Belgium and the Netherlands have been allocated a start position in the first half of the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on Thursday 12th May at a draw in the host city Düsseldorf today. Discover which countries will perform in which part of both semifinals on our Düsseldorf 2011 page.

Patrick Hamilton, producer of La Sakhra, Andrei Lugovski, Laura Lynn and The Sunsets among others, has rearranged Our Home by Hélène. The Belgian Burundian Hélène De Cuyper from Geraardsbergen will compete with 29 other artists in the radio heat of the Belgian selections for Eurovision 2011 on VivaCité.

Nelza, one of the thirty acts to compete in the preliminary round of the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on 30th January on VivaCité, has presented a new version of its entry Be My Friend. Nelson and Zazou added more beats and folk sounds to their folk pop song.

The qualification of the in Belgium living French singer Gautier Reyz for the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 is not appreciated by everyone. According to R. Laurent, a former press spokesman of the semi finalist of Star Academy on TF1 in France, Reyz violates the regulations.

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The first phase of the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 finished on 31st December. Almost 200 artists subscribed with a song on Akamusic. 3181 producers together invested 697.015 Euro. 30 artists reached 100% of the necessary amount of 20.000 Euro for qualification.

The first phase of the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was closed at noon. Manipulation by Paul Biss was still disqualified in the end, resulting in 30 instead of 31 finalists. RTBF will possibly internally reduce the number of candidates for the national final half February.

.fen with Yes I Know and Clac Et Les Portes with Claquer Les Portes have qualified for the Belgian national final organized by Akamusic and RTBF. .fen and Clac Et Les Portes are finalists number 30 and 31 respectively and possibly the last two in the selections to be closed tomorrow at noon.

Chloé Ditlefsen, the now 15 year-old singer who finished second in the Belgian selections for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Lemosos in 2008, has qualified for the Belgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf on Akamusic.com with the song Just One Chance.

Françoise Norroy with Je Vis Comme Une Chanson and NellSonn! with Commence Par Un Pas are the two new finalists on Eurovision.akamusic.com. RTBF and Akamusic disqualified Thooom with United Belgium for the Belgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 because of his political message.

Within just a couple of minutes, four more candidates qualified for the Belgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on Eurovision.akamusic.com: Mael with L'Ancre De Nos Vies, Swing Channel with Les Pieds Dans L'Eau, Tommy Waters with I'm Alive and Etienne Deleyre with The Way You Are.

Finalist twenty three for the Belgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf on the website Eurovision.akamusic.com is a fact. Whether the desperate message of Thooom with United Belgium also deserves a place in the final is a different question.

Harley is the fifth candidate who qualified for the Belgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf today on the website Eurovision.akamusic.com. Harley with Pardonne Moi - Prière Rock also is the twenty second qualifier for the national final to be organized by RTBF.

2DaysTicket with A Journey Inside Me also qualified tonight on Eurovision.akamusic.com for the Belgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. 2DaysTicket is a bilingual band composed of Bruno, Grégory, Kris and Jean-Luc, three Belgians and a French member.

The third qualifier in one day is a fact. Joyce & Jay with Do You Remember / Te Souviens Tu qualified for the Belgian national final organized by RTBF Eurovision.akamusic.com. Charlie Joyce and Jaimy Jay are the twentieth finalist in the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.