In just five days time, we will know the first competing act of Eurovision 2022. Belgium broadcaster RTBF has confirmed that they will reveal their internally selected artist on Wednesday 15 September. The act will be introduced on the radio station VivaCité.
The radio station confirmed the reveal date with their lineup of the coming week. On Wednesday 15 September, at around 8.40am on the VivaCité morning show Le 8/9, the radio station will announce the artist who will fly the Belgium flag next year in Italy.
For 2022, Belgium’s Eurovision entry will be managed by the French-speaking broadcaster RTBF. Flemish broadcaster VRT managed the country’s entry in both 2020 and 2021.
RTBF hasn’t given much information about their selection process, but it is known that the broadcaster has again internally selected their act for 2022.
Since 2013, RTBF has always internally selected its acts for Eurovision. In that time, all of the selected singers have previously competed on the French-language The Voice Belgique, which suggests the 2022 act might be another alum of the popular talent show.
Belgium’s act for Eurovision 2022 is on track to be the first artist revealed this season. A mid-September reveal is early for RTBF — in recent years, the act has been revealed no earlier than November.
Belgium at Eurovision
Belgium’s Eurovision participations are managed by the country’s two participating broadcasters — Flemish broadcaster VRT and Walloon broadcaster RTBF. The broadcasters alternate every second year, however VRT managed both the 2020 and 2021 entries after Eurovision 2020 was cancelled.
Belgium has had mixed fortunes at Eurovision in recent years. In 2015, Loïc Nottet placed fourth with “Rhythm Inside”, and Blanche enjoyed the same placing in 2017 with “City Lights”. Laura Tesoro earned a top-ten finish in 2016 with her feel-good anthem “What’s the Pressure”.
Things were less successful in 2018 and 2019. Both Sennek and Eliot didn’t make it into the grand final, finished 12th and 13th in their respective semi-finals.
Most recently the Belgian group Hooverphonic competed in Rotterdam with their moody tune “The Wrong Place”. The group made it to the grand final, where they finished in 19th place. Disappointingly, the otherwise popular group only picked up three points in the grand final televote and had most of their support from the jury vote.
Who do you think will represent Belgium at Eurovision 2022? Should it be another The Voice act? Or should the broadcaster look somewhere else? Sound off in the comments section below!
The news is out, Jérémie Makiese will be the next artist for Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022!
Ykon ?
This is most likely just wishful thinking, but I hope Belgium sends Stromae to Eurovision.
Edit: Stromae is from Etterbeek in Brussels. Brussels is partly Walloon and partly Flemish (if I’ve done my research correctly). So there is a chance it could happen. Idk how big the chance is tho.
One more day until we find out who will represent Belgium for 2022. Five days have never felt so long.
Maybe Doria( upcoming in Wallonia and Brussels) or Alice Ve ( the voice Belgique)!! jeremie also a good choice
tbh i think blanche and loic were very overrated. but at least belgium is trying something to appeal to people so good for them
Imagine it’s Hadise 😀
Isn’t Hadise Flemish?
I saw on Jérémie Makiese’s Instagram that he was recording a song with Pierre Dumoulin (who composed Blanche’s and Eliot’s Eurovision entries). Given the fact that Jérémie has said that he wants to go to Eurovision, I think it could be him with a Dumoulin song …
Jeremie Makiese has just been announced as a player for a football team in the Belgian First Division B. I think he will have to decide whether his priorities are football or music. Most likely it will be someone else.
oops i think that’s a good sign that it will be him actually. Pierre Dumoulin will def be behind the 2022 entry, it seems
Although I really liked Dumoulin’s Eurovision songs (Blanche’s song is one of my favourite Belgian entries), it would also be nice if they gave another composer a chance … Not because his songs aren’t good, but to see what other people have to offer … I don’t think it’s always very good to repeat the same formula (look at Cyprus) …
You are correct.
My dream would be a Flemish-Walloon duet, like Loïc and Laura. But i’m afraid neither of them are interested in going a second time. I’m guessing Antoine Delie, who partcipated in The Voice Belgique 2 times and made it to the live shows his second try, and made it to the final of The Voice France, La Plus Belle Voix, last year.
2 Unlimited!!
Ah, Belgium, my fav country of the 10’s… Tom, Witloof Bay, Roberto, Loïc, Laura, Blanche, Sennek, Hooverphonic, everyone with their glam and style, keep it going!
Any rumours??
Tamino would be my ultimate choice for Belgium. He’s a unique artist with great music and voice that stands out (much like Loic but different style).
The artist has to be talented and charismatic on stage (remember 2018 and 2019 failures)
The radio station has said it will be a “personality” hinting at a solo artist
Jérémie Makiese
Would love to see Tamino. But I don’t think he would participate 🙂 Anyway, I am fine if Belgium continues to send dark and moody stuff.
Belgium interchanges between the Flemish and the Walloon broadcaster, and it’s the Walloons’ turn… they’ve had 3 years to prepare by now, my guess is they’ve known the name for a very long time already and just want to get it out there.
Let’s hope it’s Luka
Maybe in 2023 because she’s Flemish. RTBF is a french-speaking Belgian broadcaster in Wallonia.
Politics wouldn’t be happy
Imagine Claire Laffut with a moody bop like Verite
I don’t know, this just seems a bit rushed for me. Wouldn’t it be more logical to take some more time to match the right singer to the right song?
Still it’s exciting news though 🙂
They may already be starting the process to pick a song, but the last few contest Belgium has always been the first to announce their artist.
True but that doesn’t automatically make it a good decision…
But whatever, if that’s what they wanna do then good for them, I’m excited to see who it is
Fair enough. You never know who’s Going to have a good or bad song. I remembered Armenia being the first country to announce their singer for the 2019 contest And they were the last to reveal the song. But in the end, Armenia didn’t qualify Because it was performed and staged so poorly.
