Love Kills (Roberto Bellarosa song)

"Love Kills"
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 entry
Country	Belgium
Artist(s)	Roberto Bellarosa
Language	English
Composer(s)	Jukka Immonen, Iain Farquharson
Lyricist(s)	Jukka Immonen, Iain Farquharson
Finals performance
Semi-final result	5th
Semi-final points	75
Final result	12th
Final points	71
Appearance chronology
◄ "Would You?" (2012)
"Mother" (2014) ►

"Love Kills" is a song recorded by Belgian singer Roberto Bellarosa. The song was written by Jukka Immonen and Iain Farquharson. It is best known as Belgium's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 held in Malmö, Sweden.^[1] The song competed in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 for a spot in the final on 18 May 2013. During the first semi-final, Belgium was voted into the final on 18 May 2013. In the final the song placed 12th with 71 points.

Background

On 16 December 2012, "Love Kills" was chosen as Belgium's Eurovision entry during a live radio show, aired on VivaCité.^[1] Co-writer Iain Farquharson wrote Azerbaijan's 2011 Eurovision winner, "Running Scared".

Track listing

Digital download^[2]

Love Kills – 3:00

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[3]	15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[4]	6
Germany (Official German Charts)^[5]	90
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[6]	71
Sweden (DigiListan)^[7]	29

References

1 2 Storvik-Green, Simon (16 December 2012). "Roberto to sing "Love Kills" for Belgium in Malmö!". Eurovision.tv.
↑ "iTunes - Music - Love Kills - Single by Roberto Bellarosa". iTunes. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills" (in French). Ultratop 50.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills". GfK Entertainment Charts.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
↑ "DigiListan 2013-05-26". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved May 26, 2013.

Roberto Bellarosa

Studio albums	Ma voie (2012)

Singles	"Jealous Guy" "Je Crois" "Apprends-Moi" "Love Kills"

Television	The Voice Belgique Eurovision Song Contest Belgium Belgium 2013 2013

Record label	Sony Music Entertainment

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 ~~1994~~ 1995 1996 ~~1997~~ 1998 1999 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1950s	Fud Leclerc Mony Marc Bobbejaan Schoepen Fud Leclerc Bob Benny

1960s	Fud Leclerc Bob Benny Fud Leclerc Jacques Raymond Robert Cogoi Lize Marke Tonia Louis Neefs Claude Lombard Louis Neefs

1970s	Jean Vallée Lily Castel & Jacques Raymond Serge & Christine Ghisoland Nicole & Hugo Jacques Hustin Ann Christy Pierre Rapsat Dream Express Jean Vallée Micha Marah

1980s	Telex Emly Starr Stella Pas de Deux Jacques Zegers Linda Lepomme Sandra Kim Liliane Saint-Pierre Reynaert Ingeborg

1990s	Philippe Lafontaine Clouseau Morgane Barbara Dex ~~1994~~ Frédéric Etherlinck Lisa del Bo ~~1997~~ Mélanie Cohl Vanessa Chinitor

2000s	Nathalie Sorce ~~2001~~ Sergio & The Ladies Urban Trad Xandee Nuno Resende Kate Ryan The KMG's Ishtar Patrick Ouchène

2010s	Tom Dice Witloof Bay Iris Roberto Bellarosa Axel Hirsoux Loïc Nottet Laura Tesoro Blanche

Songs

1950s	"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "Le plus beau jour de ma vie" "Straatdeuntje" "Ma petite chatte" "Hou toch van mij"

1960s	"Mon amour pour toi" "September, gouden roos" "Ton nom" "Waarom?" "Près de ma rivière" "Als het weer lente is" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Ik heb zorgen" "Quand tu reviendras" "Jennifer Jennings"

1970s	"Viens l'oublier" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Baby, Baby" "Fleur de liberté" "Gelukkig zijn" "Judy et Cie" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Hey Nana"

1980s	"Euro-Vision" "Samson" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Rendez-vous" "Avanti la vie" "Laat me nu gaan" "J'aime la vie" "Soldiers of Love" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Door de wind"

1990s	"Macédomienne" "Geef het op" "Nous, on veut des violons" "Iemand als jij" ~~1994~~ "La voix est libre" "Liefde is een kaartspel" ~~1997~~ "Dis oui" "Like The Wind"

2000s	"Envie de vivre" ~~2001~~ "Sister" "Sanomi" "1 Life" "Le grand soir" "Je t'adore" "Love Power" "O Julissi" "Copycat"

2010s	"Me and My Guitar" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "Love Kills" "Mother" "Rhythm Inside" "What's the Pressure"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Belgium did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Austria Croatia Cyprus Montenegro Serbia Slovenia

Semi-final 2	Albania Bulgaria Israel Latvia Macedonia San Marino Switzerland

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Despina Olympiou Hannah Klapa s Mora Moje 3 Natália Kelly Who See

Semi-final 2	Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov Moran Mazor PeR Esma and Lozano Valentina Monetta Takasa

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(by alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	"An me thimasai" "Igranka" "Ljubav je svuda" "Mižerja" "Shine" "Straight Into Love"

Semi-final 2	"Crisalide (Vola)" "Here We Go" "Identitet" "Pred da se razdeni" "Rak Bishvilo" "Samo shampioni" "You and Me"

Withdrawn

"Imperija" (Macedonia)
"Kismet" (Bulgaria)
"Rhythm of Love" (Belarus)

(Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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