Belgium was represented by

Jacques Raymond Jacques Raymond (born Jozef Remon on 13 October 1938) is a Belgian singer. He represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the Dutch song "Waarom?". In the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, he teamed u ...

, with the song "Waarom?", at the

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, which took place on 23 March in London. The song was chosen in the national final on 16 February. Raymond had previously finished second in the Belgian final in

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, and would later represent the country in a duet with

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Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 16 February at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, hosted by Denise Maes and Bob Boon. Six songs qualified for the final having survived a series of qualifying rounds, the details of which are also unknown. The winner was chosen by an "expert" by jury and a public jury. The points were allocated through a decibel meter which measured how loud the applause was for each song, and the amount was counted into points. However, because it only calculated noise, boos were also counted as points. Among the other participants was future Belgian representative

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At Eurovision

On the night of the final Raymond performed 14th in the running order, following

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and preceding Monaco. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-4-3-2-1 to their top 5 songs, and at the close of the voting "Waarom?" had received 4 points (all from Austria), placing Belgium 10th of the 16 competing entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners Denmark.ESC History - Belgium 1963
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Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963

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