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2008 In Belgian Television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 2008. Events *9 March - Ishtar are selected to represent Belgium at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with their song " O Julissi". They are selected to be the fiftieth Belgian Eurovision entry during Eurosong held at the VRT Studios in Schelle. *4 June - ''Sara'' actor Antony Arandia and his partner Leila Akcelik win the third season of ''Sterren op de Dansvloer''. *17 December - Dirk De Smet wins the second and final season of ''X Factor''. Debuts Television shows 1990s *'' Samson en Gert'' (1990–present) *''Familie'' (1991–present) *''Thuis'' (1995–present) 2000s *'' Idool'' (2003-2011) *''Mega Mindy'' (2006–present) *''Sterren op de Dansvloer'' (2006–2013) Ending this year *'' Wittekerke'' (1993-2008) *''X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Television
Television in Belgium was introduced in 1953 and began with one channel each in Dutch and French. The country is heavily cabled, with 93% of households watching television through cable as of 2003. History The three Belgian Communities – Dutch, French and German-speaking – have legal responsibility for audiovisual communication. They constitute separate markets, the common feature of which is the fact that they have been extensively cabled for three decades and are thus able to receive neighbouring countries' channels. From 1930 broadcasting in Belgium was in the hands of National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (Nationaal Institut voor Radio-omroep, NIR; Institut national de radiodiffusion, INR). The organisation had separate services on TV and Radio in Flemish and French. In 1960 this organisation was split up into two organisation responsible to the Flemish and Walloon communities for public radio and television services. BRT (Belgische Radio en Televisie), now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishtar
Inanna is the List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian goddess of war, love, and fertility. She is also associated with political power, divine law, sensuality, and procreation. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Akkadians, Babylonian religion, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar. Her primary title is Queen of Heaven (antiquity), "the Queen of Heaven". She was the patron goddess of the Eanna temple at the city of Uruk, her early main religious center. In archaic Uruk, she was worshipped in three forms: morning Inanna (Inana-UD/hud), evening Inanna (Inanna sig), and princely Inanna (Inanna NUN), the former two reflecting the phases of her associated planet Venus. Her most prominent symbols include the Lion of Babylon, lion and the Star of Ishtar, eight-pointed star. Her husband is the god Dumuzid (later known as Tammuz), and her (attendant) is the goddess Ninshubur, later conflated with the male deities Ilabrat and Papsukkal. Inanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), the contest was held at the Belgrade Arena, and (for the first time) consisted of two semi-finals on 20 and 22 May, and a final on 24 May 2008. The three live shows were presented by Serbian television presenter Jovana Janković and musician Željko Joksimović. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, the highest ever number of participants in the contest beating the record of forty-two set the year before. and participated for the first time, while did not participate, mainly due to questions on the semi-final organisation as well as the politicization of the contest. The winner was with the song " Believe", performed by Dima Bilan who wrote it with Jim Bean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Julissi
Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "O Julissi", written by Michel Vangheluwe, and performed by the band Ishtar. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish (VRT), selected its entry for the contest through the national final ''Eurosong '08''. The competition featured twenty competing entries and consisted of seven shows. In the final on 9 March 2008, "O Julissi Na Jalini" performed by Ishtar was selected as the winner via a public televote. The song was later retitled as "O Julissi". Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 6, "O Julissi" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Belgium placed seventeenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 16 points. Background Prior to the 2008 cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara (Belgian TV Series)
''Sara'' is a Flanders, Flemish telenovela, based upon the Colombian telenovela ''Betty La Fea''. It tells the story of ''Sara De Roose'', a economics, business economics graduate, who passed with honours at the university but has trouble finding a job—until she comes across an assistant job in a Belgian fashion company, called "Présence". The company is looking for a new general manager, and Sara's arrival coincides with the two CEOs arguing who this has to be. The series was broadcast by the commercial station Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij, VTM, upon which it was shown every weekday at 6:25 pm. On Sundays, VTM broadcast all episodes of the past week, called 'De Week van Sara' ("Sara's week"). ''Sara'' premiered on 25 September 2007 and ended in June 2008, after 200 episodes. A new telenovela called ''LouisLouise'' (about a guy named Louis, who turns into a woman (Louise) by a spell) replaced Sara as of September 2008. Sara begins the series as the "ugly duckling", mocked b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk De Smet
