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with the song "", composed by Marc Vliegen, with lyrics by Marc Dex, and performed by

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. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish (BRTN), selected its entry through the national final ''Eurosong '93''.

Before Eurovision

''Eurosong '93''

Flemish broadcaster (BRTN) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 representing Belgium. BRTN held a national final to select the entry for the contest, consisting of four semi-finals leading up to a grand final on 6 March 1993. The shows were held in the

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, hosted by Alexandra Potvin and Hans Otten.

Competing entries

Until 1 October 1992, artists were able to apply to participate in ''Eurosong '93''. An internal jury at BRTN then selected forty artists out of 116 applications. The forty artists then had two months to supply a song for the national final.

Semi-finals

Four semi-finals were held in February 1993 to select the 12 finalists for the Belgian final. 10 songs competed in each semi-final, with the top 3 songs, selected by a 7-member jury, progressing to the final. The jury consisted of six permanent members, and one past Flemish Eurovision Song Contest representative. The six permanent jury members were: Rita Deneve, Ro Burms (replaced by Johan Vestreken in the third and fourth semi-final), Fred Bouwers, Marc Coenegracht, Mark Vlaeminck, and Andre Vermeulen. The four past Eurovision artist juries, in order of the semi-final they voted in, were:

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, and

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. Each semi-final was broadcast at 20:30 (

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) on TV1.

Final

The final of the contest was held on 6 March 1993, where the winner of the Contest was selected from the 12 semi-final qualifiers by six juries: five regional juries and one professional jury. The regional juries consisted of forty television viewers. The professional jury consisted of the six permanent jury members from the semi-finals as well as Johnny Logan as a non-voting chairman of the jury. The final winner was

with "". The final was broadcast at 20:30 (

) on TV1.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Dex performed 7th in the running order, following and preceding . Her performance became infamous due to her see-through dress, which she made herself. At the close of the voting "" had received 3 points, placing Belgium 25th and last, relegating the country from taking part in the . The contest was broadcast on TV1, with commentary by

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, and on RTBF1 and , with commentary by Claude Delacroix.

Voting

References

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