Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Belgium was represented by Dutch singer Stella Maessen (billed simply as Stella), with the song "Si tu aimes ma musique", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Harrogate, England on 24 April.

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Country Belgium
National selection
Selection processEurosong
Selection date(s)Heats
24 January 1982
31 January 1982
7 February 1982
Semi-final
14 February 1982
Final
21 February 1982
Selected entrantStella
Selected song"Si tu aimes ma musique"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Fred Bekky
  • Rony Brack
  • Bobott
  • Jo May
Finals performance
Final result4th, 96 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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This was Stella's third appearance at Eurovision: She had appeared twice as part of the group Hearts of Soul/Dream Express for the Netherlands in 1970 and for Belgium in 1977. As a solo singer, she had also taken part in the Belgian preselection in 1981.

Before Eurovision

Eurosong

Eurosong consisted of three heats, a semi-final, and the final on 21 February 1982. All the shows took place at the RTBF studios in Brussels, hosted by Pierre Collard-Bovy.

Heats

The first heat took place on 24 January 1982 and six of the competing acts performed. The top two entries decided by televoting advanced to the semi-final.[1]

Heat 1 – 24 January 1982
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Stella "Si tu aimes ma musique" Advanced
2 Joseph Cioppa "Vivons l'amour de demain" Advanced
3 Frank Michael "Toi simplement toi" Eliminated
4 Shema "Mon joujou" Eliminated
5 Cricha "Lucifer" Eliminated
6 Freddy Nieuland "Les mots chantent" Eliminated

The second heat took place on 31 January 1982 and six of the competing acts performed. The top two entries decided by televoting advanced to the semi-final.[1]

Heat 2 – 31 January 1982
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Claude Michel "Si par bonheur" Advanced
2 Gala "Patati patata" Eliminated
3 Pascal Amory "Slow en tendresse" Advanced
4 Chrome 17 "Intuition" Eliminated
5 Nicole Mery "Quelle surprise" Eliminated
6 Eddy Pascal "Même" Eliminated

The third heat took place on 7 February 1982 and six of the competing acts performed. The top two entries decided by televoting advanced to the semi-final.[1]

Heat 3 – 7 February 1982
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Tiziano "Par amour" Advanced
2 Cologne Intime "Boomerang" Eliminated
3 Baxter "Plus personne n'y croit" Advanced
4 Jacky Lafon "On l'appelle chanson d'amour" Eliminated
5 Serge Mohimont "Au fond de ma mémoire" Eliminated
6 Isabelle Rigaux "Partir" Eliminated

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 14 February 1982 and six of the competing acts performed. The top four entries decided by televoting advanced to the final.[1]

Semi-final – 14 February 1982
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Claude Michel "Si par bonheur" Eliminated
2 Stella "Si tu aimes ma musique" Advanced
3 Pascal Amory "Slow en tendresse" Eliminated
4 Joseph Cioppa "Vivons l'amour de demain" Advanced
5 Tiziano "Par amour" Advanced
6 Baxter "Plus personne n'y croit" Advanced

Final

The final was held on 21 February 1982 with the winning song chosen by a 12-member jury panel. After Stella's win, it was reported that some RTBF executives were unhappy about the fact that they were to be represented by a Dutch-born singer who spoke very little French.[2]

Final – 21 February 1982
Draw Artist Song Place
1 Stella "Si tu aimes ma musique" 1
2 Baxter "Plus personne n'y croit" 2
3 Tiziano "Par amour" 3
4 Joseph Cioppa "Vivons l'amour de demain" 4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Stella performed 11th in the running order, following Austria and preceding Spain. At the close of the voting "Si tu aimes ma musique" had received 96 points, placing Belgium 4th of the 18 entries.[3] Although the song did not receive any 12 points votes (the highest were 10 from Denmark and Spain), it achieved the distinction of being only the eighth song in Eurovision history to that date (and only the third non-winner) to receive points from every other participating country (excluding the 1971-1973 contests where each country had to award a minimum of 2 points to every song). The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.[4]

Voting

References
  1. "BELGIAN QUARTER/SEMI FINALS 1982".
  2. ESC National Finals database - Belgium final 1982
  3. "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. "ESC History - Belgium 1982". Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  5. "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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