Eurovision Song Contest 1986

The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Bergen, Norway, following the country's victory at the 1985 contest with the song "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks! Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), the contest was held at Grieghallen on 3 May 1986 and was hosted by previous Norwegian contestant Åse Kleveland.

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Dates
Final	3 May 1986
Host
Venue	Grieghallen Bergen, Norway
Presenter(s)	Åse Kleveland
Executive producer	Harald Tusberg
Director	John Andreassen
Musical director	Egil Monn-Iversen
EBU scrutineer	Frank Naef
Host broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/bergen-1986
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Iceland
Returning countries	Netherlands  Yugoslavia
Non-returning countries	Greece  Italy
Participation map      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1986
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	Belgium "J'aime la vie"
1985 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1987

Twenty countries took part in this year's contest with Greece and Italy deciding not to participate and Yugoslavia and Netherlands returning. Iceland also competed for the first time this year.

The winner was Belgium with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Belgium was the last of the original 7 countries that had competed in the first contest to win. 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. The lyrics of her song implied that Kim was 15 years of age, but after the contest, it was revealed that she was actually 13. Switzerland, who finished second, appealed for her to be disqualified, but was not successful.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Background

Grieghallen, Bergen – host venue of the 1986 contest.

By 1985, Norway had received the unwanted distinction of being "the nul points country", receiving 0 points three times and coming in last six times. When they finally won the 1985 contest, it was a source of pride among the Norwegian population, and the national broadcaster, NRK, took full advantage of being able to showcase Norway and its achievements in front of over 500 million television viewers. By the autumn of 1985, NRK had decided to hold the next year's contest at the Grieghallen in Bergen, turning down other bids from capital Oslo, and main cities of Stavanger, Sandnes and Trondheim. Bergen is the northernmost city to have ever hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. About 450 journalists have covered the event.^[1]

As this was the first time Norway hosted a Eurovision Song Contest, NRK commissioned a lavish budget for the event, turning Grieghallen into a Viking-esque "ice palace" for the live show, complete with white and pastel neon lights for the stage. In addition, NRK also had a special diamond-encrusted dress made for presenter Åse 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.

Åse Kleveland, a well-known folk guitarist and singer, who was President of the Norwegian Association of Musicians and a former Eurovision entrant in 1966, 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?"

During her opening remarks, 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."

The intersong videos introducing each participant, traditionally named 'postcards' were for the only time, represented as actual picture postcards sent from the artists to your own nation. Each video began with clips of various scenic views of a part of Norway, which then 'flipped' to reveal a message of greeting, written in the language of the upcoming song, alongside details of the title, author and composer. The postage stamp on each card (a representation of a genuine Norwegian postage stamp) was linked to the theme of the video content. The postcard then 'flipped' back to the picture side, where the performing artist had been superimposed onto the image. After the video, Åse Kleveland gave details of the entry and introduced the conductors in a mix of English and French, reading from cards represented by the flag of the upcoming country.

The main interval act presented featured Norwegian musicians, a hitherto unknown young woman outside of Norway, Sissel Kyrkjebø and the musician Steinar Ofsdal, accompanied by the NRK radio orchestra, Kringkastingsorkesteret (KORK). They opened with the traditional song of the city of Bergen, Udsikter fra Ulriken (also known as "Nystemte'n"), and presented a number of familiar tunes while showing the sights and sounds of Bergen area. Ofsdal played a range of traditional Norwegian folk instruments such as accordion, recorder and hardingfele. This was Kyrkjebø's first performance on an international event, which served as the starting point for a consolidated international career years later.

