Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Belgium was represented by Louis Neefs, with the song "Ik heb zorgen", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. "Ik heb zorgen" was chosen at the Belgian national final on 25 February. Neefs would represent Belgium again in 1969.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 | ||||
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Canzonissima | |||
| Selection date(s) | 25 February 1967 | |||
| Selected entrant | Louis Neefs | |||
| Selected song | "Ik heb zorgen" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 8 points | |||
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Canzonissima
Canzonissima was the national final format developed by BRT which determined the song that would represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967. This was the 2nd edition of Canzonissima, after previously being used to select BRT's 1963 entry. The competition consisted of nine semi-finals held between October 1966 and February 1967, and a final on 25 February 1967. All shows were held in the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, and hosted by Jan Theys.[1]
Format
Canzonissima 1967 consisted of nine semi-finals and a final. Ten artists competed in each semi-final and the top three songs would appear again in the next semi-final, while the other seven artists would have to select new songs. For a song to qualify to the final, it would have to get top three in three consecutive semi-finals.[1]
Competing Entries
BRT shortlisted 10 artists for Canzonissima 1967; Rita Deneve, Kalinka, Marva, Ann Soetaert, Chris Wijnen, Hugo Dellas, Jimmy Frey, Louis Neefs, Ronny Temmer, and Will Tura. However, Will Tura was eventually changed for Johnny White for unknown reasons.[1] A total of 70 songs took part in Canzonissima 1967.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Soetaert | "Alles ben jij" | Mary Boduin, Johan Stolle |
| "Daar in Wenen" | Henk André, Johan Stolle | |
| "Ik blijf bij jou" | Santiago Vasco, Dick Emcé | |
| "Rio de Janeiro" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam, Rudy Witt | |
| "Snoepie" | Santiago Vasco, Dick Emcé | |
| "Verlangen" | Mary Boduin, Johan Stolle | |
| Chris Wijnen | "De tijd" | Will Ferdy, Armand van de Walle |
| "Ga naar huis" | Toon van Severen, Freddy Sunder | |
| "Herfstregen" | André Vélin, Freddy Sunder, Eddy Wall | |
| "Tot wederziens" | André Vélin, Armand van de Walle, Jean Evans | |
| "Want ik hield van jou" | Lieven Paemen, Jean Evans, Armand van de Walle | |
| "Wondermooi" | Will Ferdy, Clem de Maeyer, Emile Chantrain | |
| Hugo Dellas | "Anne-Marieke" | Simone Kaesen, André Deboeur |
| "De torens van Babel" | Hugo Dellas, André Deboeur, Jean Roderes | |
| "Familieportret" | Hugo Dellas, André Deboeur, Jean Roderes | |
| "Hoor je dat hart" | Hugo Dellas, André Deboeur, Etienne Verschueren | |
| "Israël" | Hugo Dellas, André Deboeur, Jean Roderes | |
| "Jazz met de muze" | Hugo Dellas, André Deboeur, Jean Roderes | |
| "Lina" | Hugo Dellas, André Deboeur | |
| "Zij" | Hugo Dellas, André Deboeur, Jean Roderes | |
| Jimmy Frey | "De stad" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Rocco Granata, Dan Ellery |
| "Eenzaam" | Jimmy Frey, Johan Stolle | |
| "Help me, o Heer" | Nelly Byl, José Veronne | |
| "Ik geloof" | Bobbejaan Schoepen, Louis Baret | |
| "In Lerida" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Ronny Sigo | |
| "Laat me maar dromen" | Bobbejaan Schoepen | |
| "Stop" | Nelly Byl, Jimmy Frey | |
| "Zal het morgen zijn" | Jacques Raymond, Gerd Frank | |