The Walloon broadcaster’s last turn was in 2019, so they’ve had plenty of time.
More time than…? We don’t know how long have they been preparing this entry, it could have been years 🙂
Blanche was announced fairly early for Kyiv and she came fourth.
Imagine the gag and the DRAMA if Luka was selected as the artist
This is the walloon broadcaster’s turn The Belgian your vision act, so I don’t think it’s likely they’ll pick a Flemish singer. At best, she might participate in 2023 If she wants to.
Wow, didn’t expect to know a name this soon! Looking forward to hear it.
Also wishing to hear from the host city pretty soon.
They sure are taking their sweet time, aren’t they? Ukraine had already announced their host city in 2017 by this date, and it felt like it took them forever.
I can’t remember how long it took for Israel to choose Tel Aviv as their host city, so I took a look at the wiki page of 2019 contest and it turned out they had announced Tel Aviv as a host country on September 13, 2018. So it looks like Italy might be on track for a late announcement. I don’t know what’s taking so long to choose a host country. I hope there aren’t any problems.
Italy actually suffers from a good problem, for a change. They actually have multiple locations that are more than suitable to host. I have the feeling that they either already have made choice and haven’t announced it, or they’re going to come out of nowhere with a wildcard, like that they’re going to host in Rome, or just throw a complete curveball. Rai also has to deal with how to handle the whole COVID situation when selecting a hosting location, to add to the whole mess,
Yeah, we’re not out of the woods yet with Covid. Let’s hope Italy can develop just a robust system for testing and detecting Covid has the Netherlands did. I don’t think it’s going to be Rome as the host city, because that’s been eliminated for not having suitable facilities.
They’ve probably already chose a city but opts to announce it video-style rather than a mere press release l.
And there’s probably the logo and slogan in mind to create in addition to the host city announcement. That takes a lot of work to do, and it’s probably better to announce with the full package not just the host city.
Definitely it seems, although they have 3 strong options, it seems a tough choice
Wasn’t Ukraine a whole mess in terms of postponing the city announcement though?
They indeed did delay their announcement several times. I actually think that Rai has selected a hosting location, but will make an announcement when they have a full plan on how many people can attend, COVID testing and everything related to the ongoing situation is taken into account. However, I do believe that a theme and hosts will be announced separately at the end of the year, as is usual.
Ooh, Our first artist in only five days! Now the Eurovision 2022 season has really started. I wonder who will they announce. Hopefully it’s somebody that they can get another qualification in a row.
My biggest wish would be Lous and the Yakuzas with an anticipated and mysterious entry in French language like she does so well, but I’m open to any artist or performer who has his own musical world and believe in it. I expect a surprise in the end.
omg the SERVE that would be
I trust Belgium to choose the right artist as well as the song but I just hope they won’t ruin it with the staging…
Wake up was such a good song…
I’m hoping for Loïc Nottet but I think it will be Charles or Jeremie Makiese
I’d like Charles! Unlike Jeremie she already has established her self and has a certain artistic direction
We already got Loïc Nottet! I’m sure he’d do great if he had a second chance, but I’m happy just letting Rhythm Inside stand on its own rather than having it be compared to anything
I just hope Waloon broadcaster is not overimpressed by the well-deserved success of madame Pravi so they decide to go with Jacques Brel 2022 edition after Edith Piaf 2021 edition.
Belgium is always early in choosing the artist because they have two years time. This year the French broadcaster had even 3 years time to decide
Some people in Albania will be furious now.
I think the song will be revealed later. So Albanians don’t need to be furious 🙂
We’ll be fine. We’ll be furious with our broadcaster’s shenanigans once again.
The heat is getting higher!! Belgium is always solid at ESC so I trust them to come up with a brilliant act once more!
Well, it seems like we will also the have the first artist announcement before the host city announcement
Kate Ryan please. Thank you
She can’t. She has undergone knee surgery and still has severe pains.
You don’t know how this whole RTBF/VRT thing works do you?
I just found out Kate Ryan is Flemish. Why the heck I thought she is from the French speaking part? Maybe of her French song titles.
I’m still trying to recover from Belgium 2018. One of my favourite entries in recent years that wasn’t delivered live on stage. Nervous vocals and messy stage presentation. Should have been a contender
“A Matter of Time” was promising. Sigh
it was never winner material but couldve been a decent 14th/15th place in the finals if they actually tried with the staging. instead they made her walk around the stage for 3 minutes looking like the ghost from the nun
Luka Cruysberghs should represent Belgium
She’s flemish though
So?
Because Walloon broadcasters choose Walloon artists?
Except for Witloof Bay.
99% chance it is jeremy makiese. Nice that we’ll get news early on in the season. I wonder if RTBF has already made a choice some time ago since they always have like an extra year to prepare.
to compensate the 2020 cancellation, the 2023 entry should also be managed by RTBF, before being alternatively chosen again after 2023 (VRT for 2024. RTBF for 2025, and so on).
In fact it should always be the RTBF who selects, because they send much better entries.
I hope that next Belgian represent not be a The voice singer. Belgium deserves prominent artist and finally good result first time in many years
Yeah, the Voice/X-factor alumni like Duncan and Maneskin were bad options for their countries.
4 years is not many though. It took Finland 15 for another top 10 finish.
Keep in mind they almost reached top 10 in 2014 with Softengine (2 points below the two automatic qualifiers, Denmark and Spain)
Since 2010 they had 4 times a top 10 result. Most countries can only dream of it, dude
Their song choices have been sublime, but going with inexperienced performers on stage has been a mixed bag as some have struggled with nerves on the big stage. Still, Belgium always present a good modern radio-friendly song. Good luck to them. Looking forward to hear what they’ll come up with.