Participating countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1986 – Participation summaries by country
Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia

A record number of broadcasters submitted entries for the contest, and it was expected that twenty-one countries would participate in the event. This would have surpassed the previous record of twenty participating countries which competed in 1978, 1981, and 1983. The Netherlands and Yugoslavia both returned after a one-year absence, and Iceland made its first ever entry. Of the countries which had participated in the previous year's event only Italy opted not to compete in this event. However, only twenty countries ultimately participated, as the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), which had already selected the song "Wagon-lit" performed by Polina to represent Greece, made a late decision to not compete due to the event falling on Holy Saturday in the Eastern Orthodox calendar.^[2][3]

The contest featured one artist who had previously competed at Eurovision: Elpida representing Cyprus had previously represented Greece in 1979.^[2]

Eurovision Song Contest 1986 participants^[2][4]

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Austria	ORF	Timna Brauer	"Die Zeit ist einsam"	German	Peter Cornelius Peter Janda	Richard Oesterreicher
Belgium	RTBF	Sandra Kim	"J'aime la vie"	French	Angelo Crisci Jean-Pierre Furnémont Rosario Marino	Jo Carlier
Cyprus	CyBC	Elpida	"Tora zo" (Τώρα ζω)	Greek	Phivos Gavris Peter Yiannaki	Martyn Ford
Denmark	DR	Lise Haavik	"Du er fuld af løgn"	Danish	John Hatting	Egil Monn-Iversen
Finland	YLE	Kari	"Never the End"	Finnish	Kari Kuivalainen	Ossi Runne
France	Antenne 2	Cocktail Chic	"Européennes"	French	Georges Costa Michel Costa	Jean-Claude Petit
Germany	BR[a]	Ingrid Peters	"Über die Brücke geh'n"	German	Hans Blum	Hans Blum
Iceland	RÚV	ICY	"Gleðibankinn"	Icelandic	Magnús Eiríksson	Gunnar Þórðarson
Ireland	RTÉ	Luv Bug	"You Can Count On Me"	English	Kevin Sheerin	Noel Kelehan
Israel	IBA	Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel	"Yavo Yom" (יבוא יום)	Hebrew	Moti Giladi Yoram Zadok	Yoram Zadok
Luxembourg	CLT	Sherisse Laurence	"L'Amour de ma vie"	French	Frank Dostal Alain Garcia Rolf Soja	Rolf Soja
Netherlands	NOS	Frizzle Sizzle	"Alles heeft ritme"	Dutch	Rob ten Bokum Peter Schön	Harry van Hoof
Norway	NRK	Ketil Stokkan	"Romeo"	Norwegian	Ketil Stokkan	Egil Monn-Iversen
Portugal	RTP	Dora	"Não sejas mau p'ra mim"	Portuguese	Guilherme Inês Luís Oliveira Zé da Ponte	Colin Frechter
Spain	TVE	Cadillac	"Valentino"	Spanish	José Maria Guzmán	Eduardo Leiva
Sweden	SVT	Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell	"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek"	Swedish	Lasse Holm	Anders Berglund
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Daniela Simons	"Pas pour moi"	French	Nella Martinetti Atilla Şereftuğ	Atilla Şereftuğ
Turkey	TRT	Klips ve Onlar	"Halley"	Turkish	İlhan İrem Melih Kibar	Melih Kibar
United Kingdom	BBC	Ryder	"Runner in the Night"	English	Maureen Darbyshire Brian Wade	No conductor
Yugoslavia	JRT	Doris Dragović	"Željo moja" (Жељо моја)	Serbo-Croatian	Zrinko Tutić	Nikica Kalogjera

Production and format

About 450 journalists have covered the event.^[1] The trophy was made by Arne Valen at the Bergen Steinsenter.^[6]

Contest overview

The contest took place at 21:00 CEST,^[7] and was hosted by Åse Kleveland, who had competed in Eurovision representing Norway in 1966.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1986^[8]

