Peter van de Veire, VRT’s commentator to the Eurovision Song Contest confirmed to the Belgian fan media website Songfestival.be that Belgium plans to attend the 2025 contest and select their participant via a national selection. The country, which is part of the low countries region, alternates between Flemish and French-speaking entrants. This year is the turn of VRT, the Flemish …
Brussels, 10 January 2023 Belgium have kicked off the week-long Eurosong marathon. From Monday to Friday, we’ll get to know the participants in Eurosong 2023, and their songs. Every day, VRT will release a 30 minute reality show, presenting the contestants during their bootcamp (or “songclub”). During this bootcamp, each artist will showcase their two songs, with their competition listening …
For the first time since 2016 Belgium has returned to a national final format to select their new Eurovision artist, which means we got an opportunity to interview some of the national final participants! Our first interview features up-and-coming artist Chérine, who prior to Eurosong has competed on both The Voice Flanders in 2017 and The Voice France in 2022. …
Brussels, 15 December 2022 This morning we were treated with a surprise, courtesy of Belgium’s broadcaster VRT. The titles of the fourteen songs competing in their national selection, Eurosong, have been revealed, alongside snippets of their live renditions. Earlier, 7 artists had been revealed to be taking part in Belgium’s upcoming selection, Eurosong (their first edition since 2016). Each participating …
Brussels, 22 September 2022 A few bits of news have come up about the upcoming Belgian NF. Next year, it will be the turn of Flemish broadcaster VRT to organize the Belgium participation at Eurovision, and after choosing internally for two consequetive contests, VRT hasopted to revert back to their public selection, Eurosong. Details about how Eurosong would be organized …
Hooverphonic, who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021, have announced a European tour in late 2021. This will be Hooverphonic’s first European tour since the return of singer Geike Arnaert to the band and Hooverphonic will be promoting their 11th studio album, Hidden Stories, during the concerts. So far, the tour has 18 dates, and Hooverphonic will …
Laura Tesoro, who represented Belgium at Eurovision 2016, has opened up about her Eurovision experience, revealing that she struggled with the stress and pressure of participating in Eurovision. In an interview with Belgian radio channel MNM, Tesoro talked at length about the ups and downs of her experiences in Stockholm. Commenting on the fact that she lost a significant amount …
As we head into Eurovision week, we are almost at the end of our Road to Rotterdam, covering all 39 acts and their journey to the contest. Next up, we take a look at one of the biggest names in this year’s show. With over two decades of hits and having cemented their name in Belgian music history, will we …
Brussels, 4 March 2021 We bring you good tidings from Belgium, for Hooverphonic have now officially released their Eurovision song. My-oh-my, is it a banger. The iconic Belgian trip hop band released their song, “The Wrong Place” earlier this morning on Peter Van de Veire’s Ochtendshow on the MNM (Music ‘n’ More) radio station. Van de Veire is the Flemish …
If you’re marking your calendar a lot lately, then you should do it once again, because after a very long wait, we finally have a date for when the Belgian entry will be released. About Hooverphonic Over the course of their 25-year career, Hooverphonic developed an instantly recognizable sound, somewhere between trip-hop and pop. From day 1, Alex Callier (producer/songwriter) …
