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| Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) | |||
| Country |  Belgium | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurosong 1980 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 24 February 1980 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Telex | |||
| Selected song | "Euro-Vision" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 14 points | |||
| Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Euro-Vision", written by Michel Moers, Dan Lacksman, and Marc Moulin, and performed by themselves under their stage name Telex. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final.
Synthpop had never previously been tried in a Eurovision final, and the choice of song and group caused much comment, particularly regarding the implied sarcasm directed towards Eurovision in the song's deliberately banal lyrics.