Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Belgium was represented by Serge & Christine Ghisoland, with the song "À la folie ou pas du tout", at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Edinburgh on 25 March. "À la folie ou pas du tout" was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held at the RTB studios in Brussels on 15 February. The Ghisolands had previously participated in the Belgian final in 1970.

Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Country Belgium
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: Eurovision de la Chanson
Selection date(s)Artist: October 1971
Song: 15 February 1972
Selected entrantSerge & Christine Ghisoland
Selected song"À la folie ou pas du tout"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Daniel Nélis
  • Bob Milan
Finals performance
Final result17th, 55 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1971 • 1972 • 1973►

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

In October 1971, RTB announced that they had internally selected Serge and Christine Ghisoland to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972.[1]

Eurovision de la Chanson

Eurovision de la Chanson was the national final format developed by RTB in order to select Belgium's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1972. The competition was held on 15 February 1972 and was broadcast on RTB.[2]

Competing entries

Following announcement of Ghisolands as Belgian representatives, song submission period was opened where composers were able to submit their songs until 31 December 1971. RTB in collaboration with SABAM selected ten songs from the received songs to participate in the contest.[3]

Final

Final was held on 15 February 1972 from 20:10 to 20:50 CET. Ten songs competed in the contest with the winner being decided upon by postcard voting and televoting.[4][5]

Final – 15 February 1972
Draw Song Place
1 "À la folie ou pas du tout" 1
2 "Derrière mes carreaux" 5
3 "Femme" 2
4 "Je t'aimerai encore plus fort" 7
5 "La rose" 8
6 "Marylin" 9
7 "Quand on se réveille" 6
8 "Tant que mon coeur" 4
9 "Un enfant" 10
10 "Vivre sans toi" 3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final the Ghisolands performed 16th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding eventual winner Luxembourg. The song seemed rather quaint and old-fashioned in comparison to many of the year's other entries, and at the close of the voting "À la folie ou pas du tout" had received 55 points, placing Belgium 17th of the 18 entries, ahead only of Malta.[6][7]

Voting

References
  1. https://songfestival.be/geschiedenis/31310/
  2. https://songfestival.be/geschiedenis/31310/
  3. https://songfestival.be/geschiedenis/31310/
  4. https://songfestival.be/geschiedenis/31310/
  5. ESC National Finals database 1972
  6. "Final of Edinburgh 1972". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ESC History - Belgium 1972
  8. "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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