| "Zomer, winter" | Bobbejaan Schoepen, Louis Baret | |
| Johnny White | "Als ik tussen de regels lees" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam |
| "Het sprookje" | Ernie Sons, Al van Dam | |
| "Hey, hey meisje" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Ik ga niet weg" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Ik kan zonder liefde niet gelukkig zijn" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Mijn liefde" | Ria Denaro, Al van Dam | |
| "Regen" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Waar ben je" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens | |
| Kalinka | "De wind" | Frans l'Eglise, Lieve Willems, André Coucke |
| "Een strand vol eenzaamheid" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Jef van den Berg | |
| "Nerantsoula" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, André Coucke | |
| "Voorbij" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens | |
| "Waar is de zomer" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Willy Crombé | |
| Louis Neefs | "Alleen met z'n tweeën" | Mary Boduin, Anton Peters, Freddy Sunder |
| "Een huis in Attica" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Hans Flower | |
| "Het ding in mijn dakgoot" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Gerd Frank | |
| "Ik heb zorgen" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens | |
| "Ik weet niet wat ik heb" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Gerd Frank | |
| "Jij was zo mooi" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens | |
| Marva | "Daar liep eens een meisje" | André Poppe, Lia Cliquet-De Vos |
| "Denk je misschien" | Will Ferdy, Rocco Granata | |
| "Een eiland in groen en blauw" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Rocco Granata | |
| "Ergens vind ik je weer" | André Poppe, Lia Cliquet-De Vos | |
| "'t Is nooit te laat" | Ke Riema, Gerd Frank | |
| "Uit rijden" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Gerd Frank | |
| "Wij" | Ke Riema, Rocco Granata | |
| "Zonder jou" | André Simmoens, Jackie Jackson | |
| Rita Deneve | "De eerste kus" | Gerd Frank, Jacques Raymond |
| "De langste nacht" | Dick Emcé, Marco Varez | |
| "Droombeeld" | André Vélin, Roger Mores | |
| "Er is toch altijd ergens iemand" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens | |
| "Je naam" | Herman Bruggen, Peter Loland | |
| "Sinds ik jou heb ontmoet" | Phil van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens | |
| "'t Verlangen naar jou" | Will Ferdy, Raoul Claeys | |
| Ronny Temmer | "De ranke roos" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam |
| "De schone slaapster" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Ik droom van een lied" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Jij bent voor mij" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam, Marcel Mortier | |
| "Liefdesverdriet" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Nooit of nooit" | Dick Emcé, Al van Dam | |
| "Zomerliefde" | André Vélin, Al van Dam |
Semi-finals
Voting in the semi-finals was done by a 10-member jury panel. Since songs introduced in semi-finals 8 or 9 could not get top 3 in 3 semi-finals and qualify to the final, the rules to qualify for the final were changed for semi-final 9. Songs had to receive at least 72.1 points, the average number of points that every song that qualified to the final got in their last semi-final.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Johnny White | "Hey, hey meisje" | 59.5 | 4= |
| 2 | Marva | "Uit rijden" | 51.5 | 10 |
| 3 | Ronny Temmer | "De ranke roos" | 63 | 3 |
| 5 | Jimmy Frey | "Stop" | 57 | 6 |
