Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

ESC National Year
Year = 2002
Country = BEL
Preselection = National Final
Preselection date = Semifinals
20 January 2002
27 January 2002
3 February 2002
10 February 2002 Final
17 February 2002
Entrant = Sergio & The Ladies
Song = "Sister"
Final result = 13th, 33 points

Belgium was represented by Sergio & The Ladies,with the song Sister.The Belgian Final was held on February 17th, and was hosted by Bart Peeters at the VRT TV Studios in Schelle. Before the final, there were 4 semi-finals.The members of the professional jury are Andrea Croonberghs, Marcel Vanthilt, Rocco Granata and 4 journalists (of the media stations Radio 2, Donna, TV1 and a European jury).The voting consisted of 5 juries, however the televoting counted for 1/3 of the overall vote, with the other 4 juries counting for 1/6:

*"Expert" jury of 7 people
*Radio 2 jury (50% televoting, 50% employees)
*Radio Donna jury (50% televoting, 50% employees)
*European jury of people from the participating countries in ESC 2002
*Televoting & SMS voting

Final

External links

[http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Belgium2002.html Belgian National Final page]