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1962 In Belgian Television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1962. Events *19 January - Fud Leclerc is selected to represent Belgium at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Ton nom Belgium was represented by Fud Leclerc, with the song '" Ton nom", at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City. The song was chosen in the Belgian national final on 19 February. This was Leclerc's fourth ti ...". He is selected to be the seventh Belgian Eurovision entry during Eurosong. Debuts Television shows Ending this year Networks and services Launches Conversions and rebrandings Closures Births *7 December - Piet Huysentruyt, TV chef Deaths {{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] |
Fud Leclerc
Ferdinand Urbain Dominic Leclerc (, 1924 – 20 September 2010) was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, songwriter and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor. More recently, Leclerc was invited to Belgian national final of Eurovision 2005 by the Belgian TV network RTBF as a guest star. Leclerc represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest four times: The song Leclerc performed in the 1962 Contest is notable for being the (joint) first song performed at the Contest that scored zero points. At the time of his death Leclerc was retired, and living in Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss .... External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1962
The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contest was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and was held at the Villa Louvigny on Sunday 18 March 1962 hosted by the Luxembourgish speaker Mireille Delannoy. This remains the last time that the final of the contest was not held on a Saturday, as since 1963 the final of the contest has consistently been held on a Saturday evening. Sixteen countries participated in the contest – the same that took part the year before. The winner was with the song "Un premier amour", performed by Isabelle Aubret, written by Roland Valade and composed by Claude Henri Vic. This was France's third victory in the contest in just five years, having also won in and . It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ton Nom
Belgium was represented by Fud Leclerc, with the song '" Ton nom", at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City. The song was chosen in the Belgian national final on 19 February. This was Leclerc's fourth time at Eurovision, and he still shares the record (with Elisabeth Andreassen, Peter, Sue & Marc and Valentina Monetta) for the most Eurovision appearances as a main performer. "Ton nom" has also gone down in history as the first Eurovision performance ever to score the infamous nul-points. Before Eurovision Finale Belge du Grand Prix Eurovision 1962 ''Finale Belge du Grand Prix Eurovision 1962'' was the national final format developed by RTB in order to select Belgium's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1962. The competition was held on 1 February 1962 at the Cultural and Artistic Center in Uccle and aired on 19 February at 20:30 CET. Final The final was held on 1 February 1962 and later aired on 19 February 1962. "Ton nom," perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Huysentruyt
Piet Huysentruyt (born 7 December 1962) is a Belgian TV chef A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become a celebrity. Today, chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations, usually through the media of television and radio, or in printed publications. While television ... and the author of five bestselling cooking books. Biography Piet Huytsentruyt, born in 1962, studied at the cooking school Ter Duinen in Koksijde before working in a number of restaurants in Belgium and abroad. He opened his own restaurant in Wortegem-Petegem, and got his first Michelin Guide star a few years later. Television He starred in a few TV shows, the most famous being ''SOS Piet'', which spawned two books. Publishing By December 2008, he has sold 250,000 copies of his books ''SOS Piet'' and ''SOS Piet'' 2, and his books top the bestseller list in Flanders in December 2008. In December 2009, he appeared in the new film about Kabouter Plop, ''Plop en de Kab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