| 6 | Rita Deneve | "Droombeeld" | 55.5 | 7 |
| 7 | Louis Neefs | "Het ding in mijn dakgoot" | 54.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Hugo Dellas | "De torens van Babel" | 52.5 | 9 |
| 10 | Ann Soetaert | "Rio de Janeiro" | 59.5 | 4= |
After Semi-final 1, Louis van Rymenant, Ann Soetaert's producer, puts in a complaint against "Waar is de zomer" and "Wondermooi" for lasting over 3 minutes during the show, despite lasting under 3 minutes during rehearsals. The two songs were disqualified and the two songs tied for 4th place qualified instead.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Ronny Temmer | "De ranke roos" | 67 | 2= |
| 2 | Ann Soetaert | "Rio de Janeiro" | 55.5 | 10 |
| 3 | Louis Neefs | "Ik weet niet wat ik heb" | 59 | 6= |
| 4 | Chris Wijnen | "De tijd" | 68 | 1 |
| 5 | Jimmy Frey | "Ik geloof" | 59 | 6= |
| 6 | Kalinka | "Nerantsoula" | 66.5 | 4 |
| 7 | Hugo Dellas | "Israël" | 56 | 9 |
| 8 | Marva | "'t Is nooit te laat" | 63.5 | 5 |
| 9 | Johnny White | "Hey, hey meisje" | 58.5 | 8 |
| 10 | Rita Deneve | "De eerste kus" | 67 | 2= |
Semi-final 2 was hosted by Willem Duys, as Jan Theys was sick.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Hugo Dellas | "Lina" | 64 | 6 |
| 2 | Chris Wijnen | "De tijd" | 65 | 5 |
| 3 | Rita Deneve | "De eerste kus" | 68.5 | 2= |
| 4 | Jimmy Frey | "Eenzaam" | 59 | 7 |
| 5 | Ann Soetaert | "Snoepie" | 47.5 | 9 |
| 6 | Ronny Temmer | "De ranke roos" | 68.5 | 2= |
| 7 | Kalinka | "De wind" | 73 | 1 |
| 8 | Johnny White | "Als ik tussen de regels lees" | 51.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Marva | "Daar liep eens een meisje" | 68 | 4 |
Louis Neefs was absent from semi-final 3 as he was in Berlin for a TV programme and would have been too ill to return to Brussels in time.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Rita Deneve | "De eerste kus" | 74 | 2 |
| 2 | Louis Neefs | "Jij was zo mooi" | 73 | 3 |
| 3 | Marva | "Zonder jou" | 55 | 10 |
| 4 | Hugo Dellas | "Familieportret" | 55.5 | 9 |
| 5 | Ann Soetaert | "Ik blijf bij jou" | 65.5 | 5 |
| 6 | Jimmy Frey | "Zomer, winter" | 57 | 8 |
| 7 | Kalinka | "De wind" | 75.5 | 1 |
| 8 | Ronny Temmer | "Liefdesverdriet" | 57.5 | 7 |
| 9 | Chris Wijnen | "Ga naar huis" | 66 | 4 |
| 10 | Johnny White | "Mijn liefde" | 61.5 | 6 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Kalinka | "De wind" | 69.5 | 2 |
| 2 | Johnny White | "Regen" | 56.5 | 8 |
| 3 | Chris Wijnen | "Want ik hield van jou" | 68.5 | 3 |
| 4 | Jimmy Frey | "Zal het morgen zijn" | 66.5 | 5 |
| 5 | Rita Deneve | "Er is toch altijd ergens iemand" | 63.5 | 6 |
| 6 | Ronny Temmer | "Zomerliefde" | 57 | 7 |
| 7 | Marva | "Wij" | 50.5 | 10 |
| 8 | Hugo Dellas | "Anne-Marieke" | 67.5 | 4 |
| 9 | Ann Soetaert | "Daar in Wenen" | 56 | 9 |
| 10 | Louis Neefs | "Jij was zo mooi" | 74 | 1 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Louis Neefs | "Jij was zo mooi" | 75 | 1 |
| 2 | Ann Soetaert | "Verlangen" | 74.5 | 2= |
| 3 | Ronny Temmer | "Jij bent voor mij" | 54 | 8= |
| 4 | Marva | "Denk je misschien" | 56.5 | 7 |
| 5 | Johnny White | "Ik ga niet weg" | 54 | 8= |
| 6 | Kalinka | "Voorbij" | 67 | 4 |
| 7 | Jimmy Frey | "In Lerida" | 48 | 10 |
| 8 | Rita Deneve | "De langste nacht" | 59.5 | 5 |
| 9 | Hugo Dellas | "Zij" | 58.5 | 6 |
| 10 | Chris Wijnen | "Want ik hield van jou" | 74.5 | 2= |
Semi-final 6 was not broadcast live like the other eight semi-finals. It was recorded on the 30th December and broadcast on the 31st.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Ann Soetaert | "Verlangen" | 78.5 | 1 |
