Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

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Belgium was represented by Sergio & The Ladies,with the song Sister.The Belgian Final was held on February 17th, and was hosted by Bart Peeters at the VRT TV Studios in Schelle. Before the final, there were 4 semi-finals.The members of the professional jury are Andrea Croonberghs, Marcel Vanthilt, Rocco Granata and 4 journalists (of the media stations Radio 2, Donna, TV1 and a European jury).The voting consisted of 5 juries, however the televoting counted for 1/3 of the overall vote, with the other 4 juries counting for 1/6:

"Expert" jury of 7 people

Radio 2 jury (50% televoting, 50% employees)

Radio Donna jury (50% televoting, 50% employees)

European jury of people from the participating countries in ESC 2002

Televoting & SMS voting - which Sergio won with 65%

At Eurovision,Sergio and the Ladies came 13th.