Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) | |||
| Country | Belgium | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | Artist: 22 November 2016 Song: 8 March 2017 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "City Lights" | |||
| Artist | Blanche | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 165 points) | |||
| Final result | 4th, 363 points | |||
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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "City Lights", written by Pierre Dumoulin, Emmanuel Delcourt, and Ellie Delvaux, and performed by Delvaux herself under her stage name Blanche. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), internally selected its entry for the contest. The artist was announced on 22 November 2016, and the song was presented to the public on 8 March 2017.
Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 5, "City Lights" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Belgium placed fourth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 165 points. In the final, Belgium performed in position 23 and placed fourth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 363 points.