"Liefde is een kaartspel" (; "Love is a Card Game") was the entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in
Dutch by
Lisa del Bo
Lisa del Bo (born Reinhilde Goossens on 9 June 1961 in Mopertingen, Belgium) is a Belgian singer who is popular in her own country and also in Germany. Lisa del Bo is a Flemish singer who often sings in the Dutch language but has been known to re ...
.
The song was performed seventeenth on the night, following the '
Maxine &
Franklin Brown
Franklin Kroonenberg (born 11 March 1961), known professionally as Franklin Brown, is a Dutch singer and voice actor. He is known for representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, together with Maxine, with the song "De eerste ...
with "
De eerste keer
The Netherlands was represented by duo Maxine and Franklin Brown, with the song "De eerste keer", at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Oslo on 18 May.
Before Eurovision
Nationaal Songfestival 1996
Five acts participated i ...
" and preceding 's
Eimear Quinn with "
The Voice". At the close of voting, it had received 22 points, placing 16th in a field of 23.
The song features Del Bo likening love to a card game. She describes a relationship which appears not to have been based on honesty, which explains the metaphor. The song was recorded in
Dutch,
French
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(as "Comme au jeu de cartes"),
English
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("Love is Like a Card Game") and
German
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("Liebe ist ein Kartenspiel").
Due to the contest's rapid expansion, entry in the
1997 contest was limited to those countries with the best average scores over the past five years – a group of which Belgium again was not a member, the first time being at the
1994 contest. As a "passive country" (one which broadcast but did not enter the contest), Belgium was, however, able to enter the 1998 edition. Thus, "Liefde is een kaartspel" was succeeded as Belgian representative at the
1998 contest by
Mélanie Cohl singing "
Dis oui
Mélanie Cohl represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 after winning the national final selection with the song "Dis oui".
Before Eurovision
Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1998
The final took place on 13 Mar ...
".
The song became part of a controversy after it was claimed that the Eurovision entry "
Listen to Your Heartbeat" was plagiarised from it. At first this was denied by the Swedish songwriters, one of whom was
Thomas G:son, but after the Belgian songwriters and the author's organisation
SABAM pressed for legal action, a cash settlement was agreed.
[Leif Thorsson. ''Melodifestivalen genom tiderna'' Melodifestivalen through time"(2006), p. 290. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ]
Charts
External links
Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1996.Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Liede is een kaartspel".
References
Dutch-language Belgian songs
Eurovision songs of Belgium
Eurovision songs of 1996
1996 songs
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