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Belgium was represented by Tonia, with the song "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel", at the
1966 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" by France Gall. Or ...
, which took place on 5 March in
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. Tonia was chosen internally to be the Belgian representative, and the song was chosen in the national final on 25 January.


Before Eurovision


Artist selection

RTB had internally selected Tonia to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. RTB asked her to represent Belgium in 1966 during the Knokke Cup in July 1965.


Avant-première Eurovision

''Avant-première Eurovision'' was the national final format developed by RTB in order to select Belgium's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. The competition was held on 25 January 1966 and was broadcast on RTB.


Competing entries

Following announcement of Tonia as Belgian representative, song submission period was opened where composers were able to submit their songs. A professional jury along with Tonia shortlisted eight songs from 163 received songs, which were then whittled down to four for the contest.


Final

The final was held on 25 January 1966 from 20:40 to 21:10 CET, hosted by Jean-Claude Mennessier. Four songs competed in the contest with the winner being decided upon by public postcard voting.


At Eurovision

On the night of the final Tonia performed 3rd in the running order, following
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and preceding
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. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 point(s) to their top three songs, and at the close of the voting "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" had received 14 points (5 from
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and the
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, 3 from
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and 1 from
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), placing Belgium joint 4th (with
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) of the 18 competing entries. This was Belgium's highest Eurovision finish to date, and would remain so until
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's second place in 1978. The Belgian jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners
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Voting


References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Eurovision 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 ...