1986

VENUE Greighallen, Bergen		ENTRIES 20
HOST Ase Kleveland		DEBUTS Iceland

Another year and another style of presenter: after the flooziness of Desiree in 84 and the saucy charms of Lill, we were back to the more traditional with another 1966 entrant, Asa Kleveland, who had finished one place behind Lill. We were back to old style introductions of the artists; Iceland making their debut got a warm response and proceeded to present a song that sounded really promising and then just fizzled out.

The contest had opened with the 500th entry to be performed in Euro-history, by Sherisse Laurence competing for Luxembourg. Laurence was another one of the Canadian contingent brought in for the contest by the smaller nations. She could be seen on UK daytime TV in the 80s co-presenting a show called "Circus Circus".

Belgium won of course with 13 year old Sandra Kim, whose age prompted a short-lived protest from second-placed Switzerland (whose song was like a prototype for Celine's " Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi"). There were to be more child performers in 1989 before Eurovision went back to being adults-only.

Luxemburg	L'Amour De Ma Vie	Sherisse Laurence	3
Yugoslavia	Zeljo Moja	Doris Dragovic	11
France	Européennes	Cocktail Chic	17
Norway	Romeo	Ketil Stokkan	12
United Kingdom	Runner In The Night	Ryder	7
Iceland	Gleðibankinn	Icy	16
Netherlands	Alles Heeft Ritme	Frizzle Sizzle	13
Turkey	Halley	Klips Ve Onlar	9
Spain	Valentino	Cadillac	10
Switzerland	Pas Pour Moi	Daniela Simons	2
Israel	Yavoh Yom	Moti Giladi & Sarai Tzuriel	19
Ireland	You Can Count On Me	Luv Bug	4
Belgium	J'aime La Vie	Sandra Kim	1
Germany	Über Die Brücke Geh'n	Ingrid Peters	8
Cyprus	Tora Zo	Elpida	20
Austria	Die Zeit Ist Einsaum	Timna Brauer	18
Sweden	Ar Det De'här Du Kallar Kärlek	Lasse Holm & Monica Törnell	5
Denmark	Du Er Fuld Af Løgn	Trax	6
Finland	Never The End	Kari	15
Portugal	Não Sejas Mau Para Mim	Dora	14

WINNER:

Belgium

J'AIME LA VIE

Sandra Kim

Voting

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