Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Belgium was represented by Louis Neefs, with the song "Ik heb zorgen", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. "Ik heb zorgen" was chosen at the Belgian national final on 25 February. Neefs would represent Belgium again in 1969.

Before Eurovision

Canzonissima 
Canzonissima was the national final format developed by BRT which determined the song that would represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967. This was the 2nd edition of Canzonissima, after previously being used to select BRT's 1963 entry. The competition consisted of nine semi-finals held between October 1966 and February 1967, and a final on 25 February 1967. All shows were held in the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, and hosted by Jan Theys.

Format 
Canzonissima 1967 consisted of nine semi-finals and a final. Ten artists competed in each semi-final and the top three songs would appear again in the next semi-final, while the other seven artists would have to select new songs. For a song to qualify to the final, it would have to get top three in three consecutive semi-finals.

Competing Entries 
BRT shortlisted 10 artists for Canzonissima 1967; Rita Deneve, Kalinka, Marva, Ann Soetaert, Chris Wijnen, Hugo Dellas, Jimmy Frey, Louis Neefs, Ronny Temmer, and Will Tura. However, Will Tura was eventually changed for Johnny White for unknown reasons. A total of 70 songs took part in Canzonissima 1967.

Shows

Semi-finals 
Voting in the semi-finals was done by a 10-member jury panel. Since songs introduced in semi-finals 8 or 9 could not get top 3 in 3 semi-finals and qualify to the final, the rules to qualify for the final were changed for semi-final 9. Songs had to receive at least 72.1 points, the average number of points that every song that qualified to the final got in their last semi-final.

After Semi-final 1, Louis van Rymenant, Ann Soetaert's producer, puts in a complaint against "Waar is de zomer" and "Wondermooi" for lasting over 3 minutes during the show, despite lasting under 3 minutes during rehearsals. The two songs were disqualified and the two songs tied for 4th place qualified instead.

Semi-final 2 was hosted by Willem Duys, as Jan Theys was sick.

Louis Neefs was absent from semi-final 3 as he was in Berlin for a TV programme and would have been too ill to return to Brussels in time.

Semi-final 6 was not broadcast live like the other eight semi-finals. It was recorded on the 30th December and broadcast on the 31st.

After Semi-final 8, Louis Neefs withdrew "Alleen met z'n tweeën" as he wanted to participate with a different song in semi-final 9.

After the songs were performed, "Je naam" and "Hoor je dat hart" were disqualified for lasting longer than 3 minutes.

Final 
The final took place on 25 February 1967 at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, hosted by Jan Theys. Even though eight songs qualified for the final, only seven songs took part, as Louis Neefs had decided to withdraw "Zij was zo mooi" in order not to run the risk of splitting his vote. 

Voting was done by a 15-member jury who each gave one point to their favourite song. Only three of the songs registered any points on the board.

At Eurovision 
On the night of the final Neefs performed 10th in the running order, following Germany and preceding eventual contest winners the United Kingdom. At the close of the voting "Ik heb zorgen" had received 8 points (the highest being 3 from Finland), placing Belgium 7th of the 17 participating countries. The highest marks from the Belgian jury were 3s to Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Voting

References 

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967
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