{"id":12486,"date":"2026-04-21T18:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12486\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:35:11","slug":"eurovision-belgium-rtbf-confirms-sandra-kim-as-belgian-spokesperson-at-eurovision-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12486\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision Belgium: RTBF confirms Sandra Kim as Belgian spokesperson at Eurovision 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>RTBF, the Belgian French speaking national broadcaster, has announced that Sandra Kim ( Belgium 1986) will be the Belgian spokesperson during the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final voting.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-195736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sandra-Kim-4-LR-1-1296x700-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1296\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sandra Kim won the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest with her song \u2018J\u2019aime la vie\u2018 and gave Belgium its first and only Eurovision victory till date. This year marks the 40th anniversary of her epic Eurovision victory in Bergen, Norway. She will have the grand honour of announcing Belgium\u2019s \u2018Douze Points\u2019 at the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final voting.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra Kim says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When it was offered to me, I\u00a0\u00a0hesitated\u00a0a\u00a0bit\u00a0, because it\u2019s quite stressful to do that in front of millions of viewers, but then I thought it was a nice nod\u00a0to\u00a0my victory\u00a0.\u00a0I\u2019m particularly proud to present the points for Belgium in this competition. See you\u00a0on\u00a0May 16th for\u00a0the grand final \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Commentators<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-204358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3971e551911bf778e8d8fa7f36f8effa.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1248\" height=\"702\"\/>The Belgian Eurovision 2026 commentators (Photo credit: Martin Godfroid)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RTBF has also confirmed the Belgian commentators for Eurovision 2026: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Fanny Jandrain.<\/p>\n<p>RTBF\u2019s official press release reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A key voice of Eurovision,\u00a0Jean-Louis Lahaye\u00a0will once again be there to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bring\u00a0you\u00a0every moment of the\u00a0Eurovision Song Contest\u00a0\u00a0.\u00a0This\u00a0year\u00a0, Fanny Jandrain joins the adventure to form a\u00a0new\u00a0duo\u00a0alongside Jean-Louis.\u00a0Well-known to viewers as the host of the daily show \u201d\u00a0On n\u2019est pas des pigeons\u00a0,\u201d she recently confirmed her talent in the music world by taking the reins of the third season of\u00a0\u201cThe Voice Kids\u00a0.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While this collaboration has a fresh feel, it\u2019s not entirely new:\u00a0Fanny Jandrain\u00a0is already quite familiar with this type of event. In 2021, she brilliantly rose to the challenge, stepping in\u00a0at the last minute for\u00a0Maureen Louys\u00a0\u00a0, who was unable\u00a0\u00a0to attend. With her humor, spontaneity, and quick wit, there\u2019s no doubt her chemistry with Jean-Louis Lahaye will be electrifying\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; RTBF, the Belgian French speaking national broadcaster, has announced that Sandra Kim ( Belgium 1986) will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,2053,8405,2055,8406],"class_list":{"0":"post-12486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-eurovision","10":"tag-eurovison-2026","11":"tag-rtbf","12":"tag-sandra-kim"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116444143492937542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}