Amerivision Song Contest 1986

Amerivision Song Contest 1986
Amerivision Song Contest 1986
Dates
Final	September 13 1986
Host
Venue	Riocentro; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Presenter(s)	Glória Maria; Sérgio Chapelin
Host broadcaster	Rede Globo
Participants
Number of entries	18
Returning countries	Bahamas; Colombia; Panama
Non-returning countries	Argentina; Barbados; Guadeloupe; Venezuela
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song	Canada; "Powerline"
	Amerivision Song Contest

The Amerivision Song Contest 1986 was the thirty-first edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster Rede Globo. The edition was hosted in the Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.

This edition saw the return of Bahamas, Colombia and Panama to the contest, however, it saw the departure of Argentina, Barbados, Guadeloupe and Venezuela. Argentina departed in protest of its recent poor placements, Barbados and Guadeloupe for budget reasons, and Venezuela as protest for Ilan Chester's low placement in the 1985 edition.

The winning song was "Powerline" by Lee Aaron, a song that broke records at the time, most notably, it scored 153 points, making it the song with the highest score ever achieved at the time, the first song to surpass 150 points and the song that gave canada its sixth victory, making it the country that won the contest most times, breaking its tie with Brazil.

This was the first edition to be hosted by two presenters instead of one, those being Glória Maria and Sérgio Chapelin.

Host picking

Ten brazilian venues bidded to host the event, the italic bids were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.

City	Venue
Belo Horizonte	Juscelino Kubitschek Arena
Curitiba	Teatro Guaíra
Porto Alegre	Auditório Araújo Vianna
Porto Alegre	Gigantinho
Recife	Geraldão
Rio de Janeiro	Canecão
	Maracanãzinho
	Riocentro
São Paulo	Celso Furtado Auditorium
São Paulo	Ginásio do Pacaembu

Participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	English title
Bahamas	PTB	Johnny Kemp	"Just Another Lover"	English
Bolivia	Bolivia TV	Proyección	"Me he resignado"	Spanish	"I Have Resignated"
Brazil	Globo	Engenheiros do Hawaii	"Toda forma de poder"	Portuguese	"Every Form of Power"
Canada	CBC	Lee Aaron	"Powerline"	English
Chile	UCV	Aterrizaje Forzoso	"Despertar sin ti"	Spanish	"Wake Up Without You"
Colombia	Canal 1	Abelardo Carbonó y Su Grupo	"Se acaba la paz"		"Peace Is Over"
Dominican Republic	RDTV4	Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40	"Ella dice"		"She Said"
Guatemala	Televisiete	Ricardo Arjona	"Dejame decir que te amo"		"Let Me Say That I Love You"
Jamaica	JBC	Ruby Turner	"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)"	English
Mexico	Las Estrellas	Flans	"Tímido"	Spanish	"Shy"
Netherlands Antilles	Telecuraçao	Leslie Vaughn	"Somebody Loves You"	English
Panama	RPC	Roberto Blades	"María"	Spanish
Peru	América Televisión	Lissette	"Yo me voy sola"		"I Will Go Alone"
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	Ednita Nazario	"Tú, sin mí"		"You, Without Me"
Suriname	STVS	Mai Tai	"Turn Your Love Around"	English
Trinidad and Tobago	TTT	Judy Boucher	"Can't Be With You Tonight"
United States	NBC	Stacey Q	"Two of Hearts"
Uruguay	Canal 10	Mariana Ingold	"Cara a cara"	Spanish	"Face to Face"

Returning artists

Bolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Lissette	Peru	1966
Proyección	Bolivia	1984

Contest overview

Winner

Results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1986
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Colombia	Abelardo Carbonó y Su Grupo	"Se acaba la paz"	25	13
2	Bolivia	Proyección	"Me he resignado"	88	4
3	United States	Stacey Q	"Two of Hearts"	34	11
4	Netherlands Antilles	Leslie Vaughn	"Somebody Loves You"	74	5
5	Canada	Lee Aaron	"Powerline"	153	1
6	Guatemala	Ricardo Arjona	"Dejame decir que te amo"	9	18
7	Peru	Lissette	"Yo me voy sola"	61	8
8	Suriname	Mai Tai	"Turn Your Love Around"	141	2
9	Jamaica	Ruby Turner	"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)"	70	7
10	Dominican Republic	Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40	"Ella dice"	18	16
11	Bahamas	Johnny Kemp	"Just Another Lover"	31	12
12	Panama	Roberto Blades	"María"	24	14
13	Chile	Aterrizaje Forzoso	"Despertar sin ti"	53	9
14	Uruguay	Mariana Ingold	"Cara a cara"	22	15
15	Brazil	Engenheiros do Hawaii	"Toda forma de poder"	73	6
16	Mexico	Flans	"Tímido"	106	3
17	Trinidad and Tobago	Judy Boucher	"Can't Be With You Tonight"	17	17
18	Puerto Rico	Ednita Nazario	"Tú, sin mí"	45	10

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1986
		Total score	Colombia	Bolivia	United States	Netherlands Antilles	Canada	Guatemala	Peru	Suriname	Jamaica	Dominican Republic	Bahamas	Panama	Chile	Uruguay	Brazil	Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	Puerto Rico
Contestants	Colombia	25		4				5	6			2	1			2	1		2	2
	Bolivia	88	8		5	6			12	5	5	8			5	8	10	8		8
	United States	34				5	5	1		6	1		8	2				6
	Netherlands Antilles	74	2		8		10		10	12	10	5	7				6	1	3
	Canada	153	10	8	12	12		10	4	7	12	10	5	12	12	3	8	4	12	12
	Guatemala	9		2										7
	Peru	61	5	10	1		3				4		6	4	7	7	3	10	1
	Suriname	141		12	10	10	12	7			8	6	12	10	8	10	12	7	10	7
	Jamaica	70		6	7	8	7		3	8			10		2		5		8	6
	Dominican Republic	18	3	1										5	1			5		3
	Bahamas	31			6	1		2		10	6					1			5
	Panama	24					2	8				7				4		3
	Chile	53	6	3			6		5			4		8		12	4		4	1
	Uruguay	22	1			2		4	1			1		6	3					4
	Brazil	73	7	7		3	8	3	7	4	2		4	3	6	6		2	6	5
	Mexico	106	12	5	3		4	12	8	1	7	12	3		10	5	7		7	10
	Trinidad and Tobago	17			2	4	1			3	3		2				2
	Puerto Rico	45	4		4	7		6	2	2		3		1	4			12

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
7	Canada	Chile, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
4	Suriname	Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada
3	Mexico	Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala
1	Bolivia	Peru
	Chile	Uruguay
	Netherlands Antilles	Suriname
	Puerto Rico	Mexico