#BIRTHDAY: 15 June – Jérémie Makiese from Belgium is 26

Our friends in Belgium have been taking part in our favourite TV show since the start – that’s 1956, if you were thinking the first contest was in 2012. They do the right thing and alternate between VRT and RTBF, although you often wonder how much contact those broadcasters have with each other.

In 2022, it was RTBF’s turn and they picked a Brussels-region resident, today’s birthday boy Jérémie Makiese, there appeasing the Dutch speakers too. Not a bad move as his song charted higher in Flanders than in Wallonia. Anyway, he did enough to make the Saturday night Grand Final in Torino/Turin, helping forge a lucky streak that has been a bit patchy. But we know Belgium can surprise us, so could a second win soon be on the cards?

Authors: Riigi Ametnik, John Stanton

Source: OnEurope