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Louis Neefs
Louis Neefs sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1967 and 1969, for Belgium. The best result was 7th place in 1967, with “Ik heb zorgen”.
Belgium
1967 · 1969
- who
- Belgian singer and presenter
- born
- 8 August 1937, Gierle, Belgium
- died
- 25 December 1980 (aged 43), Lier, Belgium
- contests
- 1967, 1969
- best result
- 7th, 1967
- music
- pop
- sang for
- Belgium
Biography
Louis Neefs, who died in 1980, was a Belgian singer and presenter who sang for Belgium twice and finished seventh both times: with “Ik heb zorgen” in Vienna in 1967 and, jointly, with “Jennifer Jennings” in Madrid in 1969.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Louis Neefs”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1967 Vienna
“Ik heb zorgen”
7th of 17 Finished 7th of 17, with 8 points.
- Sung in
- Dutch
- Written by
- Paul Quintens, Phil Van Cauwenbergh
- Conductor
- Francis Bay
- Running order
- 10th of 17
- Age on the night
- 29
- Won that year
- United Kingdom: Sandie Shaw, “Puppet on a String”
The story of Eurovision 1967: Mirrors, a muddled scoreboard and Britain's first win
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1969 Madrid
“Jennifer Jennings”
7th of 16 Finished 7th of 16, with 10 points.
- Sung in
- Dutch
- Written by
- Paul Quintens, Phil Van Cauwenbergh
- Conductor
- Francis Bay
- Running order
- 10th of 16
- Age on the night
- 31
- Won that year
- France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom
The story of Eurovision 1969: Four winners and not enough medals
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Louis Neefs is part of.
- 1969 One empty place Thrown out, pulled out, stayed away
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Louis Neefs, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1969 One empty place
Five of the singers had been here before. Simone de Oliveira was back for Portugal, Louis Neefs for Belgium and Kirsti Sparboe, for the third time, for Norway. Two had changed flags: Siw Malmkvist, Sweden's singer in 1960, now sang for Germany, and Romuald, Monaco's in 1964, sang for Luxembourg.
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