Today Belgium made their Eurovision entry official at a press conference held this morning. Belgium is a country with a lot of ups and downs in the contest history. The absolute highlight being Sandra Kim's win in Bergen, Norway in 1986 with "J'aime La Vie" and another close win in 2003 with "Sanomi" by Urban Trad, but in the end had to settle for 2nd place. Other memorable moments include 1983's ridiculously funny "Rendezvous", 1984's "Avanti La Vie", 1987's "Soldiers Of Love", 1999's "Like The Wind" and the big fan favourites "1 Life" and "Je T'adore" from 2004 and 2006, respectively. Together with Estonia, Belgium is the only other country to have failed qualifying from the semi finals, since they were introduced, at every single attempt. This year they will be represented by...
ARTIST: Patrick Ouchene
SONG: Copycat
As expected Belgium's entry this year would be a rockabilly song. Humouristically throwing hints to Elvis Presley, represented in the music video by a fat cat who is a rock and roll star. But will Europe be able to get the joke? Probably, seeing as almost everyone can recognise the object of the song. The song itself resembles more the style of the early works by American singer/actor Chris Isaak, than that of the King himself. The song comes across as quite catchy, and is a lot better than what I had expected, but it may prove to be too kitsch for even Eurovision. For me there are both a lot better and a lot worse songs in the competition. Unlucky for Belgium they will take part in the first semi final on 12th May, which seems to be the semi final with the most good songs this year. And for that reason I think they will again fail to qualify. Sorry, Belgium...
VERDICT: 5 out of 10
ARTIST: Patrick Ouchene
SONG: Copycat
As expected Belgium's entry this year would be a rockabilly song. Humouristically throwing hints to Elvis Presley, represented in the music video by a fat cat who is a rock and roll star. But will Europe be able to get the joke? Probably, seeing as almost everyone can recognise the object of the song. The song itself resembles more the style of the early works by American singer/actor Chris Isaak, than that of the King himself. The song comes across as quite catchy, and is a lot better than what I had expected, but it may prove to be too kitsch for even Eurovision. For me there are both a lot better and a lot worse songs in the competition. Unlucky for Belgium they will take part in the first semi final on 12th May, which seems to be the semi final with the most good songs this year. And for that reason I think they will again fail to qualify. Sorry, Belgium...
VERDICT: 5 out of 10
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