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Ellie Delvaux to Eurovision as Blanche 2017

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Singer Ellie Delvaux will represent our country with the stage name Blanche. RTBF has announced that via facebook.

The 16-year-old Ellie Delvaux from Brussels was internally chosen by the Walloon broadcaster to next year on behalf of Belgium to take part in the Eurovision song contest in the Ukrainian Kiev. They will participate under her stage name Blanche, thus did the singer and her entourage itself known on its official website.

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Blanche this year took part in the Walloon version of The Voicetalent show. Her coach was the French poprockduo Cats on Trees. In the third last episode was the 16-year-old singer turned off after they had received too few votes of the public and was not dredged up by her coach.

It is the third consecutive time that the RTBF has a songfestivalkandidaat found in the field of the talent show. As yet is that very successful expired: Roberto Bellarosa was twelfth in 2013 with Love Kills, Loïc Nagashima was fourth last year with Rhythm Inside.

Pierre Dumoulin

‘ Blanche ‘ will work with Pierre Dumoulin, the lead singer of the group Roscoe. They work together all to an EP that will be released in the spring next year at the record label [PIAS]. According to a press release from the RTBF will also the Belgian Eurovision entry from that musical collaboration.

With the video below made the RTBF the participation of Blanche known:

YouTube

Ellie ‘ Blanche ‘ Delvaux has its own YouTube account where she covers of famous songs post. That you can find here . Some examples:

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Also her blind audition from The Voice is on the movies site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK1qEEop7V0

Photo: Stéphane Hakins, twitter account The Voice Belgique