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Luxembourg	Sherisse Laurence	"L'Amour de ma vie"	117	3
2	Yugoslavia	Doris Dragović	"Željo moja"	49	11
3	France	Cocktail Chic	"Européennes"	13	17
4	Norway	Ketil Stokkan	"Romeo"	44	12
5	United Kingdom	Ryder	"Runner in the Night"	72	7
6	Iceland	ICY	"Gleðibankinn"	19	16
7	Netherlands	Frizzle Sizzle	"Alles heeft ritme"	40	13
8	Turkey	Klips ve Onlar	"Halley"	53	9
9	Spain	Cadillac	"Valentino"	51	10
10	Switzerland	Daniela Simons	"Pas pour moi"	140	2
11	Israel	Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel	"Yavo Yom"	7	19
12	Ireland	Luv Bug	"You Can Count On Me"	96	4
13	Belgium	Sandra Kim	"J'aime la vie"	176	1
14	Germany	Ingrid Peters	"Über die Brücke geh'n"	62	8
15	Cyprus	Elpida	"Tora zo"	4	20
16	Austria	Timna Brauer	"Die Zeit ist einsam"	12	18
17	Sweden	Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell	"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek"	78	5
18	Denmark	Lise Haavik	"Du er fuld af løgn"	77	6
19	Finland	Kari	"Never the End"	22	15
20	Portugal	Dora	"Não sejas mau p'ra mim"	28	14

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1986 contest are listed below.

•  Iceland – Guðrún Skúladóttir^[9]
•  Sweden – Agneta Bolme Börjefors^[10]
•  United Kingdom – Colin Berry^[2]

Detailed voting results

The winning song, Belgium's "J'aime la vie", 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 leader in the voting from the results of the second jury out of twenty, in the longest winning stretch during voting since 1974. Switzerland was behind Belgium in nearly every part of the voting, but Belgium had a commanding lead from the very beginning. Traditionally some juries give high points to the host country's entrant, but this did not happen this year; no jury gave Norway's song "Romeo" more than six points out of a possible 12.

Belgium scored an absolute record at the time, with Sandra Kim earning a never seen before number of 176 points (that record remained seven years until the 1993 contest, with Ireland scoring 187 points), an average of 9.26 points per voting nation. Kim received 77.2% of the maximum possible score, which, as of 2023, still ranks 8th among all Eurovision winners.

Detailed voting results^[11][12]

		Total score	Luxembourg	Yugoslavia	France	Norway	United Kingdom	Iceland	Netherlands	Turkey	Spain	Switzerland	Israel	Ireland	Belgium	Germany	Cyprus	Austria	Sweden	Denmark	Finland	Portugal
Contestants	Luxembourg	117		5	8	12	8	1	8			2	4	7	10	12	8	10	10	2	4	6
	Yugoslavia	49	2				7	5	7	3	3		1	3	4		12	1	1
	France	13				3						7							3
	Norway	44			4			4	2			6		6	5	6	6			5
	United Kingdom	72	4		10	6				6	2	4	2			5	2	3	8	8	10	2
	Iceland	19							5	2	6						4		2
	Netherlands	40	1	2						7	1		8			10	1				3	7
	Turkey	53	6	12			2		6			8	3		6	8		2
	Spain	51	7	4	6		1	2		8		1		5	3			7		3	1	3
	Switzerland	140	12	6	7	5	5	3	12	10	4		12	10	12		5	4	12	4	7	10
	Israel	7			1	1						5
	Ireland	96	3	8	3	2		8		5	12		6		2			12	7	12	8	8
	Belgium	176	10	10	12	8	10	10	10	12	10	10	5	12		1	10	6	6	10	12	12
	Germany	62	8	1			12							8	7			8	5	7	2	4
	Cyprus	4		3										1
	Austria	12												2	1	2					6	1
	Sweden	78	5	7	2	7	3	12	3		7	12				4		5		6	5
	Denmark	77			5	10	6	7	4		5	3	10	4		7	7		4			5
	Finland	22						6	1	1					8	3	3
	Portugal	28				4	4			4	8		7							1

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Belgium	Finland,  France,  Ireland,  Portugal,  Turkey
	Switzerland	Belgium,  Israel,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  Sweden
3	Ireland	Austria,  Denmark,  Spain
2	Luxembourg	Germany,  Norway
	Sweden	Iceland,   Switzerland
1	Germany	United Kingdom
	Turkey	Yugoslavia
	Yugoslavia	Cyprus

