Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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Eurovision Song Contest 1986
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Dates
Final3 May 1986
Host
Venue Grieghallen
Bergen, Norway
Presenter(s) Åse Kleveland
Musical director Egil Monn-Iversen
Director John Andreassen
EBU scrutineerFrank Naef
Executive producer Harald Tusberg
Host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Website eurovision.tv/event/bergen-1986 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries20
Debuting countriesFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
  • ESC 1986 Map 2.svg
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1986
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning songFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
" J'aime la vie "
1985  Eurovision Song Contest  1987

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.

Contents

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. Grieghallen concert hall.jpg
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.

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 Norwegian national broadcasting 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

Eurovision Song Contest 1986 Participation summaries by country

Iceland competed for the first time, as the national broadcaster RÚV had finally cemented their satellite television connections with the rest of Europe. [1]

Greece withdrew, as the contest coincided with Holy Saturday on the Eastern Orthodox Church liturgical calendar. [2] Their entry would have been "Wagon-lit" (Βάγκον λι), performed by Polina, who was backing vocalist of Elpida at the 1979 contest (Elpida represented Cyprus this year). Prior to their withdrawal, they were set to be 18th in the running order between Sweden and Denmark. [3] Italian broadcaster RAI, on the other hand, decided not to send any delegation to Bergen.

Eurovision Song Contest 1986 participants [3] [4]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)Conductor
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Timna Brauer "Die Zeit ist einsam" German
Richard Oesterreicher
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTBF Sandra Kim " J'aime la vie " French
  • Angelo Crisci
  • Jean-Pierre Furnémont
  • Rosario Marino
Jo Carlier
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC Elpida "Tora zo" (Τώρα ζω) Greek
  • Phivos Gavris
  • Peter Yiannaki
Martyn Ford
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Lise Haavik "Du er fuld af løgn" Danish John Hatting Egil Monn-Iversen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Kari "Never the End" Finnish Kari Kuivalainen Ossi Runne
Flag of France.svg  France Antenne 2 Cocktail Chic "Européennes"French
  • Georges Costa
  • Michel Costa
Jean-Claude Petit
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BR [a] Ingrid Peters "Über die Brücke geh'n"German Hans Blum Hans Blum
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland RÚV ICY "Gleðibankinn" Icelandic Magnús EiríkssonGunnar Þórðarson
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ Luv Bug "You Can Count On Me"EnglishKevin Sheerin Noel Kelehan
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel "Yavo Yom" (יבוא יום) Hebrew
Yoram Zadok
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg CLT Sherisse Laurence "L'Amour de ma vie"French
Rolf Soja
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Frizzle Sizzle "Alles heeft ritme" Dutch
  • Rob ten Bokum
  • Peter Schön
Harry van Hoof
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Ketil Stokkan "Romeo" Norwegian Ketil Stokkan Egil Monn-Iversen
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP Dora "Não sejas mau p'ra mim" Portuguese
  • Guilherme Inês
  • Luís Oliveira
  • Zé da Ponte
Colin Frechter
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TVE Cadillac "Valentino" Spanish José Maria GuzmánEduardo Leiva
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek" Swedish Lasse Holm Anders Berglund
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Daniela Simons "Pas pour moi"French Atilla Şereftuğ
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT Klips ve Onlar "Halley" Turkish Melih Kibar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Ryder "Runner in the Night"English
  • Maureen Darbyshire
  • Brian Wade
No conductor
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia JRT Doris Dragović "Željo moja" (Жељо моја) Serbo-Croatian Zrinko TutićNikica Kalogjera

Returning artists

ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Elpida Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1979 (for Flag of Greece.svg  Greece )

Contest overview

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 [6]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Sherisse Laurence "L'Amour de ma vie"1173
2Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Doris Dragović "Željo moja"4911
3Flag of France.svg  France Cocktail Chic "Européennes"1317
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Ketil Stokkan "Romeo"4412
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Ryder "Runner in the Night"727
6Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland ICY "Gleðibankinn"1916
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Frizzle Sizzle "Alles heeft ritme"4013
8Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Klips ve Onlar "Halley"539
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Cadillac "Valentino"5110
10Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Daniela Simons "Pas pour moi"1402
11Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel "Yavo Yom"719
12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Luv Bug "You Can Count On Me"964
13Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Sandra Kim " J'aime la vie "1761
14Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ingrid Peters "Über die Brücke geh'n"628
15Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Elpida "Tora zo"420
16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Timna Brauer "Die Zeit ist einsam"1218
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek"785
18Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lise Haavik "Du er fuld af løgn"776
19Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kari "Never the End"2215
20Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Dora "Não sejas mau p'ra mim"2814

