Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

On 14 January 2019, RTBF confirmed that Eliot Vassamillet would be representing Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[3] His song, "Wake Up", was officially released on 28 February 2019.[4]

Eliot made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Wake Up" as the Belgian Eurovision entry. On 6 April, he performed during the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam, hosted by Cornald Maas and Marlayne, to over 4,500 spectators.[5] Eliot also performed during the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris venue in London on 14 April, hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell.[6] He also promoted "Wake Up" at the Eurovision Pre-Party Madrid on 20 April.

Belgium performed tenth in the first semi-final, following the entry from Serbia and preceding the entry from Georgia. At the end of the show, Belgium was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Belgium placed thirteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 70 points: 20 points from the televoting and 50 points from the juries.

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results will be released shortly after the grand final.[9]

The following members comprised the Belgian jury:[9]

• Hakima Darhmouch (jury chairperson) – Head of the Music and Culture department RTBF
• Alex Germys – producer and DJ
• Joëlle Morane – choreographer
• Pierre Bertinchamps – journalist
• Olivier Biron – artist manager, festival management

Detailed voting results from Belgium (Semi-final 1)[10]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		H. Darhmouch	A. Germys	J. Morane	P. Bertinchamps	O. Biron	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	1	13	5	13	7	8	3	10	1
02	Montenegro	16	16	12	16	16	16		16
03	Finland	14	14	9	8	15	13		14
04	Poland	15	12	14	15	14	15		6	5
05	Slovenia	13	10	7	7	8	11		8	3
06	Czech Republic	2	7	4	12	1	3	8	5	6
07	Hungary	11	6	10	5	5	9	2	11
08	Belarus	9	4	3	6	10	7	4	13
09	Serbia	8	9	2	9	4	6	5	12
10	Belgium
11	Georgia	10	15	15	4	11	12		15
12	Australia	3	8	1	2	3	1	12	2	10
13	Iceland	5	2	16	1	2	2	10	4	7
14	Estonia	4	3	6	3	13	4	7	1	12
15	Portugal	6	5	11	10	9	10	1	3	8
16	Greece	7	1	8	11	6	5	6	7	4
17	San Marino	12	11	13	14	12	14		9	2

Detailed voting results from Belgium (Final)[11]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		H. Darhmouch	A. Germys	J. Morane	P. Bertinchamps	O. Biron	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Malta	15	9	17	19	13	17		21
02	Albania	26	26	25	20	26	26		12
03	Czech Republic	5	7	4	9	4	6	5	16
04	Germany	23	24	16	17	22	24		26
05	Russia	18	18	20	12	25	21		10	1
06	Denmark	17	15	3	8	16	10	1	13
07	San Marino	25	17	24	25	24	25		22
08	North Macedonia	20	25	7	23	23	18		18
09	Sweden	19	12	8	11	15	13		9	2
10	Slovenia	4	13	15	13	10	11		15
11	Cyprus	6	6	13	16	8	9	2	20
12	Netherlands	13	3	5	3	6	5	6	1	12
13	Greece	16	2	22	26	7	8	3	19
14	Israel	22	20	12	21	19	22		17
15	Norway	24	23	10	7	20	15		4	7
16	United Kingdom	11	10	19	18	11	16		24
17	Iceland	3	4	26	2	2	2	10	8	3
18	Estonia	12	14	14	10	14	14		11
19	Belarus	14	16	11	22	18	19		25
20	Azerbaijan	8	8	23	15	12	12		14
21	France	2	11	6	5	3	3	8	2	10
22	Italy	1	1	9	1	1	1	12	3	8
23	Serbia	21	21	21	14	17	23		23
24	Switzerland	7	5	1	6	9	4	7	6	5
25	Australia	9	19	2	4	5	7	4	7	4
26	Spain	10	22	18	24	21	20		5	6