France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	L'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 result	17th, 13 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest

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

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.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Daisy Clerc	"Homme de lumière"	133	3
2	Véronique Bodoin	"Paris le dimanche matin"	30	13
3	Sandrine Doukhan	"J'aimerai demain"	63	7
4	Christine Gavalet	"Nuit blanche"	35	12
5	Yves de Roubaix	"Vivre longtemps"	147	2
6	King Kong & Les Limousines	"Stop l'amour, pas d'amour"	67	6
7	Duo Plaisir	"Eurovision"	43	9
8	Cocktail	"Européennes"	158	1
9	Claire Axèle	"Mélodie"	76	5
10	Jean-Louis Richerme	"La roue tourne"	43	9
11	Catherine Perbost	"Fils d'Ellington"	36	11
12	Marc Juillet	"Je vis dans un rêve"	55	8
13	Sonja Wiggers	"Le cœur branché"	24	14
14	Lucille Marciano	"Comme une chanteuse de blues"	113	4

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[]

Points awarded to France^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points	Switzerland
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	Norway Sweden
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by France^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Spain
5 points	Denmark
4 points	Norway
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Israel

References[]

^ "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links[]

French National Final 1986

[1] "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1986detailed-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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