France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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Eurovision Song Contest 1986
CountryFlag of France.svg  France
National selection
Selection processL'Eurovision 1986
Selection date(s)22 March 1986
Selected entrant Cocktail Chic
Selected song"Européennes"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Georges Costa
  • Michel Costa
  • Daniel Costa
Finals performance
Final result17th, 13 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 •1986• 1987►

France was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

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Before Eurovision

L'Eurovision 1986

The French national final to select their entry, L'Eurovision 1986, was held on 22 March 1986 at the SFP Studios in Paris, and was hosted by Patrice Laffont, a famous game show host well known for hosting Des chiffres et des lettres .

Fourteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Antenne 2 across France and to the overseas departments. The winner was decided by a sample of television viewers who were telephoned at random and asked their opinion of each song. The winning entry was "Européennes", performed by the quartet Cocktail and composed by Georges Costa and Michel Costa.

DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Daisy Clerc"Homme de lumière"1333
2Véronique Bodoin"Paris le dimanche matin"3013
3Sandrine Doukhan"J'aimerai demain"637
4Christine Gavalet"Nuit blanche"3512
5Yves de Roubaix"Vivre longtemps"1472
6King Kong & Les Limousines"Stop l'amour, pas d'amour"676
7Duo Plaisir"Eurovision"439
8 Cocktail "Européennes"1581
9Claire Axèle"Mélodie"765
10Jean-Louis Richerme"La roue tourne"439
11Catherine Perbost"Fils d'Ellington"3611
12Marc Juillet"Je vis dans un rêve"558
13Sonja Wiggers"Le cœur branché"2414
14Lucille Marciano"Comme une chanteuse de blues"1134

At Eurovision

Before performing at Bergen, Cocktail changed their name to Cocktail Chic. They were the third act on the night of the Contest, following Yugoslavia and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting the song had received 13 points, placing 17th in a field of 20 competing countries. [1] At the time it was the worst placing for France in the Contest's history, and would remain so until 1996.

Voting

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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 Saturday 3 May 1986 and was hosted by previous Norwegian contestant Åse Kleveland.

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Ireland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Israel was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

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Switzerland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Belgium was represented by Sandra Kim with the song "J'aime la vie" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

West Germany was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway, after opting out of the previous year's contest in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, represented by Knut Anders Sørum with the song "High". The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry for the 2004 contest through the Melodi Grand Prix contest.

Finland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Bærum, Oslo, Norway. Yle (Yleisradio) hold a national final, Euroviisut 2010, to select the 2010 Finnish entry.

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References

  1. ↑ "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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