Look at the results of the French-speaking entries and the flemish ones...And Isthar is the worst entry ever for me!
@marc x,
The problems in Belgium are only political, and the majority of the Belgians want to still live together, besides some separatists frustrated and intolerant.
I can imagine viewers all around europe thinking "what are they taking in Belgium!???!"
LOL that reminded me of a friend's reaction....ofcourse I knew the songs from months before so I wasn't surprised...she didn't. So we were watching Ishtar and she turned to me and said 'what language do they speak in Belgium? I thought they spoke French?' LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL
correction...stage..not scene.
I didn't find the Belgian entry the worst of this year..Ireland, Estonia and Latvia (although less than the former 2) were the worst for me. I take Eurovision seriously, I hate jokes entries no matter where they come from.
The Belgian song was cute in a way..well the girl was and she had a nice voice..but for me to like a song in a non-existing language it has to have an awesome music..that song was like it belonged to a fairytale or something, not on a Eurovision scene.
I do believe that Belgium - partly because of its current political problems - WILL surprise next year. If only to prove one community to another withing its own borders they ARE capable to set an example there (and we all know the Walloon entries have proven more successful than the Flemish ones over the years). I found the Flemish decision to send in an entry like Ishtar not in the least 'courageous' and no-one knew what its effect would be. Unfortunatly for them, the effect was rather bad. Well, better luck next year I hope.
Vincent... the fact you didn't get the point of either the Belgian or the Irish entries doesn't surprise me one bit. The Belgians were (perhaps for your modern-orientated ears) too classical-based. The Irish just dared to mock and jest the current ESC-flow you so much adore.
Mina,
i am a big, huge fan of this contest and i fund Ishtar and their song nerving, torturing ridiculous and i haven't still got the point, the message or even the atmosphere of this entry. For me maybe the worst entry of ESC 2008 tgether with Ireland and Estonia
2007 and 2008 was nothing special from Belgium.
This is so true. In 2008, while eurofans loved Ishtar, the viewers (which have different taste) laughed with the Belgian entry and found it ridiculous.
hope neither Belgium nor any ther country will find a solution in copying countries which scored high in the last years
Well, they didn't copy anyone this year and look at the result..lol
They shouldn't copy but at the same time they should pay attention to what Europe likes if they want to do well.
I wish the best to the Belgian entry in Moscow!
They deserve - at least - a FINAL!!!!!
Mina and Marc,
i can perfectly understand that this must be furstrating for Belgium. And Belgium is in good company with some countries which do not make it to the finals yeae after year..what i would just like to say is that i hope neither Belgium nor any ther country will find a solution in copying countries which scored high in the last years. I am not saying that this has happened, i just say, i wouldn't like this if it happened. On the other hand, we can not change the whole rules, current voting system, the tastes and habits of the current ESC just to make it possible for some countries to pass the finals.
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