Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "", composed by Jean-Paul Furnémont and Angelo Crisci, with lyrics by Rosario Marino Atria, and performed by Sandra Kim. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest as the first-ever victory for Belgium in the contest.

Before Eurovision

1986 Walloon broadcaster (RTBF) held the Belgian national final on 2 March at 20:05 (CET) in its television studios in Brussels, hosted by Patrick Duhamel. After the initial broadcast, the winning song was decided by the following formula: 50% of the final tabulation would come from 12 music experts and 50% would come from 500 Belgian TV viewers polled to make up a fair segment of the Belgian population. Another programme was then broadcast at 22:30 (CET) announcing the winner of the national final. The winning entry was "", performed by Sandra Kim, composed by Jean-Paul Furnémont and Angelo Crisci, with lyrics written by Rosario Marino Atria.

+ Final – 2 March 1986 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place 1 Michel Almann "Toi" 2 Axel Faye "Tope là!" 3 Formule II "Tout, je te donne tout" 4 Elizabeth Granec "Mon pays, c'est la terre" 5 Dino Lizi "Chante avec nous" 6 Makof "S.O.S." 7 Sandra Kim "J'aime la vie" 1 8 Toxic "L'aventure c'est toi" 9 Jean-Claude Watrin "Au-delà de nos rêves"

At Eurovision

Sandra Kim performed thirteenth on the night of the Contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 176 points, placing 1st in a field of 20 competing countries. It was the first win for Belgium in the Contest, something they have not been able to replicate since.

Belgium scored an absolute record at the time, with Sandra Kim earning a never seen before number of 176 points (that record remained until 1993, with Ireland scoring 187 points), an average of 9.26 points per voting nation. Kim received 77.2% of the maximum possible score, which, as of 2024 still ranks 8th among all Eurovision winners.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Belgium 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 Belgium 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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