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| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT) | |||
| Country |  Belgium | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song:Euro-Clouseau | |||
| Selection date | 9 March 1991 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Geef het op" | |||
| Artist | Clouseau | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 16th, 23 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Belgium was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Geef het op", written by Kris Wauters,Koen Wauters, Bob Savenberg, andJan Leyers, and performed by the bandClouseau. The Belgian participating broadcaster, FlemishBelgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.
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Clouseau were chosen internally by Flemish broadcasterBelgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT) to be that year's Belgian representatives. In June 1990, the BRT had signed an agreement with Clouseau to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest, but this agreement was not revealed to the public until 1 September 1990. On 9 March 1991,Euro-Clouseau was broadcast live at 20:10CET onTV1.Euro-Clouseau was held in the Casino Cursaal inOstend and was hosted by Jessica de Caluwe. The show featured archive footage of Clouseau's career, and Clouseau also performed several songs from their repertoire, three of which ("Geef het op", "Hilda", and "Ik kan zonder jou") were candidate songs for the Eurovision Song Contest. The band made their own choice from the three songs and announced "Geef het op" as the song they would perform in Rome.[1][2]
| Draw | Song | Songwriters | Place |
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| 1 | "Hilda" | Koen Wauters,Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg | – |
| 2 | "Ik kan zonder jou" | Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg, Karel Theys | – |
| 3 | "Geef het op" | Koen Wauters, Kris Wauters, Bob Savenberg,Jan Leyers | 1 |
On the evening of the final Clouseau performed 18th in the running order, followingGermany and precedingSpain. At the close of the voting "Geef het op" had received 23 points from seven countries (the highest being 5 fromFrance andItaly), placing Belgium 16th out of 22 entries.[3] The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points toSwitzerland.[4]
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