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"J'aime la vie" (English: I love life) was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, performed by Sandra Kim. At only 13 years old, she was the youngest competitor in that year's Contest and the ruling that they must be 16 years old in the year of competing was introduced four years later.

It won the Contest with 176 points, giving the country its only win to date and making her the youngest winner in its history. Since she had lied about her real age, runner-up Switzerland requested that she be disqualified, to no avail.

Lyrics[]

Je vois des gens courber le dos
Comme si la vie marquait zéro
Moi, j’ai quinze ans et je te dis
Whoa whoa… j’aime la vie
(J’aime la vie, la vie, toute la vie)

Il faut y croire, j’ai moi aussi
Des flashs d’espoir, des insomnies
Mais au total, à l’addition, j’aime l’horizon

J’aime, j’aime la vie (Même si c’est une folie)
J’aime, j’aime la vie (Bravo pour le défi)
J’aime, j’aime la vie, ne m’en veuillez pas
Je suis née comme ça
J’aime, j’aime la vie

Whoa… et tant pis
S’il pleut un peu beaucoup sur moi
Whoa whoa… tu es là

Devant Jacques Brel, devant Mozart
Je m’sens petite, j’ai le cafard
Je ne suis rien qu’une poussière dans cet univers
(C’est la vie, la vie, toute la vie)

Mais dès qu’tu m’aimes, dès qu’tu souris
Mes joies s’enchaînent à l’infini
Y a plus de Brel, plus de Mozart, ma vie redémarre

J’aime, j’aime la vie (Même si c’est une folie)
J’aime, j’aime la vie (Bravo pour le défi)
J’aime, j’aime la vie, ne m’en veuillez pas
Je suis née comme ça
J’aime, j’aime la vie

Tant pis s’il pleut un peu sur moi

J’aime, j’aime la vie (Même si c’est une folie)
J’aime, j’aime la vie (Bravo pour le défi)
J’aime, j’aime la vie, ne m’en veuillez pas
Je suis née comme ça

J’aime, j’aime la vie (Même si c’est une folie)
J’aime, j’aime la vie (Bravo pour le défi)
Pour les jours qui n’vont pas j’ai un truc à moi
Je compte sur toi
J’aime, j’aime la vie

Whoa… et tant pis
S’il pleut un peu beaucoup sur moi
Whoa whoa… la vie

Oui, tu es là

I see people bowing their back
As if life was a zero
I’m fifteen and I tell you
Whoa whoa… I love life
(I love life, life, the whole life)

You have to believe in it, I also have
Flashes of hope, of insomnia
But in total, on the bill, I love the horizon
I love, I love life (Even if it’s madness)
I love, I love life (Bravo for the challenge)
I love, I love life, don’t hold it against me
I was born that way
I love, I love life

Whoa… and no matter
If it rains a bit much on me
Whoa whoa… you’re there

Compared to Jacques Brel, to Mozart
I feel so small, I’ve got the blues
I’m just a speck of dust in this universe
(That’s life, life, the whole life)

But as soon as you love me, as soon as you smile
My joy goes on forever
There’s no more Brel, no more Mozart, my life begins again

I love, I love life (Even if it’s madness)
I love, I love life (Bravo for the challenge)
I love, I love life, don’t hold it against me
I was born that way
I love, I love life

No matter if it rains a bit on me
I love, I love life (Even if it’s madness)
I love, I love life (Bravo for the challenge)
I love, I love life, don’t hold it against me
I was born that way

I love, I love life (Even if it’s madness)
I love, I love life (Bravo for the challenge)
For those days when things don’t work out I have something to fall back on
I’m counting on you
I love, I love life

Whoa… and no matter
If it rains a bit much on me
Whoa whoa… life

Yes, you are there

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Miscellaneous
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Songs
"J'aime la vie"• "Pas pour moi" • "L'amour de ma vie" • "You Can Count on Me" • "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" • "Du er fuld af løgn" • "Runner in the Night" • "Über die Brücke geh'n" • "Halley" • "Valentino" • "Željo moja" • "Romeo" • "Alles heeft ritme" • "Não sejas mau para mim" • "Never the End" • "Gleðibankinn" • "Européennes" • "Die Zeit ist einsam" • "Yavo Yom" • "Tora zo"
Performers
Sandra KimDaniela SimmonsSherisse LaurenceLuv BugLasse Holm & Monica TörnellLise HaavikRyderIngrid PetersKlips ve OnlarCadillacDoris DragovićKetil StokkanFrizzle SizzleDoraKari KuivalainenICYCocktail ChicTimma BrauerMoti Giladi & Sarai TzurielElpida
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