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Jacques Raymond
Jacques Raymond sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1963 and 1971, for Belgium. The best result was 10th place in 1963, with “Waarom?”.
- who
- Belgian singer
- born
- 13 October 1938, Temse, Belgium
- contests
- 1963, 1971
- best result
- 10th, 1963
- music
- pop
- sang for
- Belgium
Biography
Jacques Raymond is a Belgian singer who sang for Belgium twice. “Waarom?” finished tenth in London in 1963, and “Goeie morgen, morgen”, with Lily Castel, joint 14th in Dublin in 1971.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Jacques Raymond”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1963 London
“Waarom?”
10th of 16 Finished 10th of 16, with 4 points.
- Sung in
- Dutch
- Written by
- Wim Brabants, Hans Flower
- Conductor
- Francis Bay
- Running order
- 14th of 16
- Age on the night
- 24
- Won that year
- Denmark: Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, “Dansevise”
The story of Eurovision 1963: Two studios, and a vote that was read out twice
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1971 Dublin
“Goeie morgen, morgen”
14th of 18 Finished 14th of 18, with 68 points.
- Billed as
- Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel
- With
- Lily Castel
- Sung in
- Dutch
- Written by
- Paul Quintens, Phil Van Cauwenbergh
- Conductor
- Francis Bay
- Running order
- 10th of 18
- Age on the night
- 32
- Won that year
- Monaco: Séverine, “Un banc, un arbre, une rue”
The story of Eurovision 1971: Pickets outside, jurors on the stage
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Jacques Raymond, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1971 Everyone comes back
Germany's Katja Ebstein was back from the year before. Belgium's Jacques Raymond had last sung in 1963, and this time he was a late call-up: he and Lily Castel replaced the duo Nicole and Hugo after Nicole came down with jaundice.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.