Belgium_in_the_Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005
Belgium as host country chose their Junior Eurovision entry for 2005 through Eurokids, a national final consisting of 12 songs competing over two semi-finals and a final. The winner of Eurokids was Lindsay Daenen with the song "Mes rêves".[1]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Belgium | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurokids 2005 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 4 September 2005 11 September 2005 Final: 18 September 2005 | |||
| Selected entrant | Lindsay | |||
| Selected song | "Mes rêves" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 63 points | |||
| Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Eurokids 2005
Eurokids 2005 was the national final for Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, organised by the two Belgian broadcasters: Flemish broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Walloon broadcaster Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF).
Format
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Each broadcaster chose six songs to compete, with the final winner representing Belgium at the contest.[2] From the semi-finals, the best scoring three French speaking and three Dutch speaking participants advanced to the final. In all shows, the results were based on the votes from a four-member adult "expert" jury, a kids jury, a radio jury and televoting. The televote counted for 2/5 of the overall vote, with the other 3 juries counting for 1/5. The "expert" jury consisted of two members from Flanders and another two from Wallonia: Marcel Vanthilt, André Vermeulen, Mélanie Cohl and Viktor Lazlo.
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 4 September 2005.[3]
| Semi-final 1 (4 September 2005) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place |
| 1 | Les Opposées | "J'en ai marre" | French | 40 | 6 |
| 2 | Max | "Voor eeuwig" | Dutch | 52 | 1 |
| 3 | Marie | "Non, stop" | French | 47 | 4 |
| 4 | Jess 'n Emmy | "Een gevoel" | Dutch | 50 | 2 |
| 5 | Nicolas | "Le nez dans les étoiles" | French | 46 | 5 |
| 6 | qROCKmadam | "Grenzen" | Dutch | 50 | 2 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 11 September 2005.[4]
| Semi-final 2 (11 September 2005) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place |
| 1 | Lila | "Een dagje uit" | Dutch | 50 | 2 |
| 2 | Mélanie | "Une fille ordinaire" | French | 41 | 6 |
| 3 | Matt | "De allermooiste van de klas" | Dutch | 44 | 4 |
| 4 | Céline | "Pourquoi" | French | 48 | 3 |
| 5 | Abigail | "Huisparty" | Dutch | 44 | 4 |
| 6 | Lindsay | "Mes rêves" | French | 60 | 1 |
Final
The final was held on 18 September 2005. The winner was "Mes rêves" performed by Lindsay.[1][5]
| Final (18 September 2005) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Marie | "Non, stop" | 28 | 14 | 42 | 5 |
| 2 | Jess 'n Emmy | "Een gevoel" | 26 | 18 | 44 | 4 |
| 3 | Céline | "Pourquoi" | 25 | 16 | 41 | 6 |
| 4 | qROCKmadam | "Grenzen" | 25 | 20 | 45 | 3 |
| 5 | Lindsay | "Mes rêves" | 36 | 24 | 60 | 1 |
| 6 | Max | "Voor eeuwig" | 31 | 22 | 53 | 2 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Expert Jury | Kids Jury | Radio Jury | Total |
| 1 | "Non, stop" | 10 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | "Een gevoel" | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | "Pourquoi" | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | "Grenzen" | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | "Mes rêves" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | "Voor eeuwig" | 11 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
At Junior Eurovision, Belgium performed in twelfth position, before Malta and after Latvia.[6] Belgium placed in 10th position with 63 points; the highest of which was 12 points, which came from the Netherlands.[7][8]
Voting
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- All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.
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