Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | ||||
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Country | Belgium | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 14 January 2019 Song: 28 February 2019 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Eliot | |||
Selected song | "Wake Up" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (13th) | |||
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Belgium participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Wake Up" written by Eliot Vassamillet and Pierre Dumoulin. The song was performed by Eliot, which is the artistic name of singer Eliot Vassamillet who was internally selected by the Walloon broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) in January 2019 to represent the nation at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. The song, "Wake Up", was presented to the public on 28 February 2019.
Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2019. Performing during the show in position 10, "Wake Up" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Belgium placed thirteenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 70 points.