[1] Since then, the country has won the contest on one occasion in 1986 with the song "J'aime la vie" performed by Sandra Kim.

On 4 July 2022, VRT –who had the turn– confirmed its intention to participate in the 2023 contest and announced on 20 August 2022 that the Eurosong national final would be held to select their entry.

[7][8] The jury panel consisted of:[9][10] The names of the seven acts selected for the competition were announced on 8 November 2022 during the radio MNM programme Kawtar & Keyaert.

Among the competing artists was former Eurovision Song Contest participant Tom Dice (member of the Starlings), who represented Belgium in 2010.

[18] Four members of the jury also provided commentary and feedback to the songs during the show: Alexander Rybak, Nikkie de Jager, Laura Tesoro and Jérémie Makiese.

The interval acts included past Eurovision winners Duncan Laurence and Rybak performing their winning songs "Arcade" and "Fairytale", respectively.

[citation needed] Gustaph made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Because of You" as the Belgian Eurovision entry.

On 8 April, Gustaph performed during the PrePartyES event, which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Victor Escudero, SuRie and Ruslana.

[27] On 15 April, Gustaph performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Hila Noorzai.

[28] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in.

At the second chorus, Gustaph and the backing vocalists appeared on the satellite stage and were joined by the dancer towards the end who vogued around the other performers.

The stage colours were black, white and pink and the LED screens displayed dancing shadows.

The three backing vocalists that joined Gustaph during the performance were: Chantal Kashala, Monique Harcum and Sandrine Van Handenhoven, while the dancer was PussCee West.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.