eurovision 2021
Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic represented Belgium at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam with “The Wrong Place”, finishing 19th of 26. Belgium also picked Hooverphonic for 2020, the year the contest was cancelled.
- what
- Belgian band
- formed
- 1995, Belgium
- contest
- 2021
- best result
- 19th, 2021
- music
- trip hop, downtempo, chill-out music, lounge music, art rock
- active
- since 1995
- members
- Alex Callier, Luka Cruysberghs, Geike Arnaert, Noémie Wolfs past and present
- sang for
- Belgium
Biography
Hooverphonic is a Belgian band formed in October 1995, first filed under trip hop and since at home in alternative, electronica, electropop and rock. Chosen for the cancelled 2020 contest with “Release Me”, the band came back in 2021 with “The Wrong Place” and finished 19th in Rotterdam.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Hooverphonic”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2020 Rotterdam
“Release Me”
Cancelled Chosen for the 2020 contest, which was cancelled before a note was sung.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Alex Callier, Luca Chiaravalli
Play: Hooverphonic — “Release Me” hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2020: The contest that never happened
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2021 Rotterdam
“The Wrong Place”
19th of 26 Finished 19th of 26 in the final, with 74 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Alex Callier, Charlotte Forêt
- Running order
- 4th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 9th of 16, 117 points
- Won that year
- Italy: Måneskin, “Zitti e buoni”
Play: Hooverphonic — “The Wrong Place” hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2021: Back under covid rules, and Måneskin win for Italy
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