31st contest
Eurovision 1986
The 1986 Eurovision Song Contest, the 31st edition, was held in Bergen, Norway and was won by Belgium — Sandra Kim with “J'aime la vie”.
Sandra Kim was 13. The contest introduced a minimum age of 16 after her win.
The facts
This was Belgium’s only Eurovision win. Their full record
Compiled from the public record of the contest. Years, hosts, winners, songs and performers are stated; participant counts and pre-2000 venues are left blank rather than estimated, and will be filled in as each is checked against a primary source. This is a different standard from the two-independent-sources bar that a 2027 confirmation has to clear, and it is held to a lower one — spotted an error? It is worth telling us about.
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