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BRT had asked professionals from the music scene, record companies, producers, and publishers to propose artists to compete in Eurosong '87. The artists did not necessarily have to have a song ready. More than seventy artists had been submitted by the end of the submission period. On 12 December 1986, a 12-member jury assessed the artists and chose twelve to compete in Eurosong '87. The jury consisted of: three members of SABAM (Mary Boduin, Ben Gyselinck, and Els Van Den Abeele), three representatives from Belgian TV (Tom Huybrechts, Marc Maes, and Johannes Thuy), three representatives from Belgian radio (Ro Burms, Paul De Wijngart, and Nora Nys), and three representatives from the press (Paul Cajot, Toni Smeulders, and Guido Van Liefferinge). The twelve chosen artists were: Daan Van Den Durpel, Angie Dylan, Margriet Hermans, Bart Kaëll, Curt Lawrence, Dan O'Neil, Sonia Pelgrims, Sofie, Liliane Saint-Pierre, John Terra, Vincent, and Judith Vindevogel. However, a few weeks before the final, Judith Vindevogel withdrew after a dispute with her producer.
The national final was broadcast live at 20:20 CET on 14 March 1987 from the Amerikaans Theater [nl] in Brussels, and was hosted by Luc Appermont. The BRT Orchestra was conducted by Freddy Sunder. Voting was done by regional juries in the five Flemish provinces of Belgium, each consisting of forty television viewers between the ages of 16 and 60, and a professional jury. The professional jury consists of the same twelve members that chose the participating artists. All juries vote by giving each entry a score out of ten. Saint-Pierre emerged the winner by a 5-point margin, having been placed first by four of the regional juries (and second by the other), but being ranked only sixth by the professional jury.
On the night of the final Saint-Pierre performed 5th in the running order, following Iceland and preceding Sweden. At the close of the voting "Soldiers of Love" had received 56 points with votes from 12 countries (the highest mark being 8 from the United Kingdom), placing Belgium 11th out of 22 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland.
The contest was shown on TV1 with commentary by Luc Appermont, and RTBF1. It was also broadcast on a radio station BRT 2.
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