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Belgium was represented at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1977 The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the with the song " Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man. Organised by t ...
with the song "A Million in One, Two, Three", written by Luc Smets, and performed by
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. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish (BRT), selected its entry through a national final.


Before Eurovision


''Eurosong 1977''


Format

Since the last three winners of the Eurovision Song Contest had been pop songs sung in the English language by a nationally famous group, the Flemish broadcaster (BRT) used this as inspiration for ''Eurosong 1977''. Three pop groups were chosen for ''Eurosong 1977'': Two Man Sound, Trinity, and . The original format for the national final involved each group performing one song each. The best song would then be chosen and would be performed by all three groups, whereby the best combination of artist and song would win ''Eurosong 1977''. This was the same as the format used in , the Dutch national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. However, Dream Express protested this and a new format for ''Eurosong 1977'' was created: Each group received their own programme, where three songs would be presented and two would qualify to the final. In the final, the top song from each group would go to a second round and then the overall winner would be decided.


Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held in the in
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and were hosted by Luc Appermont. The semi-finals were recorded one week in advance. In each semi-final, the group performed their biggest hits and their three candidate songs, which were voted on by a 192-member jury in the audience. The audience jury was selected from a BRT study to ensure that it was diverse in age and gender. Each jury member voted by giving a score between 1 and 6 to each song and the lowest-scoring song was eliminated from each semi-final.


Final

The final was broadcast live on 5 February 1977 in the in
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and was hosted by Luc Appermont. Voting was done by the same 192-member audience jury from the semi-finals and in the same method. In the first round, each group performed their two songs and the highest scoring song qualified to the next round. The points from the first round weren't revealed until after the show in order to not bias the jury. In the second round, each group performed their song and the highest scoring song won. The winner of ''Eurosong 1977'' was "A Million in One, Two, Three" by Dream Express. After the announcement of the results, Dream Express fans stormed the stage and Luc Appermont struggled to close the show.


At Eurovision

The free-language rule which had applied in Eurovision between 1973 and 1976 was abolished by the
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before the 1977 contest and participants were now obliged once again to perform in an official language of their country. However, as Belgium (along with ) were already too far into their selection process, they were given dispensation to perform in English. On the night of the final Dream Express performed 17th in the running order, following and preceding the eventual winner . At the close of the voting "A Million in One, Two, Three" had received 69 votes from 11 countries (including the maximum 12 from The Netherlands and 10 from the ), placing Belgium 7th of the 18 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.


Voting


References

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