Dirk De Smet (born 30 April 1969 in Kapellen, Belgium) is a Flemish singer and saxophonist, best known for winning the second series of the Belgian edition of ''X Factor'' musical competition. He won the title on the final held on 17 December 2008 with 53% of the popular vote against the other finalist, Tom Eeckhout (later known as Tom Dice). Dirk De Smet released the winning single on 18 December 2008 entitled " Walk and Don't Look Back", a remake of The Temptations The Temptations is an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1961 as The Elgins, known for their string of successful singles and albums with Motown from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield ...' hit " Don't Look Back". De Smet's version reached #4, its highest position on the Belgian music charts on 27 December 2008. Discography Singles References External linksDirk De Smet Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:De Smet, Dirk 1969 births Living people Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Factor (Belgian TV Series)
''X Factor'' was the Flemish version of the British show ''The X Factor'', created by Simon Cowell. The new ''X Factor'' series was a successor to '' Idool'' which features contestants & jury members from both seasons. Judges' categories and their contestants In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows. Key: : – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font. Series overview "Under 25 boys" category "Under 25 girls" category "16-24s" category "Over 25s" category "Groups" category Season 1 (2005) The first Belgian edition of ''X Factor'' started screening in late 2005 on vtm. The judges were Kris Wauters, Jean Blaute and Liliane Saint-Pierre; the show was hosted by Koen Wauters. The winner of season one was Udo Mechels from Nosse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Morgen
''De Morgen'' (; ''The Morning'') is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860. The paper is published in Antwerp, Belgium. History and profile ''De Morgen'' originates from a merger in 1978 of two socialist newspapers ' (meaning "Onwards" in English) and ' (meaning "People's Newspaper" in English). The ''Vooruit'' was founded in Ghent by Edward Anseele and appeared the first time on 31 August 1884, just before the foundation of the Belgian Labour Party (Dutch: Belgische Werklieden Partij) in 1885. ''De Morgen'' was modelled on French daily ''Liberation''. The paper is published by De Persgroep which also publishes ''Het Laatste Nieuws''. ''De Morgen'' presents itself as an independent and progressive newspaper and a more dynamic alternative to its two competitors in the Flemish market, '' De Standaard'' and '' De Tijd''. On the other hand, the paper is described as a leftist and socialistic publication. According to the former editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson En Gert (TV Series)
''Samson & Gert'' is a Dutch-language Belgian children's television series produced by Eline van Noppen, centered on the talking dog Samson and his owner Gert. In its entire run, the show was originally aired on TV1 from Christmas Day 1989 until 1 December 1997, where it moved to Ketnet and continues airing all of its episodes to this day. History Originally Gert Verhulst was a continuity announcer. He wanted to make the announcements before children's television programmes more appealing by having an animal puppet next to him. He got in touch with puppeteer , who created the puppet dog Samson. Samson, a Bearded Collie, made his screen debut in the Christmas period of 1989. The pair's popularity grew rapidly in Flanders and they were given their own television series in 1990. The show, named ''Samson'', premiered on 2 September 1990. During the show, Samson and Gert and their friends would encounter many funny and chaotic situations. The plot would be interrupted for cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Familie
''Familie'' (Dutch for Family) is a Flemish television soap opera set in Mechelen. Created by Herman Verbaet, ''Familie'' was first broadcast on 30 December 1991. It has been broadcast consistently for 5-6 evenings per week, with only 2-3 month hiatuses during summer Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day .... It is currently being produced by Banijay Belgium and running on VTM. Premise Pierre Van den Bossche and Anna Dierckx have raised three children. Their oldest son Guido is a bright student, eager to become a business mogul. His younger brother Jan and sister Rita are less gifted and often feel pushed back, but are nevertheless proud of their sibling. Once the children are starting their own family lives, shocking news arrives: Anna is pregnant again and Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuis
''Thuis'' () is a Belgian television soap opera, which airs on VRT 1, which is in the hands of VRT, the national broadcasting channel of the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, Flanders. Until 2023 VRT produced the series but due to general cost savings it was decided in 2022 Eyeworks will take over the series. ''Thuis'' first aired on 23 December 1995, featuring Pol Goossen, , , , , , Rik Andries and the late . ''Thuis'' grew to become Flanders' number one soap, gaining 900,000 viewers (compared to the highest rated TV show, receives 1.5 million viewers), and therefore beating competing for channel vtm's soap operas '' Familie'' () and former series ''Wittekerke'' (, a fictional town). ''Thuis'' is currently in its 30th season, and has aired 5,894 episodes as of 27 June 2025. Plot Season 1 After Jenny Verbeeck finds out her husband Frank Bomans once cheated on her again - this time with Simonne Backx - she and their daughter Bianca move in to the mansion of doctor Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
