Our interviews from London Eurovision Party continue, as Rory is joined by Jérémie Makiese. They discuss his time from being announced as the Belgian representative to his song release, his time on The Voice Belgique and give a lovely rendition of Mahmood and Blanco’s entry “Brividi”!
Jérémie will represent Belgium at Eurovision 2022 with his song “Miss You”.
About Jérémie Makiese
Jérémie Makiese has been involved in music from a young age, singing in a church choir alongside his mother in his childhood. However, he rose to fame on The Voice Belgique, winning season 9 in 2021.
Outside of music, Jérémie is a talented footballer, playing as a goalkeeper for some of Belgium’s major clubs. He has also undertaken a Geology degree, though has put this on pause right now to focus on his music and sports careers!
Listen to Jérémie’s song Miss You on streaming services
Spotify
Apple Music
Listen to all Eurovision 2022 songs on Spotify
You can listen to all 40 Eurovision 2022 songs on Spotify by checking out our Eurovision 2022 playlist.
As one of the countries to debut in 1956, Belgium was represented by Fud Leclerc with the song “Messieurs les noyés de la Seine” and Monny Marc with the song “Le plus beau jour de ma vie”. Since then, Belgium has participated 62 times, 52 of which where they qualified for the Grand Final, and have won the competition once (1986).
Belgium’s recent participation, saw them being represented by Hooverphonic with the song “The Wrong Place”, where they managed to qualify for the Grand Final once again. During their participation, Hooverphonic managed to place 19th in the competition, receiving 74 points from the Jury and Televoters.
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