Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	20 March 2005
Selected entrant	Nuno Resende
Selected song	"Le grand soir"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (22nd, 29 points)
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium was represented at Eurovision 2005 by Nuno Resende and the song "Le Grand Soir" (The big night). The song was written by Frédéric Zeitoun and composed by Alec Mansion.

Nuno Guilherme de Figueiredo Resende was born in Porto, Portugal, on 25 June 1973. His family immigrated to Belgium where Nuno received his degree in physical education. He started his career in the basement of his house, surrounded by his guitar and a couple of friends. Nuno also had a stage career where he performed in musicals such as Belle et la Bête, Roméo et Juliette, and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort. In the 2000 Belgian national final, Nuno competed as the lead singer of the group La Teuf who finished 6th with the song "Soldat d'amour".

Before Eurovision

National final

The event was held on 20 March 2005 at the RTBF TV Studios during a special show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. Only two songs were performed, with the winner being chosen by televoting. The public displayed their preference for "Le grand soir" performed by Nuno Resende by a wafer-thin margin of 50.2%, narrowly beating the runner-up, "Lost Paradise" performed by Tiffany Ciely.

Final – 20 March 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Nuno Resende	"Le grand soir"	Alec Mansion, Frédéric Zeitoun	50.2%	1
2	Tiffany Ciely	"Lost Paradise"	Tiffany Baworowski	49.8%	2

At Eurovision

Because Belgium placed 22nd at the 2004 contest, Nuno was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. Nuno had a very simple performance, which was effective in expressing the meaning of his song. Nuno was alone on stage throughout the whole song just singing his heart out he performed 11th, following Iceland and preceding the Estonia he came 22nd with 29 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final. Therefore, Belgium will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006.

The spokesperson who revealed Belgium's votes for other countries was Armelle, a journalist and host of La Une

Points awarded by Belgium[1]

Semi final

12 points	Netherlands
10 points	Portugal
8 points	Romania
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Hungary
5 points	Poland
4 points	Moldova
3 points	Israel
2 points	Norway
1 point	Croatia

Final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Turkey
8 points	Malta
7 points	Romania
6 points	Israel
5 points	Latvia
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Norway
2 points	Hungary
1 point	Moldova

Points awarded to Belgium (Semi final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Portugal			France	Netherlands
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Moldova		Albania

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References

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

External links

Belgian National Final page

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