Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) | |||
| Country | Belgium | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | Artist: 25 November 2009 Song: 7 March 2010 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Me and My Guitar" | |||
| Artist | Tom Dice | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 167 points) | |||
| Final result | 6th, 143 points | |||
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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Me and My Guitar", written by Tom Dice, Jeroen Swinnen, and Ashley Hicklin, and performed by Tom Dice himself. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT), internally selected its entry for the contest. The artist was announced on 25 November 2009, and the song was presented to the public on 7 March 2010 during the television special Eurosong 2010: een song voor Tom Dice!.
Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 10, "Me and My Guitar" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. This marked the first qualification to the final for Belgium since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Belgium placed first out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 167 points. In the final, Belgium performed in position 7 and placed sixth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 143 points.