Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) | |||
| Country | Belgium | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Eurovision 2013: À vous de choisir la chanson ! | |||
| Selection date | Artist: 16 November 2012 Song: 16 December 2012 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Love Kills" | |||
| Artist | Roberto Bellarosa | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (5th, 75 points) | |||
| Final result | 12th, 71 points | |||
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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Love Kills", written by Jukka Immonen and Iain James, and performed by Roberto Bellarosa. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), selected its entry for the contest through the national final Eurovision 2013: À vous de choisir la chanson !, after having previously selected the performer internally. The national final, held on 16 December 2012, featured three songs, and "Love Kills" was selected as the winning song via the votes of an expert jury and a public televote.
Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2013. Performing during the show in position 15, "Love Kills" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Belgium placed fifth out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 75 points. In the final, Belgium performed in position 6 and placed twelfth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 71 points.