"Je t'adore" (; "I adore you") is a song by Belgian singer

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. It was the entry in the

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, performed in English (with only the title in French). It was the seventh song to be performed in this contest and the 999th by counting all songs which had ever performed on Eurovision Song Contest. "Je t'adore" was released in 2006 as the

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from Ryan's third

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'' (2006).

Composition

The song is composed in a key of F

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, and has 131

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Song information

The song was performed in the semi-final, as Belgium had not qualified for the final at the . On the night, it was performed seventh, following 's

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