Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

This article deals with the history of Belgium as a participant in the Junior Euro Song Contest.

Preliminary decisions

Originally an annual rotational basis between the RTBF ( Walloon ) and VRT (Flemish ) was planned, as it is practiced at the Euro Vision Song Contest. This principle, the VRT 's review of 2003 and the following year the RTBF was the train. As the competition in 2005 in Hasselt, Belgium took place, both transmitters contributed from a common preliminary round, the competition has also been designed by two transmitters.

Thereafter, however, the Walloon RTBF withdrew from the competition due to lack of interest, since the Flemish VRT was alone responsible for the Belgian contributions to JESC. Since the preliminary round junior EUR song was played every year. Up to and including 2009, this ran on één, 2010, he moved to the children's channel Ketnet. This now all Belgian contributions to Dutch were sung, although it during the preliminary round also were several songs that (partially) were sung in French.

Over the years, the selection mode is changed often, mostly it was doing several preliminary rounds, the winner made ​​from both a jury and spectators. Particularly noteworthy is the mode of Junior Euro Song 2009: In each case, two versions have been beaten by all contributions received and presented. In the preliminary round, the version is selected, in the case of victory is to represent Belgium at the JESC. From the winning entry Zo verliefd there was next to the yodelo variant still Classico variant without yodeling, the JESC Laura Omloop occurred with the yodeling version.

2013, drew the VRT from junior Euro Vision Song Contest back. The reason they gave to the decline in the interest of international competition. Since the preliminary decision, however, was very popular, was developed from Junior Euro Song a new, independent from the JESC Casting format for children. The popularity of the preliminary decision meant that the corresponding albums have taken in the Flemish charts often high positions, 2007, 2009 and 2010 occupied the former Junior Euro Song albums even place first

Participation in the competition

Belgium, in 2003 for the first time at the JESC part and since then every year up to and including, 2012. Though there was never enough to rank among the top three, but finished it in 2009 to fourth place with only eight points behind the winners from the Netherlands and, to a fifth place 2012. 2013 continued from Belgium for the first time, although it is one of only three countries had until then, had always participated.

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Others

• Belgium received the most points from the Dutch neighbors. Conversely, Belgium was also the most points to the Netherlands.
• 2009 occupied Belgium while the fourth place with eight points behind the Netherlands, but they were most frequently the maximum score of 12 points, a total of four times. The Netherlands received the highest score only three times.