Belgium was represented by the band

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, with the song "Geef het op", at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in

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on 4 May.

Before Eurovision

National final

Clouseau were chosen internally by broadcaster

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to be that year's Belgian representatives. On 9 March 1991, during a live broadcast called ''Euro-Clouseau'' hosted by Jessica de Caluwe from the Casino Cursaal in

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, Clouseau performed a number of songs, three of which ("Geef het op", "Hilda" and "Ik kan zonder jou") were new. The band made their own choice from the three songs and announced "Geef het op" as the song they would perform in Rome.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Clouseau performed 18th in the running order, following

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and preceding

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. At the close of the voting "Geef het op" had received 23 points from seven countries (the highest being 5 from

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and

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), placing Belgium 16th out of 22 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to

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Voting

References

External links

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

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