As previously announced Belgium will hold it’s National Final in January, consisting of two semi-finals and a final. Today the Belgian broadcaster has announced that there will be an expert panel (with no actual powers). The panel will give comments and advice, but, will not have any say on the results, that will be decided by an international jury and …
Belgium: The Acts Have Selected Their Songs
Today, the Belgian broadcaster have revealed that they have selected the songs for their National Final, EuroSong 2016. VRT had an open selection for songs, which were all listened to and if they were suitable for the acts they were put forward to the acts who would ultimatly make the final decision. The acts have now selected their songs and …
Belgium: Meet The Hopefuls for Stockholm
Today, VRT, the Belgian broadcaster responsible for selecting the representative and song for Belgium in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, have revealed the 5 acts that will take part in this years Belgian National Final. The songs that the acts will be hoping will win them the right to represent Belgium in Stockholm will be revealed in January. The acts …
Is something big coming from Loïc Nottet?
Loïc Nottet, Belgium’s latest Eurovision star, has posted a 14-second teaser trailer for what is expected to be new material on his Facebook page. The clip sees Nottet walk inside what appears to be a power station cooling tower, with the caption alluding to a series of videos. Watch the clip below; The beginning … Part 1: Rhythm InsideSoon! Posted …
Belgium: Kate Ryan to return for second try at Eurovision.
It’s been just over a week since Eurovision 2015 in Vienna, but the rumour mill has already started for Sweden 2016. Kate Ryan, who represented Belgium in 2006 with her song Je t’adore is going for it again. Despite being such a fan favourite in Athens, she could only manage 12th place in the semi final, and crashed out before …
Loïc Nottet (Belgium): “This is a hard performance”
Loïc Nottet (Belgium) talks with ESC United’s Matt about the performance, his backup singers, and which American artists he likes. As seen in the interview, Loïc also shared a note to the ESC United readers. Last, here is footage from his Press Meet and Greet. Be sure to be on the lookout for more coverage of the 2015 Eurovision Song …
LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 1
It’s finally here, the moment fans across the continent (and now from down under) have been waiting for. We’re LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna for the first rehearsals of 2015! Today will see the first rehearsals from the countries in the first half of semi-final one. Moldova, Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Estonia and Macedonia will …
OGAE: Catch up with the current result
Four more votes from OGAE clubs were announced yesterday. It’s the turn of Belgium, Slovakia and Latvia while a confirmation of Portugal’s previous votes also strengthened the poll. Belgium 12 Norway 10 Italy 8 Sweden 7 Slovenia 6 Australia 5 Azerbaijan 4 Estonia 3 Spain 2 Israel 1 Russia Portugal – already reported but today confirmed 12 Italy 10 Norway …
The 2015 “Expert” Panel – BELGIUM
The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back once again reviewing all Eurovision songs and rank them accordingly. You are probably asking yourself on how we pick our panel and the criteria. We looked at people from all walks of life to bring together a unique group of panelists with a wide range in taste. They all bring different skills and …
TONIGHT: Belgium reveal “Rhythm Inside”
It’s been a long time coming but Belgium’s broadcaster RTBF, and their singer Loïc Nottet are ready to finally reveal what song they have been working on since the artist announcement last year! Today in a press conference it was revealed the entry would be called “Rhythm Inside” with Nottet’s representative from Sony Music, Philippe Coppens, saying that “our first …