Bergen, Saturday, 3 May 1986

Eurovision 1986, vote by vote

20 songs, 20 countries voting. Belgium won with “J'aime la vie” on 176 points, 36 ahead of Switzerland.

The result

In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.

  1. 1

    Belgium Sandra Kim “J'aime la vie”

    Sang no. 13

    Top marks from France, Turkey, Ireland, Finland and Portugal

    176 pts
  2. 2

    Switzerland Daniela Simons “Pas pour moi”

    Sang no. 10

    Top marks from Luxembourg, Netherlands, Israel, Belgium and Sweden

    140 pts
  3. 3

    Luxembourg Sherisse Laurence “L'Amour de ma vie”

    Sang no. 1

    Top marks from Norway and Germany

    117 pts
  4. 4

    Ireland Luv Bug “You Can Count On Me”

    Sang no. 12

    Top marks from Spain, Austria and Denmark

    96 pts
  5. 5

    Sweden Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell “E' de' det här du kallar kärlek”

    Sang no. 17

    Top marks from Iceland and Switzerland

    78 pts
  6. 6

    Denmark Lise Haavik “Du er fuld af løgn”

    Sang no. 18

    77 pts
  7. 7

    United Kingdom Ryder “Runner in the Night”

    Sang no. 5

    72 pts
  8. 8

    Germany Ingrid Peters “Über die Brücke geh'n”

    Sang no. 14

    Top marks from United Kingdom

    62 pts
  9. 9

    Turkey Klips ve Onlar “Halley”

    Sang no. 8

    Top marks from Yugoslavia

    53 pts
  10. 10

    Spain Cadillac “Valentino”

    Sang no. 9

    51 pts
  11. 11

    Yugoslavia Doris Dragović “Željo moja (Жељо моја)”

    Sang no. 2

    Top marks from Cyprus

    49 pts
  12. 12

    Norway Ketil Stokkan “Romeo”

    Sang no. 4

    44 pts
  13. 13

    Netherlands Frizzle Sizzle “Alles heeft ritme”

    Sang no. 7

    40 pts
  14. 14

    Portugal Dora “Não sejas mau p'ra mim”

    Sang no. 20

    28 pts
  15. 15

    Finland Kari “Never the End”

    Sang no. 19

    22 pts
  16. 16

    Iceland ICY “Gleðibankinn”

    Sang no. 6

    19 pts
  17. 17

    France Cocktail Chic “Européennes”

    Sang no. 3

    13 pts
  18. 18

    Austria Timna Brauer “Die Zeit ist einsam”

    Sang no. 16

    12 pts
  19. 19

    Israel Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel “Yavo Yom (יבוא יום)”

    Sang no. 11

    7 pts
  20. 20

    Cyprus Elpida “Tora zo (Τώρα ζω)”

    Sang no. 15

    4 pts

Who gave what

Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down and the spokesperson who read them out, where our source names one.

  1. Luxembourg

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Turkey
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Yugoslavia
    • 1 Netherlands
  2. Yugoslavia

    • 12 Turkey
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Switzerland
    • 5 Luxembourg
    • 4 Spain
    • 3 Cyprus
    • 2 Netherlands
    • 1 Germany
  3. France

    • 12 Belgium
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 Luxembourg
    • 7 Switzerland
    • 6 Spain
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Norway
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Sweden
    • 1 Israel
  4. Norway

    • 12 Luxembourg
    • 10 Denmark
    • 8 Belgium
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 United Kingdom
    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 Portugal
    • 3 France
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Israel
  5. United Kingdom

    read out by Colin Berry

    • 12 Germany
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Luxembourg
    • 7 Yugoslavia
    • 6 Denmark
    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 Portugal
    • 3 Sweden
    • 2 Turkey
    • 1 Spain
  6. Iceland

    read out by Guðrún Skúladóttir

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Denmark
    • 6 Finland
    • 5 Yugoslavia
    • 4 Norway
    • 3 Switzerland
    • 2 Spain
    • 1 Luxembourg
  7. Netherlands

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Luxembourg
    • 7 Yugoslavia
    • 6 Turkey
    • 5 Iceland
    • 4 Denmark
    • 3 Sweden
    • 2 Norway
    • 1 Finland
  8. Turkey

    • 12 Belgium
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Spain
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 United Kingdom
    • 5 Ireland
    • 4 Portugal
    • 3 Yugoslavia
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Finland
  9. Spain

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Portugal
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Iceland
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Yugoslavia
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Netherlands
  10. Switzerland

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Turkey
    • 7 France
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 Israel
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Denmark
    • 2 Luxembourg
    • 1 Spain
  11. Israel

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Denmark
    • 8 Netherlands
    • 7 Portugal
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 Luxembourg
    • 3 Turkey
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Yugoslavia
  12. Ireland

    • 12 Belgium
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 Luxembourg
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 Spain
    • 4 Denmark
    • 3 Yugoslavia
    • 2 Austria
    • 1 Cyprus
  13. Belgium

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Luxembourg
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Germany
    • 6 Turkey
    • 5 Norway
    • 4 Yugoslavia
    • 3 Spain
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Austria
  14. Germany

    • 12 Luxembourg
    • 10 Netherlands
    • 8 Turkey
    • 7 Denmark
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Finland
    • 2 Austria
    • 1 Belgium
  15. Cyprus

    • 12 Yugoslavia
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Luxembourg
    • 7 Denmark
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 Iceland
    • 3 Finland
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Netherlands
  16. Austria

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Luxembourg
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Belgium
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Turkey
    • 1 Yugoslavia
  17. Sweden

    read out by Agneta Bolme Börjefors

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Luxembourg
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Ireland
    • 6 Belgium
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Denmark
    • 3 France
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Yugoslavia
  18. Denmark

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Germany
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Norway
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Spain
    • 2 Luxembourg
    • 1 Portugal
  19. Finland

    read out by Solveig Herlin

    • 12 Belgium
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Switzerland
    • 6 Austria
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Luxembourg
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Germany
    • 1 Spain
  20. Portugal

    • 12 Belgium
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 Luxembourg
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Germany
    • 3 Spain
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Austria

The full scoreboard

Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.

The grid is 20 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.

Song Total Luxembourg Yugoslavia France Norway United Kingdom Iceland Netherlands Turkey Spain Switzerland Israel Ireland Belgium Germany Cyprus Austria Sweden Denmark Finland Portugal
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

On the night

What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.

opened by
  • Åse Kleveland the presenter sang “Welcome to Music” in several languages
in the interval
  • Sissel Kyrkjebø and Steinar Ofsdal a tour of Bergen in song with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, starting with the city’s own song

Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.