Le Grand Soir

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Belgium Le Grand Soir


caption =
year = 2005
country = Belgium
artist = Nuno Resende
as =
with =
language = French
languages =
composer = Alec Mansion,
Frédéric Zeitoun
lyricist = Alec Mansion,
Frédéric Zeitoun
conductor =
place =
points =
place_semi = 22nd
points_semi = 29
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2005be from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip =
prev = 1 Life
prev_link = 1 Life
next = Je t'adore
next_link = Je t'adore

"Le Grand Soir" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in French by Nuno Resende.

The song was performed in the semi-final, as Belgium had not finished in the top 10 in the 2004 Contest. On the night, it was performed eleventh (following Iceland's Selma with "If I Had Your Love" and preceding Estonia's Suntribe with "Let's Get Loud"). At the close of voting, it had only received 29 points, placing 22nd in the 25-song field and not making the final - additionally, the result forced Belgium to qualify through the semi-final at their next Contest.

The song is a dramatic ballad, with Resende singing about the drama of "Le Grand Soir." The song title could be translated as "The Great Day," (even though "soir" literally means "evening"), and it refers to the day a social revolution will come. "Le Grand Soir" is a well-known expression in French, and is often used ironically. See the French Wikipedia entry [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Soir here] for a bit more detail.

It was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 2006 Contest by Kate Ryan with "Je T'Adore".