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Jérémie Makiese

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About

Quick Facts

Name
Jérémie Makiese

Born
15 juni 2000

Nationality
🇧🇪 Belgian

National Selection
Internal selection 2022

In Eurovision
2022 Turin

Song
Miss you (2022)

Biography

Jérémie Makiese, born in Antwerp to Congolese parents, is a Belgian singer and footballer.

Jérémie Makiese is bilingual French and Dutch. He was registered at the age of thirteen in the football club based in Anderlecht, BX Brussels. He also played at the Youth Academy Molenbeek.

He signed a one-year contract as a goalkeeperat the start of the 2021 school year  with Royal Excelsior Virton.


Jérémie Makiese participated in in the ninth season of The Voice Belgium, in 2021. He chose to join Beverly Jo Scott’s team. He won the competition.

On September 15, 2021, RTBF 2021, RTBf announced that Jérémie would represent his country at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. In may 2022, he went to Turin to represent his country in the contest with the song “Miss you”.

Entries

Miss you

Country
🇧🇪 Belgium

Year
2022

Language
English

Lyrics
Jérémie Makiese
Silvio Lisbonne
Manon Romiti
Mike BGRZ

Music
Jérémie Makiese
Silvio Lisbonne
Manon Romiti
Mike BGRZ

Dancers
Cédric Libambu
Alpha Lopez
Shean Assal
Malik Zaryaty

Results Semi

Points: 151
Position: 8
Running order: 16

Results Finals

Points: 64
Position: 19
Running order: 16