Iemand Als Jij

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Iemand Als Jij (English translation: "Someone Like You") was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Dutch by Barbara.
The song was performed seventh on the night (following Greece's Keti Garbi with Eladha, Hora Tu Fotos and preceding Malta's William Magnion with This Time). At the close of voting, it had received 3 points, placing 25th (last) in a field of 25.

The song is a straightforward love ballad, with Barbara singing that she has never loved anyone like this before.

Due to the expanding Contest, the worst-performed entrants of 1993 were not permitted to enter the 1994 Contest - with Belgium suffering this fate. These "passive" countries (who broadcast the Contest but did not enter) were, however, entitled to return in 1995. Hence, the song was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1995 Contest by Frédéric Etherlinck singing La Voix Est Libre.

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