Jean-Pierre Hautier (18 October 1955 – 12 October 2012) was a Belgian

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...

and broadcaster for

RTBF The ''Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française'' (RTBF, ''Belgian Radio-television of the French Community'', branded as rtbf.be) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Commu ...

. Hautier was known for his long-time commentary for

viewers on the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

which he has done since the 1994 Contest after the regular commentator Claude Delacroix got promoted to the head of Belgian radio. In addition Hautier has co-commentated the event with

Sandra Kim Sandra Caldarone (born 15 October 1972), better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. Her father was an Italian immigrant from Torrebruna in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo re ...

at the 1996 Contest and was until his death hosting the contest with Jean-Louis Lahaye which he has done since the 2007 Contest. He was the president of La Première Radio.Biography at moustique

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Jean-Pierre Hautier speaks about Eurovision to BBC News
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Jean-Pierre Hautier Biography at moustique
1955 births 2012 deaths Mass media people from Brussels Belgian television presenters Belgian radio presenters Belgian television journalists Belgian radio journalists Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest {{Belgium-bio-stub