2017 song by Blanche
"City Lights " is a song performed by Belgian singerBlanche . The songrepresented Belgium in theEurovision Song Contest 2017 ,[ 1] and it finished in 4th place in the grand final on 13 May 2017. The song was intended to be released as a digital download on 8 March 2017 throughPIAS Belgium , but leaked throughSpotify the night before.[ 2] [ 3]
While Blanche's song "City Lights" had been previously announced to be released on 8 March 2017, the song leaked the night before throughSpotify . It was released as a digital download on 8 March.[ 2] [ 4]
Eurovision Song Contest [ edit ] On 22 November 2016, it was announced that Blanche would be representing Belgium at theEurovision Song Contest 2017 .[ 1] Belgium competed at the Eurovision Song Contest's first half of the first semi-final[ 5] [ 6] that took place on 9 May 2017, and finished 4th, gaining enough points to compete in the final. Belgium ended up with 363 points on 4th place in the Grand Final, receiving 12 points from Ireland's jury and the televote in Estonia, Poland, Latvia and Sweden.[ 7]
Chart (2017) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[ 25] 6 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[ 26] 20
Region Certification Certified units /salesBelgium (BRMA )[ 27] 2× Platinum 40,000‡ ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
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Songs
Final Semi-finals "Apollo " "Blackbird" "Breathlessly" "Dance Alone" "Dying to Try" "In Too Deep" "Keep the Faith" "Line" "My Turn" "On My Way " "Paper " "Rain of Revolution" "Space" "Spirit of the Night" "Verona " "World " Withdrawn