| 2 | Jimmy Frey | "Help me, o Heer" | 62 | 5= |
| 3 | Chris Wijnen | "Want ik hield van jou" | 74 | 2 |
| 4 | Johnny White | "Ik kan zonder liefde niet gelukkig zijn" | 57 | 10 |
| 5 | Kalinka | "Een strand vol eenzaamheid" | 65.5 | 3= |
| 6 | Hugo Dellas | "Jazz met de muze" | 65.5 | 3= |
| 7 | Marva | "Ergens vind ik je weer" | 63 | 5= |
| 8 | Louis Neefs | "Een huis in Attica" | 60 | 9 |
| 9 | Rita Deneve | "Sinds ik jou heb ontmoet" | 61.5 | 7 |
| 10 | Ronny Temmer | "De schone slaapster" | 61 | 8 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Chris Wijnen | "Herfstregen" | 61.5 | 7 |
| 2 | Ronny Temmer | "Ik droom van een lied" | 61 | 8 |
| 3 | Kalinka | "Een strand vol eenzaamheid" | 67.5 | 3= |
| 5 | Marva | "Een eiland in groen en blauw" | 67.5 | 3= |
| 6 | Johnny White | "Het sprookje" | 51 | 10 |
| 7 | Ann Soetaert | "Verlangen" | 80 | 1 |
| 8 | Hugo Dellas | "Jazz met de muze" | 66.5 | 5 |
| 9 | Rita Deneve | "'t Verlangen naar jou" | 64 | 6 |
| 10 | Jimmy Frey | "Laat me maar dromen" | 55 | 9 |
After Semi-final 8, Louis Neefs withdrew "Alleen met z'n tweeën" as he wanted to participate with a different song in semi-final 9.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Marva | "Een eiland in groen en blauw" | 72 | 2 |
| 2 | Jimmy Frey | "De stad" | 64.5 | 6 |
| 3 | Ann Soetaert | "Alles ben jij" | 68 | 4 |
| 4 | Johnny White | "Waar ben je" | 64 | 7 |
| 5 | Kalinka | "Een strand vol eenzaamheid" | 71.5 | 3 |
| 6 | Ronny Temmer | "Nooit of nooit" | 53 | 8 |
| 8 | Chris Wijnen | "Tot wederziens" | 66.5 | 5 |
| 9 | Louis Neefs | "Ik heb zorgen" | 78 | 1 |
After the songs were performed, "Je naam" and "Hoor je dat hart" were disqualified for lasting longer than 3 minutes.
Final
The final took place on 25 February 1967 at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, hosted by Jan Theys. Even though eight songs qualified for the final, only seven songs took part, as Louis Neefs had decided to withdraw "Zij was zo mooi" in order not to run the risk of splitting his vote.
Voting was done by a 15-member jury who each gave one point to their favourite song. Only three of the songs registered any points on the board.[2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Ronny Temmer | "De ranke roos" | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Kalinka | "De wind" | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Rita Deneve | "Die eerste kus" | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Kalinka | "Een strand vol eenzaamheid" | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Louis Neefs | "Ik heb zorgen" | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | Anneke Soetaert | "Verlangen" | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Chris Wijnen | "Want ik hield van jou" | 0 | 4 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Neefs performed 10th in the running order, following Germany and preceding eventual contest winners the United Kingdom. At the close of the voting "Ik heb zorgen" had received 8 points (the highest being 3 from Finland), placing Belgium 7th of the 17 participating countries. The highest marks from the Belgian jury were 3s to Ireland and the United Kingdom.[3]
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References
- Vermeulen, André (2021). Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong. 65 jaar Belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 978-94-014-7609-6. OCLC 1240241113.
- ESC National Finals database - Belgium final 1967
- ESC History - Belgium 1967
- "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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