Belgium as host country chose their Junior Eurovision entry for 2005 through Eurokids, a national final consisting of 12 songs competing over two semi-finals and a final. The winner of Eurokids was Lindsay Daenen with the song "Mes rêves".[1]
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Each broadcaster chose six songs to compete, with the final winner representing Belgium at the contest.[2] From the semi-finals, the best scoring three French speaking and three Dutch speaking participants advanced to the final. In all shows, the results were based on the votes from a four-member adult "expert" jury, a kids jury, a radio jury and televoting. The televote counted for 2/5 of the overall vote, with the other 3 juries counting for 1/5. The "expert" jury consisted of two members from Flanders and another two from Wallonia: Marcel Vanthilt, André Vermeulen, Mélanie Cohl and Viktor Lazlo.
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 4 September 2005.[3]
At Junior Eurovision, Belgium performed in twelfth position, before Malta and after Latvia.[6] Belgium placed in 10th position with 63 points; the highest of which was 12 points, which came from the Netherlands.[7][8]