Spokespersons

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

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 [9] [10]
Total score
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia
France
Norway
United Kingdom
Iceland
Netherlands
Turkey
Spain
Switzerland
Israel
Ireland
Belgium
Germany
Cyprus
Austria
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Portugal
Contestants
Luxembourg1175812818247101281010246
Yugoslavia492757331341211
France13373
Norway44442665665
United Kingdom724106624252388102
Iceland1952642
Netherlands401271810137
Turkey536122683682
Spain517461281537313
Switzerland14012675531210412101254124710
Israel7115
Ireland9638328512621271288
Belgium176101012810101012101051211066101212
Germany6281128785724
Cyprus431
Austria1221261
Sweden78572731237124565
Denmark77510674531047745
Finland22611833
Portugal28444871

12 points

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

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  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. [11]

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, Jordan and South Korea, with an estimated maximum audience of 600 million viewers and listeners. [12] [13] [14] [15] 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
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF FS1 Ernst Grissemann [16] [17]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF RTBF1, Télé 2 Patrick Duhamel  [ fr ] [18] [19]
BRT TV1 Luc Appermont
BRT 2 [19]
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC RIK [20]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [21]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE TV1 Kari Lumikero  [ fi ] [22]
2-verkko  [ fi ]
Flag of France.svg France Antenne 2 Patrice Laffont [23]
RFO Second canal de RFO  [ fr ] [b] [24]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen Ado Schlier  [ de ] [25] [26]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið , Rás 1 Þorgeir Ástvaldsson  [ is ] [27]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ 1 Brendan Balfe [28]
RTÉ Radio 1 Larry Gogan [29]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel  [ he ] [30]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg CLT RTL Télévision [31]
RTL plus Matthias Krings  [ de ]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 1 Leo van der Goot  [ nl ] [19]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet , NRK P1, NRK P2 Knut Bjørnsen [32] [33]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1 [34]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE TVE 2 Antonio Gómez Mateo [35] [36]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT TV1 Ulf Elfving [37]
RR  [ sv ] SR P3 Jacob Dahlin [38]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Bernard Thurnheer  [ de ] [39]
TSR [c] Serge Moisson  [ fr ] [40]
TSI [41]
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey TRT TRT Televizyon Gülgün Baysal [42] [43]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Terry Wogan [44] [45]
BBC Radio 2 Ray Moore
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 1 , TV Titograd 1 [46]
TV Koper-Capodistria [47]
TV Ljubljana 1  [ sl ]
Val 202 [48]
TV Novi Sad [49]
TV Prishtina  [ sr; sq ] [46]
TV Sarajevo 1
TV Skopje 1
TV Zagreb 1 Ksenija Urličić [50]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS TV [d] [51]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia ČST ČST2 [e] [52]
Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Estonian SSR ETV [f] [53]
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland KNR KNR [g] [54]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV MTV1 [55]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Telepordenone  [ it ] [56]
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan JRTV JTV2 [57]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TP TP1 [h] [58]
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea KBS 1TV [i] [59]
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union CT USSR Programme One [f] [60]

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) [24]
  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. 1 2 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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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eurovision Song Contest 1997</span> International song competition

The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was the 42nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on 3 May 1997 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) and presented by Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating, the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1996 contest with the song "The Voice" by Eimear Quinn. The 1997 contest was the seventh – and to date last – edition to be staged in Ireland, as well as the fourth to be produced by RTÉ in five years. The Point Theatre served as the host venue for the third time, following the 1994 and 1995 contests, becoming the only venue to have been the site of three Eurovision Song Contests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest</span>

Iceland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 36 times since its debut in 1986, missing only two contests since then, in 1998 and 2002, when prevented from competing due to finishing outside qualification places the preceding years. The country's best result is second place, which it achieved with "All Out of Luck" by Selma in 1999 and "Is It True?" by Yohanna in 2009. The Icelandic participant broadcaster in the contest is Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), which select its entrant with the national competition Söngvakeppnin.

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