Frédéric Idesbald Van Goitsenhoven-Maeterlinck (born 11 August 1968 in Brussels) is a Belgian former singer and actor, best known for his participation in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest.
Etherlinck was born in Brussels but soon after his birth his family emigrated to Los Angeles, where they lived until 1977.
In the most evenly balanced selection in Belgium's Eurovision history, with only 13 points separating the top six songs, he emerged the narrow victor and went on to represent Belgium in the 40th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May in Dublin.
[1] "La voix est libre" did not prove successful in the contest, ending the evening in 20th place out of 23 entries.
[3] Etherlinck released an album entitled Les années lumières (Light Years) which failed to sell.