"Love Kills" is a song recorded by

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singer

Roberto Bellarosa Roberto Bellarosa (born 23 August 1994) is a Belgium, Belgian singer. Bellarosa came to fame for being the first winner of ''The Voice Belgique''. He also represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. He finished in 12th place with 7 ...

. The song was written by

Jukka Immonen Jukka Immonen (born 14 April 1978) is a Finnish musician, record producer and composer. Career beginnings Immonen started to develop an interest in music as a teenager when his parents bought him a computer. Although his family was not especially ...

and Iain Farquharson. It is best known as Belgium's entry to the

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...

held in

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. The song competed in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 for a spot in the final on 18 May 2013. During the first semi-final, Belgium was voted into the final on 18 May 2013. In the final the song placed 12th with 71 points.

Background

On 16 December 2012, "Love Kills" was chosen as Belgium's Eurovision entry during a live radio show, aired on

VivaCité VivaCité is a Belgian public service radio station operated by RTBF. The station launched on 29 February 2004 from the merger of regional network ''Fréquence Wallonie'' and Brussels station ''Bruxelles Capitale''. VivaCité is the French-langua ...

. Co-writer Iain Farquharson wrote Azerbaijan's 2011 Eurovision winner, " Running Scared".

Track listing

;Digital download # Love Kills – 3:00

Chart performance

References

2013 singles Eurovision songs of 2013 Eurovision songs of Belgium Songs written by Jukka Immonen Songs written by Iain James 2013 songs Sony Music singles English-language Belgian songs {{2013-single-stub