 Complete the following phrase:  Belgium debuted at the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and since has participated a total of fifty-one times. The country was only absent three times in its history: 1994, 1997, and 2001, when low scores in the previous years contest prevented re-entry. Belgium won the contest once, in 1986 in Bergen, Norway with the song Jaime la vie sung by Sandra Kim. The country achieved second place in 1978 and 2003, however has finished in last place a total of eight times. Since 