Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "La voix est libre", written by Pierre Theunis, and performed by Frédéric Etherlinck. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.
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Before Eurovision
Finale Nationale du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1995
Walloon broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) had the turn to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 representing Belgium. The national selection was broadcast live at 20:10 CET on RTBF 1 on 12 March 1995 from studio 6 in the RTBF studios and was hosted by Thierry Luthers. Ten songs competed, chosen from 192 submitted entries. The winner was chosen by six regional juries (Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur, and Brussels), plus a jury consisting of music professionals. All the juries awarded points to the songs in the same way as is done in the Eurovision Song Contest: 12 points to the top song, 10 points to the second top song, then 8 down to 1 point for the rest of the top ten songs.
At Eurovision
Frédéric Etherlinck performed 14th in the running order of the contest, following Hungary and preceding the United Kingdom. "La voix est libre" received 8 points, 7 from Spain and 1 from Austria, placing 20th of 23 countries competing.
The contest was broadcast on RTBF1 (with commentary by Jean-Pierre Hautier) and on TV1 (with commentary by André Vermeulen).
