

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. Loïc Nottet during a press meet and greetĪccording to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the " Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The song's first live televised performance occurred on during The Voice Belgique. In March 2015, Nottet performed the song live on the radio stations Qmusic and Joe FM. On the same day, "Rhythm Inside" was presented on the radio shows Le 8/9 and Le 5 à 7 on VivaCité and the official music video for the song was broadcast during The Voice Belgique on La Une. The song was written by Loïc Nottet himself along with his The Voice Belgique coach Beverly Jo Scott. On 10 March 2015, RTBF held a press conference at the Maison de Vienne in Brussels, where the song " Rhythm Inside" was announced as the Belgian entry for the contest.
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Loïc Nottet was the runner-up in the third series of The Voice Belgique, which is organised by RTBF. On 3 November 2014, the broadcaster announced that they had internally selected Loïc Nottet to represent Belgium in Vienna. RTBF confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on 3 June 2014. In 2013, RTBF internally selected the winner of the most recent series of The Voice Belgique, Roberto Bellarosa to represent the nation, while in 2014, VRT organised the national final Eurosong in order to select the Belgian entry.īefore Eurovision Internal selection Both broadcasters have selected the Belgian entry using national finals and internal selections.

The Belgian participation in the contest alternates between two broadcasters: RTBF and Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT). The Belgian broadcaster for the 2015 Contest, who broadcast the event in Belgium and organised the selection process for its entry, was Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF). In 2014, Axel Hirsoux represented the country with the song " Mother", placing fourteenth in the semi-finals and failing to advance to the final. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, Belgium had been featured in only three finals. Since then, the country has won the contest on one occasion in 1986 with the song " J'aime la vie" performed by Sandra Kim. Prior to the 2015 contest, Belgium had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-six times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in 1956. Main article: Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
