Belgium chose their Junior Eurovision entry for 2006 through Eurosong for Kids, a national final consisting of 10 songs competing over two semi-finals and a final. The winner of Junior Eurosong was Thor!, with the song "Een tocht door het donker".[1]
Before Eurovision
Eurosong for Kids 2006
Eurosong for Kids was the national final for Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, organised by Belgian broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT).
Format
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In all shows, the results were based on the votes from a three-member adult "expert" jury, a kids jury, Radio 2 jury, Radio Donna jury and televoting. The televote counted for 1/3 of the overall vote, with the other 4 juries counting for 1/6. The members of the "expert" jury were Els De Schepper, Heidi Lenaerts and Ronny Mosuse.[2] The winning song from each semi-final qualified for the final along with the 3 overall best scoring non-winners.
Semi-final
The first semi-final took place on 17 September 2006. Thor! advanced directly for the final, winning the semi-final with 70 points. Lizz@xy and Attic also qualified as two of the three overall best scoring non-winners with 67 and 60 points respectively.[3]
The second semi-final took place on 24 September 2006. The Fireflies advanced directly for the final, winning the semi-final with 71 points. Nicolas also qualified as one of the three overall best scoring non-winners with 62 points.[4]
Semi-final 2 – 24 September 2006
Draw
Artist
Song
Jury
Televote
Total
Place
1
Nikkie
"Echte vrienden"
39
16
55
4
2
Nicolas
"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"
40
22
62
2
3
Arlieke
"Waarom liet je mij daar staan"
36
18
54
5
4
Melissa
"Hé jij"
37
20
57
3
5
The Fireflies
"Waarom?"
47
24
71
1
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Expert Jury
Kids Jury
Radio 2
Radio Donna
Total
1
"Echte vrienden"
11
9
9
10
39
2
"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"
10
10
12
9
40
3
"Waarom liet je mij daar staan"
9
11
8
8
36
4
"Hé jij"
8
8
10
11
37
5
"Waarom?"
12
12
11
12
47
Final
The final was held on 1 October 2006. The winner was "Een tocht door het donker" performed by Thor!.[1]
At Junior Eurovision, Belgium performed in thirteenth position, before Croatia and after Belarus.[5] Belgium placed in 7th position with 71 points; the highest of which was 10 points, which came from Croatia.[6][7]