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| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) | |||
| Country |  Belgium | |||
| Selection process | Eliminatoires Belges du Grand Prix de la Chanson Européenne | |||
| Selection date | 24 February 1980 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Euro-Vision" | |||
| Artist | Telex | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 14 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Belgium was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Euro-Vision", written by Michel Moers,Dan Lacksman, andMarc Moulin, and performed by themselves under their stage nameTelex. The Belgian participating broadcaster, WalloonRadio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.
Walloon broadcasterRadio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 representing Belgium. The final took place on 24 February 1980 and was hosted by former Belgian Eurovision entrantJean Vallée. Each song was presented as a pre-recorded video from the RTBF studios. The show was broadcast at 19:55CET until 20:35 CET, after which a jury deliberated for 2 hours and at 22:35 CET a five minute show was broadcast with the announcement of the winning song, but no other results were revealed.[1][2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| 1 | Bruno Brel | "Être heureux, rien qu'une heure" | Bruno Brel |
| 2 | Domani | "Tu es toute ma vie" | Luigi Verderame,Nelly Byl |
| 3 | Lou and The Hollywood Bananas | "Et puis, et puis... rien" | Lou Deprijck, Jay Alanski |
| 4 | Kevin Morane | "Ivre de vie" | Kevin Morane |
| 5 | Sonia | "La star maniaque" | Michel Croiseau, Eliane Pamart, Roquery |
| 6 | Telex | "Euro-Vision" | Dan Lacksman, Michel Moers,Marc Moulin |
| 7 | Timothy | "Parle-moi, grand-père" | Timothy Hagelstein, Collins |
On the night of the final Telex performed last in the running order, followingSpain. At the close of the voting "Euro-Vision" had received 14 points, placing Belgium 17th of the 19 entries.[3] SingerMarc Moulin later claimed that the band had hoped to finish last and blamed the Portuguese jury for thwarthing their aims, although how much of this was bravado after a bad result in the contest is open to conjecture.[citation needed] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winnersIreland.[4]
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