The song is selected in Belgium – Tom Dice will perform Me And My Guitar in Oslo. The preselected artist Dice presented his song in a special transmission.

 

The show from Belgium included dance performances, and there was also time for Tom Dice to perform his own version of the Leona Lewis' hit Bleeding Love. Tonight's show, Eurosong 2010: een song voor Tom Dice!, was hosted by Bart Peeters. Apart from presenting the song for Oslo, the show also tried to find answers to who Tom Dice really is, if he's ready for the Eurovision Song Contest and how they should "sell him" abroad. Guests including Marcel Vanthilt, Siska Schoeters, André Vermeulen, Peter Van de Veire and Sergio helped in the search for answers.

 

Sergio gave Tom advice on how to handle the press conferences in Oslo, making sure that he was ready for the question "Can you please sing your song?" Sergio also wanted Tom to be wary of all the people saying "I think you're great, I'm sure you'll win", warning him not to believe them – as they tell that to everyone.

 

If you have missed the show, or just want to see it again, you can see it on Eurovision.tv -> ESCTV player

 

On the 25th of November, VRT announced that it had selected Tom Dice, runner-up of the Belgian version of The X Factor, internally to represent Belgium at the contest in May. Tom Dice was born in 1989. He was part of a band named The Dice, but then decided to go solo. Since taking part in the Belgian X Factor in 2008, he has released his single Bleeding Love. His main musical influences are Gavin DeGraw, Taylor Swift, Tyler Hilton, Damien Rice, The Kooks, Muse, Placebo and System Of A Down.

 

Belgium has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times. The only victory to date came in 1986, when Sandra Kim sang J'aime La Vie. The country has finished in last place 8 times, and since the introduction of the Semi-Finals in 2004, Belgium has failed to appear in the Final. It remains to be seen if Tom Dice can turn the tide.

 

In 2009, Belgium didn't manage to qualify for the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest, when Copycat got stuck in the first Semi-Final.

 

This year, Belgium will compete in the first Semi-Final of the contest, on the 25th of May.

 

A decent effort. Belgium have a slim chance to qualify to the final with it.

It's actually rather OK. Probably Belgium's best entry since Je T'Adore :kink: But if that didn't qualify, what can? :(

I see Damien Rice is one of his influences! Figures as that's who I was about to say he reminded me of! I think this is good actually, very pleasant :D hope it makes the final as it doesn't sound like dated trash but is instead something you'd actually expect to hear somewhere in 2010!

It makes me think of Jason Mraz, but I'm not overly familiar with his music, just that one song he's famous for :lol:

 

If Belgium fail to qualify this year I expect to see them withdraw next year :(

Edited March 8, 201015 yr by Ghosty233

I like the song. In my opinion, it's in the weaker semi, so I hope to see it qualify

I might be supporting Belgium - not listened to the song, but it's written by someone from my neck of the woods.

Official video:

 

 

 

I LOVE TOM DICE :wub:

 

 

Guess whose album leaked?

 

edit: And guess which cover is on there as well? :lol:

Edited May 6, 201015 yr by Ljósið