France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "", written by Georges Costa and Michel Costa, and performed by Cocktail Chic. The French participating broadcaster, , selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
1986 held the national final, 1986, on 22 March 1986 at the SFP Studios in Paris, hosted by Patrice Laffont.
Fourteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast 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 "", performed by the quartet Cocktail and composed by Georges Costa and Michel Costa. Artist Song Points Place 1Daisy Clerc"Homme de lumière"1333 2Véronique Bodoin"Paris le dimanche matin" 3013 3Sandrine Doukhan"J'aimerai demain"637 4Christine Gavalet"Nuit blanche"3512 5Yves de Roubaix"Vivre longtemps"1472 6King Kong & Les Limousines"Stop l'amour, pas d'amour"676 7Duo Plaisir"Eurovision"439 8Cocktail"Européennes"1581 9Claire Axèle"Mélodie"765 10Jean-Louis Richerme"La roue tourne"439 11Catherine Perbost"Fils d'Ellington"3611 12Marc Juillet"Je vis dans un rêve"558 13Sonja Wiggers"Le cœur branché"2414 14Lucille Marciano"Comme une chanteuse de blues"1134
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 and preceding . 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.
Voting
+ Points awarded to France Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by France Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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