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.^[13]

The contest was reportedly broadcast in Greece and Jordan; in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union via Intervision; and in Australia, Gibraltar, and South Korea, with an estimated maximum audience of 600 million viewers and listeners.^{[14][15][16][17]} 44 television and radio stations have reportedly broadcast the contest.^[1] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Austria	ORF	FS1	Ernst Grissemann	[18][19]
Belgium	RTBF	RTBF1, Télé 2	Patrick Duhamel [fr]	[20]
	BRT	TV1	Luc Appermont
		BRT 2
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK		[21]
Denmark	DR	DR TV	Jørgen de Mylius	[22]
Finland	YLE	TV1	Kari Lumikero [fi]	[23]
		2-verkko [fi]
France	Antenne 2		Patrice Laffont	[24]
	RFO	Second canal de RFO [fr][b]		[25]
Germany	ARD	Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen	Ado Schlier [de]	[26][27]
Iceland	RÚV	Sjónvarpið, Rás 1	Þorgeir Ástvaldsson [is]	[28]
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ 1	Brendan Balfe	[29]
		RTÉ Radio 1	Larry Gogan	[30]
Israel	IBA	Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel [he]		[31]
Luxembourg	CLT	RTL Télévision		[32]
		RTL plus	Matthias Krings [de]
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 1	Leo van der Goot [nl]	[20]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet, NRK P1, NRK P2	Knut Bjørnsen	[7][33]
Portugal	RTP	RTP1		[34]
Spain	TVE	TVE 2	Antonio Gómez Mateo	[35][36]
Sweden	SVT	TV1	Ulf Elfving	[37]
	RR [sv]	SR P3	Jacob Dahlin	[38]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TV DRS	Bernard Thurnheer [de]	[39]
		TSR[c]	Serge Moisson [fr]	[40]
		TSI		[41]
Turkey	TRT	TRT Televizyon	Gülgün Baysal	[42][43]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC1	Terry Wogan	[44]
		BBC Radio 2	Ray Moore	[45]
Yugoslavia	JRT	TV Beograd 1, TV Novi Sad [sr], TV Sarajevo 1, TV Titograd 1, TV Zagreb 1	Ksenija Urličić	[46][47][48]
		TV Koper-Capodistria		[49]
		TV Ljubljana 1 [sl]
		Val 202		[50]
		TV Prishtina [sr; sq]		[46]
		TV Skopje 1

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Australia	SBS	SBS TV[d]		[51]
Czechoslovakia	ČST	ČST2[e]		[52]
Estonian SSR	ETV[f]			[53]
Greenland	KNR	KNR[g]		[54]
Hungary	MTV	MTV1		[55]
Italy	Telepordenone [it]			[56]
Jordan	JRTV	JTV2		[57]
Poland	TP	TP1[h]		[58]
South Korea	KBS	1TV[i]		[59]
Soviet Union	CT USSR	Programme One[f]		[60]

Notes and references

Notes

1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD^[5]
2. Delayed broadcast in Martinique on 3 July 1986 at 20:00 (AST)^[25]
3. Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSI^[40]
4. Deferred broadcast on 4 May at 19:30 (AEST)^[51]
5. Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 2 June 1986 at 17:15 (CEST)^[52]
6. Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 30 May 1986 at 22:15 (MSD)^[53][60]
7. Delayed broadcast on 16 May 1986 at 21:10 (WGST)^[54]
8. Delayed broadcast on 24 May 1986 at 20:00 (CEST)^[58]
9. Delayed broadcast on 20 May 1986 at 21:45 (KST)^[59]

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Bibliography

• Roxburgh, Gordon (2016). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Three: The 1980s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
• Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna [Melodifestivalen through the ages: the Swedish selections and international finals] (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Premium Publishing. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.

External links

• Official website