The song features Del Bo likening love to a card game. She describes a relationship which appears not to have been based on honesty, which explains the metaphor. The song was recorded in Dutch, French (as "Comme au jeu de cartes"), English ("Love is Like a Card Game") and German ("Liebe ist ein Kartenspiel").
Due to the contest's rapid expansion, entry in the 1997 contest was limited to those countries with the best average scores over the past five years – a group of which Belgium again was not a member, the first time being at the 1994 contest. As a "passive country" (one which broadcast but did not enter the contest), Belgium was, however, able to enter the 1998 edition. Thus, "Liefde is een kaartspel" was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1998 contest by Mélanie Cohl singing "Dis oui".
The song became part of a controversy after it was claimed that the 2001Swedish Eurovision entry "Listen to Your Heartbeat" was plagiarised from it. At first this was denied by the Swedish songwriters, one of whom was Thomas G:son, but after the Belgian songwriters and the author's organisation SABAM pressed for legal action, a cash settlement was agreed.[1][2]
liefde, kaartspel, dutch, pronunciation, ˈlivdə, ʔɪs, əŋ, ˈkaːrtspɛl, love, card, game, belgian, entry, eurovision, song, contest, 1996, performed, dutch, lisa, eurovision, song, contest, 1996, entrycountrybelgiumartist, lisa, bolanguagedutchcomposer, john, te. Liefde is een kaartspel Dutch pronunciation ˈlivde ʔɪs eŋ ˈkaːrtspɛl Love is a Card Game was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 performed in Dutch by Lisa del Bo Liefde is een kaartspel Eurovision Song Contest 1996 entryCountryBelgiumArtist s Lisa del BoLanguageDutchComposer s John Terra Siirak BrogdenLyricist s Daniel DitmarConductorBob PorterFinals performanceFinal result16thFinal points22Entry chronology La voix est libre 1995 Dis oui 1998 The song was performed seventeenth on the night following the Netherlands Maxine amp Franklin Brown with De eerste keer and preceding Ireland s Eimear Quinn with The Voice At the close of voting it had received 22 points placing 16th in a field of 23 The song features Del Bo likening love to a card game She describes a relationship which appears not to have been based on honesty which explains the metaphor The song was recorded in Dutch French as Comme au jeu de cartes English Love is Like a Card Game and German Liebe ist ein Kartenspiel Due to the contest s rapid expansion entry in the 1997 contest was limited to those countries with the best average scores over the past five years a group of which Belgium again was not a member the first time being at the 1994 contest As a passive country one which broadcast but did not enter the contest Belgium was however able to enter the 1998 edition Thus Liefde is een kaartspel was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1998 contest by Melanie Cohl singing Dis oui The song became part of a controversy after it was claimed that the 2001 Swedish Eurovision entry Listen to Your Heartbeat was plagiarised from it At first this was denied by the Swedish songwriters one of whom was Thomas G son but after the Belgian songwriters and the author s organisation SABAM pressed for legal action a cash settlement was agreed 1 2 Charts editChart 1996 Peakposition Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 3 2External links editOfficial Eurovision Song Contest site history by year 1996 Detailed info and lyrics The Diggiloo Thrush Liede is een kaartspel References edit ESCtoday com Swedish entry 2001 now officially plagiarism Leif Thorsson Melodifestivalen genom tiderna Melodifestivalen through time 2006 p 290 Stockholm Premium Publishing AB ISBN 91 89136 29 2 Lisa del Bo Liefde is een kaartspel in Dutch Ultratop 50 nbsp This article about music in Belgium is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Liefde is een kaartspel amp oldid 1212360498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
