The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 3 May 1986 in Bergen, Norway following Bobbysocks! giving the country its first-ever win the previous year with the song "La det swinge".
Iceland made its debut while The Netherlands and Yugoslavia returned. Greece and Italy withdrew from competing.
The Contest was won for the first time ever by Belgium with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. The win was seen as controversial as she was only 13 years old at the time and not 15 as she had previously claimed. Runner-up Switzerland asked for her to be disqualified to no avail.
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For the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, no artists returned to compete
Results[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Luxembourg | Sherisse Laurence | "L'amour de ma vie" | French | Love of my life | 3 | 117 |
02 | Yugoslavia | Doris Dragović | "Željo moja" | Serbo-Croatian | My desire | 11 | 49 |
03 | France | Cocktail Chic | "Européennes" | French | Europeans | 17 | 13 |
04 | Norway | Ketil Stokkan | "Romeo" | Norwegian | - | 12 | 44 |
05 | United Kingdom | Ryder | "Runner in the Night" | English | - | 7 | 72 |
06 | Iceland | ICY | "Gleðibankinn" | Icelandic | The Bank of Joy | 16 | 19 |
07 | The Netherlands | Frizzle Sizzle | "Alles heeft ritme" | Dutch | Everything has rhythm | 13 | 40 |
08 | Turkey | Klips ve Onlar | "Halley" | Turkish | - | 9 | 53 |
09 | Spain | Cadillac | "Valentino" | Spanish | - | 10 | 51 |
10 | Switzerland | Daniela Simmons | "Pas pour moi" | French | Not for me | 2 | 140 |
11 | Israel | Moti Giladi & Sarai Tzuriel | "Yavo Yom" | Hebrew | A Day Will Come | 19 | 7 |
12 | Ireland | Luv Bug | "You Can Count on Me" | English | - | 4 | 96 |
13 | Belgium | Sandra Kim | "J'aime la vie" | French | I love life | 1 | 176 |
14 | West Germany | Ingrid Peters | "Über die Brücke geh'n" | German | Crossing the Bridge | 8 | 62 |
15 | Cyprus | Elpida | "Tora zo" | Greek | Now I Live | 20 | 4 |
16 | Austria | Timna Brauer | "Die Zeit ist einsam" | German | Time is lonely | 18 | 12 |
17 | Sweden | Lasse Holm & Monica Törnell | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | Swedish | Is this what you call love? | 5 | 78 |
18 | Denmark | Lise Haavik | "Du er fuld af løgn" | Danish | You're full of lies | 6 | 77 |
19 | Finland | Kari Kuivalainen | "Never the End" | Finnish | - | 15 | 22 |
20 | Portugal | Dora | "Não sejas mau para mim" | Portuguese | Don't be mean to me | 14 | 28 |