Belgium was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song , written and performed by . The Belgian participating broadcasters, (VRT) and (RTBF), selected their entry through Eurokids 2005. In addition, VRT and RTBF were also the host broadcasters and staged the event at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt.
Before Junior Eurovision
Eurokids 2005 Eurokids 2005 was the national final for Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, organised by the two Belgian broadcasters: Flemish broadcaster (VRT) and Walloon broadcaster (RTBF).
The submission window of Eurokids 2005 was opened on 22 November 2004 and closed on 1 February 2005. By the deadline, 874 entries were received. From the submission 30 Dutch speaking participants and 30 French speaking participants were invited to the auditions. The auditions took place on 18, 19 and 20 February 2005 in Brussels, where the 12 participants for Eurokids 2005 were chosen, which were revealed in a press conference on 1 June 2005. The running order of the Semi-finals were revealed on 28 August 2005.
All of the shows were hosted by , , Maureen Louys and . The common song was "Yakalee yakalea".
Format The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Each broadcaster chose six songs to compete, with the final winner representing Belgium at the contest. From the semi-finals, the best scoring three French speaking and three Dutch speaking participants advanced to the final. In all shows, the results were based on the votes from a four-member adult "expert" jury, a kids jury, a radio jury and televoting. The televote counted for 2/5 of the overall vote, with the other 3 juries counting for 1/5. The "expert" jury consisted of two members from Flanders and another two from Wallonia: Marcel Vanthilt, André Vermeulen, Mélanie Cohl and Viktor Lazlo.
Semi-final 1 The first semi-final took place on 4 September 2005 and was broadcast on Één and La Une. The interval act was performed by . + Semi-final 1 (4 September 2005) Artist Song LanguageJuryTelevote Points Place 1 Les Opposées "J'en ai marre"French2614 40 6 2 Max "Voor eeuwig"Dutch3022 52 1 3 Marie "Non, stop"French3116 47 4 4Jess 'n Emmy"Een gevoel" Dutch3020 50 2 5 Nicolas "Le nez dans les étoiles" French2818 46 5 6qROCKmadam "Grenzen" Dutch2624 50 2
+ Detailed Jury VotesSong Expert Jury Kids Jury Radio JuryTotal 1"J'en ai marre"7811 26 2"Voor eeuwig" 11 12 7 30 3"Non, stop" 8 11 12 31 4"Een gevoel" 10 10 10 30 5"Le nez dans les étoiles"1279 28 6"Grenzen" 9 9 8 26
Semi-final 2 The second semi-final took place on 11 September 2005 and was broadcast on Één and La Une. The interval act was performed by Clouseau with "Geef het op". + Semi-final 2 (11 September 2005) Artist Song LanguageJuryTelevote Points Place 1 "Een dagje uit" Dutch3018 48 2 2 Mélanie "Une fille ordinaire" French2714 41 6 3 "De allermooiste van de klas" Dutch2222 44 4 4 Céline "Pourquoi" French2820 48 3 5 Abigail "Huisparty" Dutch2816 44 4 6 French3624 60 1
+ Detailed Jury VotesSong Expert Jury Kids Jury Radio JuryTotal 1"Een dagje uit"101010 30 2"Une fille ordinaire" 9 7 11 27 3"De allermooiste van de klas" 7 8 7 22 4"Pourquoi" 11 11 8 28 5"Huisparty"899 28 6"Mes rêves" 12 12 12 36
Final The final was held on 18 September 2005 at 20:15 CEST and was broadcast on Één and La Une. The winner was "Mes rêves" performed by . The interval act was performed by X!NK.
+ Final (18 September 2005) Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place 1 Marie "Non, stop"2814 42 5 2 Jess 'n Emmy "Een gevoel"2618 44 4 3 Céline "Pourquoi"2516 41 6 4qROCKmadam "Grenzen"2520 45 3 53624601 6 Max "Voor eeuwig"3122 53 2 + Detailed Jury VotesSong Expert Jury Kids Jury Radio JuryTotal 1"Non, stop"10711 28 2"Een gevoel" 9 9 8 26 3"Pourquoi" 7 8 10 25 4"Grenzen" 8 10 7 25 5"Mes rêves"121212 36 6"Voor eeuwig" 11 11 9 31
At Junior Eurovision At Junior Eurovision, Belgium performed in twelfth position, before Malta and after Latvia. Belgium placed in 10th position with 63 points; the highest of which was 12 points, which came from the Netherlands.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Belgium Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Belgium Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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