{"id":74444,"date":"2024-11-14T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=74444"},"modified":"2024-11-14T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T09:14:53","slug":"eurosong-2025-met-deze-acht-kandidaten-finale-op-1-februari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/eurosong-2025\/eurosong-2025-met-deze-acht-kandidaten-finale-op-1-februari\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Eurosong 2025&#8217;: eight candidates, final on 1 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-p-lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/nl\/over-ons\/nieuws-over-vrt\/deze-acht-artiesten-geven-het-beste-van-zichzelf-in-eurosong-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VRT<\/a> has announced the eight artists in the running to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel. The final is scheduled to be held on Saturday 1 February. The contestants and their songs will be presented in two other shows, recorded in December 2024 but only aired in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The following\u00a0<strong>eight contestants\u00a0<\/strong>will battle it out for the Belgian Eurovision participation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grace<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>22-year old Grace Khuabi won the seventh season of the Flemish <strong><em>The Voice\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>in 2021. Earlier this year she made her musical debut in a Flemish version of <em>Hairspray<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"liwGIsCre3g\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jelle van Dael<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>34-year old Jelle van Dael became famous overnight in 2008 after becoming the new singer of popular dance formation <strong>Lasgo<\/strong> through winning a televised talent show. She has been working on her solo career since 2014. Earlier this year she was a contestant in\u00a0<em>Sing Again,\u00a0<\/em>aired at Flemish private TV channel VTM:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"cdgr0Y1rUZ4\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Le Manou<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>29-year old Manou Maerten took part in the 2009 Belgian national final for the <strong>Junior Eurovision Song Contest<\/strong>, placing second behind Laura Omloop with the song\u00a0<em>Comment faire<\/em>. Born and raised in Durbuy, the singer-songwriter boasts a French-language repertoire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"TJhab2tz314\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leez<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>31-year old Lisa Van Rossem participated in the Flemish version of\u00a0<em>The Voice\u00a0<\/em>in 2016. She is mostly known as a backing singer and as the sister of popular Flemish singer Metejoor. Recently she has been launching a solo career. Earlier this year, her song\u00a0<em>Toxic Lullaby\u00a0<\/em>was nominated for\u00a0<strong>Zomerhit<\/strong>, an annual major music award organised by Flanders&#8217; biggest radio station Radio 2.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"XgvsDthBJBk\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lenn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>25-year old Len Neefs is the son of Flemish singer Gunther Neefs and <strong>the grandson of Louis Neefs<\/strong>, who represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 and 1969. He is mainly popular on social media platforms with his cover versions of other songs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lenneefs\/video\/7349609245291203872\" data-video-id=\"7349609245291203872\">\n<section><a title=\"@lenneefs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lenneefs?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@lenneefs<\/a> Soms doe ik ook een auditie ja\u2026 <a title=\"arianagrande\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/arianagrande?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#arianagrande<\/a> <a title=\"wecantbefriends\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/wecantbefriends?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#wecantbefriends<\/a> <a title=\"eternalsunshine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/eternalsunshine?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#eternalsunshine<\/a> <a title=\"singing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singing?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#singing<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"arianator\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/arianator?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#arianator<\/a> <a title=\"foryoupage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryoupage?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#foryoupage<\/a> <a title=\"audition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/audition?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#audition<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Lenn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7349609329890642720?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Lenn<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mentissa<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>24-year old Mentissa won the Flemish version of\u00a0<em><strong>The Voice Kids<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>in 2014. After coming third in the French adult version of the talent show, her career was launched. Last year she was nominated for Zomerhit with her song\u00a0<em>Mamma Mia\u00a0<\/em>and since this year she is a coach in\u00a0<em>The Voice Belgique\u00a0<\/em>aired at Walloon public broadcaster RTBF.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"Viw47INKZuI\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Red Sebastian<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>25-year old Seppe Herreman became famous in 2014 after being a finalist in talent show\u00a0<em>Belgium&#8217;s Got Talent<\/em>. During his studies at the music conservatory in Ghent he got to know 2023 Belgian Eurovision representative Gustaph. Earlier this year, Red Sebastian was also a contestant in\u00a0<strong><em>Sing Again<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"FYNLdM8ge6o\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stefanie Callebaut<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>37-year old Stefanie Callebaut was the singer in the band SX but has been going solo since 2022 with own work, some of which performed in the distinct dialect of West Flanders.\u00a0 Earlier this year, she performed in the VRT show\u00a0<strong><em>Ik vraag het aan<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"cEhVoKP9fzk\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Two heats<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final of\u00a0<em>Eurosong 2025\u00a0<\/em>is scheduled for <strong>Saturday 1 February<\/strong>. A combination of professional jury and public voting will determine the final result. At the time of writing it is still unclear where exactly the final will be held.<\/p>\n<p>Flemish broadcaster VRT will be recording two heats for\u00a0<em>Eurosong 2025\u00a0<\/em>on <strong>Tuesday 10 and Saturday 14 December 2024<\/strong>. In the heats, we get to know the eight contestants better and they will premiere their songs in a so-called &#8216;pure&#8217; version, akin to what was done in the 2016 edition of the Belgian national selection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The heats will only be aired in January 2025<\/strong>, as was confirmed to Songfestival.be. In all likelihood we will not be hearing the songs before then.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Monday 18 November everyone interested can <strong>book tickets<\/strong> for the final or the two heats via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtmax\/doemee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VRT MAX<\/a>, the broadcaster&#8217;s streaming service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Het volledig overzicht vind je hier terug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":74447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,7121],"tags":[7117,7171,6020,6021,2807,2113,254,6633,7079,3052,6626,3400,6628,219,17,6630,4925,4926,6309,6627,6909,19,6634,7170,6624,6632,6631,2216,6625,6629,1291,591],"class_list":["post-74444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-be","category-eurosong-2025","tag-basel","tag-bazel","tag-belgie-eurosong","tag-belgie-songfestival","tag-esc","tag-esf","tag-eurosong","tag-eurosong-2024-belgie","tag-eurosong-2025","tag-eurosong-belgie","tag-eurosong-zweden","tag-eurosongfestival","tag-eurosongfestival-2024","tag-eurovisiesongfestival","tag-eurovision","tag-eurovision-sweden","tag-gastland-songfestival","tag-gaststad-songfestival","tag-gustaph","tag-loreen-eurovision","tag-nemo","tag-songfestival","tag-songfestival-2024-belgie","tag-songfestival-2025","tag-songfestival-zweden","tag-stockholm-eurosong","tag-stockholm-songfestival","tag-suisse","tag-sweden-2023","tag-sweden-songfestival","tag-switzerland","tag-zwitserland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74444"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74465,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74444\/revisions\/74465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}