The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was held in the Grieghallen concert hall in Bergen, Norway. The presenter of the contest was Åse Kleveland. The contest was won by Sandra Kim, representing Belgium with the song "J'aime la vie".
Location
Bergen is the northernmost city to have ever hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. The stage was "ice palace" themed.
Grieghallen - host venue of the 1986 contest.
Åse Kleveland; presenter of the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest.
Format
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. The presenter phoned each delegation for their votes.
Entries
List of the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 entries in running order:
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 |
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 Luxembourg
  Artist: Sherisse Laurence Song: "L'amour de ma vie" Language: French |
 Yugoslavia
  Artist: Doris Dragović Song: "Željo moja" Language: Serbo-Croatian |
 France
  Artist: Cocktail Chic Song: "Européennes" Language: French |
 Norway
  Artist: Ketil Stokkan Song: "Romeo" Language: Norwegian |
| 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
 United Kingdom
  Artist: Ryder Song: "Runner in the Night" Language: English |
 Iceland
  Artist: ICY Song: "Gleðibankinn" Language: Icelandic |
 Netherlands
  Artist: Frizzle Sizzle Song: "Alles heeft ritme" Language: Dutch |
 Turkey
  Artist: Klips ve Onlar Song: "Halley" Language: Turkish |
| 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
 Spain
  Artist: Cadillac Song: "Valentino" Language: Spanish |
 Switzerland
  Artist: Daniela Simons Song: "Pas pour moi" Language: French |
 Israel
  Artist: Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel Song: "Yavo Yom" Language: Hebrew |
 Ireland
  Artist: Luv Bug Song: "You Can Count On Me" Language: English |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
 Belgium
  Artist: Sandra Kim Song: "J'aime la vie" Language: French |
 Germany
  Artist: Ingrid Peters Song: "Über die Brücke geh'n" Language: German |
 Cyprus
  Artist: Elpida Song: "Tora zo" Language: Greek |
 Austria
  Artist: Timna Brauer Song: "Die Zeit ist einsam" Language: German |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
 Sweden
  Artist: Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell Song: "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" Language: Swedish |
 Denmark
  Artist: Lise Haavik Song: "Du er fuld af løgn" Language: Danish |
 Finland
  Artist: Kari Kuivalainen Song: "Never the End" Language: Finnish |
 Portugal
  Artist: Dora Song: "Não sejas mau para mim" Language: Portuguese |
Conductors
Each performance (apart from United Kingdom) had a conductor who directed the orchestra. Norwegian host conductor Egil Monn-Iversen also conducted the Danish entry:
Results
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| 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 |
