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1978 In Belgian Television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1978. Events *8 February - Jean Vallée is selected to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, 1978 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie". He is selected to be the twenty-third Belgian Eurovision entry during Eurosong. Debuts Television shows Ending this year Births *3 May - Anneke van Hooff, actress & singer *26 May - Elke Vanelderen, TV host *7 June - Mathias Coppens, actor *10 June - Gerrit De Cock, TV host *13 August - Tiany Kiriloff, TV host *24 October - Christophe Haddad, actor *9 November - Evi Hanssen, singer & TV host Deaths 1978 in Belgian television, {{Belgium-tv-stub ... [...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. Until 1978, Radio-Television Belgium ( nl, Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep; french: Radio-Télévision Belge) was Belgium's national public television broadcaster. When broadcasting was devolved to the language communities in 1977, the old organization split into three separate organisations now known as VRT, RTBF and BRF respectively. VRT and RTBF share broadcasting facilities in Brussels, while BRF operates from Eupen. Channels Native channels There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Vallée
Jean Vallée (born Paul Goeders in Verviers on 2 October 1941 – 12 March 2014, Clermont-sur-Berwinne) was a Belgian songwriter and performer. Vallée was appointed Knight of the Order of the Crown by HM Albert II in 1999. Career In 1967 Vallée represented Belgium in the Festival of Rio, where Jacques Brel was a member of the jury. He represented Belgium for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with "Viens l'oublier" finishing eighth. He participated a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie Belgium was represented by Jean Vallée, with the song "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 April in Paris. Before Eurovision Eurosong French-language broadcaster RTBF was in charge of ...", ending up second behind the Israeli entry. At the time, it was Belgium's best ever Eurovision finish. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallee, Jean 1941 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Paris, France, following the country's victory at the with the song " L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Télévision Française 1 (TF1), the contest was held at the Palais des Congrès on 22 April 1978 and was hosted by French television presenters Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone. This was the first time that more than one presenter had hosted the contest as well as the first to have a male presenter since . In addition to hosting, the two presenters also served as commentators for France. Twenty countries participated, the highest number of competing countries in the history of the competition at the time. and both returned to the contest. Denmark had not participated since , 12 years before. The winner of the contest was with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'amour ça Fait Chanter La Vie
Belgium was represented by Jean Vallée, with the song "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 April in Paris. Before Eurovision Eurosong French-language broadcaster RTBF was in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the 1978 Contest. Information on the venue of, and host for, the final is not currently available. Eight songs participated in the selection and the winner was chosen by an expert jury, although again it is not known whether full results were given or only the winner announced. Unusually, all but one of the participants were male. Vallée was the winner of the national final for the contest. he had previously represented Belgium in the 1970 contest in Amsterdam, where he had finished fifth. Another previous Belgian entrant Jacques Hustin (1974) also took part. At Eurovision On the night of the final Vallée performed 10th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding the Netherlands. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Van Hooff
Anneke is a Dutch language, Dutch and Low German language, Low German female diminutive given name, meaning ''little Anna'' or ''little Anne'', i.e., ''Annie'', an alternate pet or endearing form of Anna (name), Anna. The given name and later surname ''Anneke'' also ''Annecke'' is a diminutive of the male short name Anno (other), Anno, a variant of Arno, itself derived from Arnold (given name), Arnold. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name *Anneke Beerten (born 1982), Dutch mountain cyclist *Anneke Esaiasdochter (1509–1539), Dutch Anabaptist *Anneke van Giersbergen (born 1973), Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist *Anneke von der Lippe (born 1964), Norwegian actress *Anneke Venema (born 1971), Dutch rower *Anneke Wills (born 1941), English actress People with the surname *Fritz Anneke (1818–1872), German-American socialist and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter *Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1817–1884), German-American fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Coppens
Mathias, a given name and a surname which is a variant of Matthew (name), may refer to: Places * Mathias, West Virginia * Mathias Township, Michigan People with the given name or surname ''Mathias'' In music * Mathias Eick, Norwegian Jazz Musician * Mathias Färm, the guitarist of Millencolin * Mathias Lillmåns, Finnish lead singer of folk/black metal band Finntroll * William Mathias, Welsh composer * Mathias Nygård a.k.a. Warlord, Finnish folk metal singer In sports * Mathias Bourgue, French tennis player * Mathias Fischer, German basketball coach * Mathias Jørgensen, nicknamed ''Zanka'', Danish football player * Mathias Kiwanuka, American football player * Mathias Olsson (born 1973), Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman * Mathias Pogba (born 1990), Guinean professional footballer * Mathias Svensson, Swedish professional footballer * Bob Mathias, American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman * David Mathias, Indian cricketer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrit De Cock
Gerrit is a Dutch language, Dutch male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard.Behind the Name: Gerrit -> People with this name include: * Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet * Gerrit van Arkel (1858–1918), Dutch architect * Gerrit Badenhorst (born 1962), South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor * Gerrit Battem (c. 1636 – 1684), Dutch landscape painter * Gerrit Beneker (1882–1934), American painter and illustrator * Gerrit Berckheyde (1638–1698), Dutch painter * Gerrit Berkhoff (1901–1996), Dutch chemist and university rector * Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996), Dutch theologian * Gerrit Berveling (born 1944), Dutch Esperanto author * Gerrit Blaauw (born 1924), Dutch computer engineer * Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961), Dutch pottery artist * Gerrit van Bloclant (1578 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Haddad
Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (given name), list of people with this name * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic strip artist and botanist who published under the pseudonym Christophe People with the surname Christophe * Didier Christophe (born 1956), retired professional French footballer, managing Pau FC * Henri Christophe (1767–1820), Haitian Revolution leader Other uses * Christophe (Amsterdam), restaurant in Amsterdam, The Netherlands * 1698 Christophe, asteroid {{Disambiguation, human name, surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evi Hanssen
Evi Greta Roberta Hanssen (born 9 November 1978) is a Flanders, Flemish singer and presenter. Biography Hanssen grew up with three older brothers in Antwerp. She started as a background singer in the ''Samson en Gert (TV series), Samson en Gert'' Christmas shows and played on her 16th in ''Samson en Gert (TV series), Samson en Gert'' Sofie, the niece of the mayor. Hanssen was second in the election for 'Look of the year' in 1996. After secondary school she studied at the Jazzstudio in Antwerp for two years and received her candidacy as a jazz singer at the conservatory. Career In April 2001 Hanssen started as a VJ (media personality), VJ on TMF Flanders, where she presented with Elke Vanelderen in ''Boobietrap''. She also presented at major festivals such as Marktrock, Suikerrock, TW Classic and I Love Techno. She interviewed Lenny Kravitz and Justin Timberlake, among others. In the summer of 2002 she was asked to replace Yasmine (singer), Yasmine at ''Aan tafel'' on Eén, TV1. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
