We’re only a few days on from JJ’s victory at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, and the news is coming thick and fast. Now Belgium’s VRT have revealed the breakdown of it’s televote for Basel.
The Belgian televote
Belgian fansite Songfestival.BE has compiled the comparison of this year’s votes when compared to recent Belgian televotes. This reveal of the Belgian televote comes as questions are being raised on the integrity of the televote. With particular regards to Belgium, with both the Flemish and Walloon broadcasters potentially reassessing their participation.
Semi Final
| Year | Televote | Online vote | Total |
| 2023 | 21629 | N/A | 21629 |
| 2024 | 9826 | 32572 | 42398 |
| 2025 | 13224 | 12573 | 25797 |
Final
| Year | Televote | Online vote | Total |
| 2023 | 129932 | N/A | 129932 |
| 2024 | 92690 | 107924 | 200614 |
| 2025 | 96275 | 124279 | 220554 |
Belgium’s Eurovision Journey
Belgium was one of the debutant countries at the beginning of the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1956. For the first edition, countries could submit two songs, and for Belgium that year, ‘Messieurs les noyรจs de la Seine’ by Fud Leclerc and ‘Le plus beau jour de ma vie’ by Mony Marc represented the nation. To this day we do not know the final results of Eurovision 1956. Belgium have taken part in 64 Eurovision Song Contests; however, they have only ever won once: in 1986 with Sandra Kim and the song ‘J’amie la vie’, scoring 176 points.
Belgium chose Red Sebastian to represent the nation with “Strobe Lights” in 2025. Competing in the first semi-final, Belgium scored 23 points, placing fourteenth and ultimately missing out on the Grand Final for the second year in a row.
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Source: SongfestivalBE
Image source: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU
