Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Infobox Eurovision
name = Eurovision Song Contest 1986


final = 3 May 1986
presenters = Åse Kleveland
conductor = Egil Monn-Iversen
director =
host = flagicon|Norway NRK
venue = Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
winner = flag|Belgium
"J'aime la vie"
vote = Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
entries = 20
debut = flag|Iceland
return = flag|Yugoslavia
flag|Netherlands
withdraw = flag|Greece
flag|Italy
null = None
interval = Sissel Kyrkjebø,
Steinar Ofsdal
opening = Åse Kleveland singing "Welcome to Music"
con = Eurovision Song Contest
pre = ◄1985
nex = 1987►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 3, 1986 in the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway. The presenter was Åse Kleveland. The 1986 contest was a first for Eurovision in that royalty were among the guests — Crown Prince Harald, Crown Princess Sonja, Princess Märtha Louise and Prince Haakon Magnus were all in attendance.

Sandra Kim was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "J'aime la vie". The song received points from every jury (Belgium received five sets of 12 points; every country awarded Belgium at least five points except for Germany, which gave them just one point). Belgium was the winner in the voting from the results of the second jury out of twenty, in the longest winning stretch during voting since 1974.

Aged 13, Kim was the youngest ever Eurovision winner. Current rules require Eurovision Song Contest participants to be at least 16, so unless the rule is changed Kim's record will never be broken. In the lyrics of her song, Kim claimed to be 15 years of age, but after the Contest, it was revealed that she was actually 13. Switzerland appealed for her to be disqualified, but this was to no avail.

Presenter Åse Kleveland sang the multilingual "Welcome to Music" as the opening act, incorporating English and French primarily, in addition to other European languages. BBC commentator Terry Wogan, at the close of Kleveland's number, dryly remarked, "Katie Boyle [a former Eurovision host for the UK] never sang, did she?"

As this was the first time Norway hosted a Eurovision Song Contest, NRK, the state broadcaster, commissioned a lavish budget for the event, turning Grieg Hall into a Viking-esque "ice palace," complete with white and pastel neon lights for the stage. In addition, NRK also had a special diamond-encrusted dress made for Kleveland for her opening number. The prized dress, which weighed upwards of 15 pounds (6.8 kg), is still available for viewing at NRK's costuming department at Marienlyst in Oslo.

During her opening speech, Kleveland said of Norway's road in the contest, "For those of you who have followed Norway's course through the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, you will know that it has been quite thorny, in fact. So, imagine our joy when last year we "finally" won, and the pleasure we feel today, being able to welcome 700 million viewers to the top of Europe, to Norway, and to Bergen."

Greece withdrew, having been drawn eighteenth in order of presentation. Their entry would have been Wagon-lit performed by Polina. Iceland competed for the very first time, as the national broadcaster RÚV finally cemented their satellite television connections with the rest of Europe. [cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=66&event=302|title=History - Eurovision Song Contest 1986|publisher="Eurovision.tv"] The Italian broadcaster, RAI, simply decided not to send any delegation to Bergen.

Results

core sheet

		Results
	Luxembourg		5	8	12	8	1	8	0	0	2	4	7	10	12	8	10	10	2	4	6
	Yugoslavia	2		0	0	7	5	7	3	3	0	1	3	4	0	12	1	1	0	0	0
	France	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	Norway	0	0	4		0	4	2	0	0	6	0	6	5	6	6	0	0	5	0	0
	United Kingdom	4	0	10	6		0	0	6	2	4	2	0	0	5	2	3	8	8	10	2
	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
	Netherlands	1	2	0	0	0	0		7	1	0	8	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	3	7
	Turkey	6	12	0	0	2	0	6		0	8	3	0	6	8	0	2	0	0	0	0
	Spain	7	4	6	0	1	2	0	8		1	0	5	3	0	0	7	0	3	1	3
	Switzerland	12	6	7	5	5	3	12	10	4		12	10	12	0	5	4	12	4	7	10
	Israel	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Ireland	3	8	3	2	0	8	0	5	12	0	6		2	0	0	12	7	12	8	8
	Belgium	10	10	12	8	10	10	10	12	10	10	5	12		1	10	6	6	10	12	12
	Germany	8	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7		0	8	5	7	2	4
	Cyprus	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		0	0	6	1
	Sweden	5	7	2	7	3	12	3	0	7	12	0	0	0	4	0	5		6	5	0
	Denmark	0	0	5	10	6	7	4	0	5	3	10	4	0	7	7	0	4		0	5
	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0		0
	Portugal	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	4	8	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

pokespersons

* Luxembourg - Désirée Nosbusch
* Yugoslavia - TBD
* France - Marie Myriam
* Norway - Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft
* United Kingdom - Colin Berry
* Iceland - TBD
* The Netherlands - Joop van Zijl
* Turkey - Tuncay Günal
* Spain - Matilde Jarrín
* Switzerland - Michel Dénériaz
* Israel - Daniel Pe'er
* Ireland - John Skehan
* Belgium - Georges Moucheron
* Germany - TBD
* Cyprus - Anna
* Austria - Tilia Herold
* Sweden - Agneta Bolme-Börjefors
* Denmark - Bent
* Finland - Solveig Herlin
* Portugal - Margarida Mercês de Mello

Map

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