Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Belgium chose Axel Hirsoux (32). He has taken part in several talent shows since 2001 and finally hit gold in the Belgian national selection Eurosong . He's got a great voice, no doubt and this blogger liked his efforts a lot in the selection process. When his entry Mother was revealed, I was less enthuastic....But I seem to be in minority as he is one of the main favorites to win this year.... Robert: There was no better song for me in the disappointing Belgian selection this year. Therefor I chose Axel's song but certainly not because I love it so much. I see that he can attract a lot of votes with his voice, song and presentation and maybe win the whole thing, but in the end we won't understand anymore why we voted for him because the song gets irritating quickly I'm afraid.  Blogilkar: I agree with my bicycling reporter Robert what he said about the song. Plus I have to admit I find the lyrics so cheesy I can't take them seriously. (Maybe I have some i...

Tonight four songs and aartists battled out the two tickets to the final.  Sil stopped the time and went to the final while Yass surprised with a song mostly in French despite the title and final for him, too. Belgians liked the slow ones tonight and hooray for that! The other two acts had focus on the show, not the song, I'm afraid. The Belgian final is shaping up very nicely! Sil - What's the time in Tokyo Yass - Need you tonight 2Fabiola feat. Loredana - She's after my piano Axeela - Chasing rainbows

Belgium has been playing around with the old Eurovision songs in their casting shows and call back aka second chance round. A masked group Day One has caused some stir as they haven ' t revealed their real identity and among others Kate Ryan has been said to be the singer.... sooner or later the masks must come down and we will see..... Now we have finally the semifinalists, 12 of them. Three semifinals will follow now, each with four acts two of them making the final where there will be then six acts if my math's right. There will be televote-international jury deciding on the winner then in the final. As we don't know the songs yet I still stand by Nelson :-) Semifinal 1 - February 23, 2014 Day One - Whoever you are Eva Jacobs - Nothing is imposible Udo - Killer touch Petra - Hero Semifinal 2 - March 2, 2014 Axeela - Chasin rainbows Yass - Need you tonight Sil - What's the time in Tokyo 2Fabiola - She's after my piano Semifinal ...