Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Belgium was represented by Nathalie Sorce with the song '"Envie de vivre" at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Stockholm on 13 May. Sorce was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held in Brussels on 18 February.

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Country Belgium
National selection
Selection processFinale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 2000
Selection date(s)18 February 2000
Selected entrantNathalie Sorce
Selected song"Envie de vivre"
Finals performance
Final result24th, 2 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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French-language broadcaster RTBF was in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the 2000 Contest.

Before Eurovision

Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 2000

The final took place on 18 February 2000 at the RTBF Studio 6, hosted by Jean-Pierre Hautier. A public televote determined the winner, "Envie de vivre" performed by Nathalie Sorce. The results of the public televote were revealed by Belgium's six regions (four Walloon provinces with votes from Namur and Luxembourg being combined, a "Rest of Belgium" region covering the five Flemish provinces and Brussels) and led to the victory of Sorce by a margin of over 3,500 votes.[1]

Final – 18 February 2000
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Televote Place
1 Maria Canel "Et si..." (And if...) Maria Canel Ferreiro (m & l), Patrice de Matos de Morais (m) 2,518 10
2 Géraldine Cozier "Ma voie" (My way) Geraldine Cozier (m & l), Cécile Delamarre (m & l), Pascal Noel (m & l), Philippe Libois (m & l) 8,371 5
3 Gerlando "Rêve" (Dream) Fernando de Meersman (m), Hughes Maréchal (l) 4,002 9
4 Sabrina Klinkenberg "Tout ce que je suis" (All that I am) Alexis Vanderheyden (m), Jacques Broun (l) 11,085 3
5 La Teuf "Soldat de l'amour" (Soldier of love) Alec Mansion (m & l) 6,216 6
6 Mezzo Mezzo "Belgicanos" (Belgians) Silvio Pezzuto (m & l), Michel Ianiri (m), Juan Gonzalez (m) 10,750 4
7 Christel Pagnoul "Pour la vie" (For life) Francis Goya (m), Ralph Benatar (m), Christel Pagnoul (l), Valérie Weyer (l) 6,066 7
8 Frédéric Reynaerts "Le nomade m'a dit" (The nomad told me) Frédéric Reynaerts (m & l) 17,774 2
9 Nathalie Sorce "Envie de vivre" (Desire to live) Silvio Pezzuto (m & l) 21,362 1
10 Triana "Donne" (Give) Roberto D'Angelo (m & l), Filippo di Maira (m & l) 5,270 8

Controversy

After the final, there was initially some degree of uncertainty about the disproportionately high number of votes to Sabrina Klinkenberg from the province of Liège, but RTBF subsequently confirmed that it was correct, citing the fact that Klinkenberg was a native of that province as the most probable explanation, and pointing out that Sorce had also received an exceptionally high number of votes from her home province of Hainaut.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Sorce performed 10th in the running order, following Russia and preceding Cyprus. A somewhat shrill and at times off-key vocal performance, combined with a much-criticised choice of outfit, contributed towards an ignominious result, with only 2 points received (from the unlikely source of Macedonia) and a last place finish of the 24 entrants, the eighth time that Belgium had finished at the foot of the Eurovision scoreboard. The 12 points from the Belgian televote were awarded to Latvia.[2]

Points awarded by Belgium
12 points Latvia
10 points Denmark
8 points Netherlands
7 points Russia
6 points Germany
5 points Sweden
4 points Ireland
3 points Turkey
2 points Estonia
1 point Malta

Points awarded to Belgium
Points awarded to Belgium (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Macedonia

See also

References
  1. ESC National Finals database 2000
  2. ESC History - Belgium 2000
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