France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
# France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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. At the time it was the worst placing for France in the Contest's history, and would remain so until 1996.

