Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960

Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	Eurosong
Selection date(s)	24 January 1960
Selected entrant	Fud Leclerc
Selected song	"Mon amour pour toi"
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 9 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium was represented by Fud Leclerc, with the song '"Mon amour pour toi", at the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 March in London. The song was chosen in the Belgian national final on 24 January. This was the third of Leclerc's four appearances for Belgium at Eurovision.

Final

The final took place at the INR studios in Brussels, and was hosted by Georges Désir & Arlette Vincent. Five songs participated and the winner was chosen by an "expert" jury. Among the other participants was Solange Berry, who had represented Luxembourg in the 1958 contest.[1]

**24 January 1960**
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Mary Thé	"À plein cœur"	-
2	Lily Vincent	"Il y a bien longtemps"	-
3	Fud Leclerc	"Mon amour pour toi"	1
4	Solange Berry	"On m'attend"	-
5	Ferry Devos	"Vieux carnet"	-

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Fud Leclerc performed 5th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting "Mon Amour Pour Toi" had received 9 points (4 from Sweden, 3 from Italy and 1 from Austria and Germany), placing Belgium 6th of the 13 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its highest mark (3) to contest winners France.[2]

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Points awarded to Belgium

Points awarded to Belgium
10 points	9 points	8 points	7 points	6 points

5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Sweden	Italy		Austria Germany

Points awarded by Belgium

10 points
9 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	France
2 points	Germany
1 point	Austria Italy Netherlands Norway United Kingdom

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References

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[1] ESC National Finals database 1962

[2] ESC History - Belgium 1960