On 22 November 2016 , broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française ( RTBF ) announced that they had internally selected Blanche to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev , Ukraine . Her song , " City Lights " , was supposed to have been released on 8 March 2017 , but it was instead leaked the day before . When her song was announced she jumped to the second place in the betting odds but was later lowered . " City Lights " was accused of plagiarising the song " Eclats " from Canadian singer Alexe Gaudreault , however Pierre Dumoulin , the author of the song , denied these claims , saying that " It is obvious that there are similarities in the melody as can be found in a hundred or even a thousand current melodies " . Since Eurovision , Blanche has won a 2018 European Border Breakers Award , which recognizes emerging artists that have achieved success outside their home country . In Belgium , Blanche won Pop Artist of the Year and Revelation of the Year at French-Belgian broadcaster RTBF 's 2018 D6bels Music Awards and Hit of the Year ( for " City Lights " ) and Breakthrough Artist at the Flemish 2018 Music Industry Awards ( MIA )
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Blanche (singer)