Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Dates
Final9 May 1987
Host
VenueCentenary Palace
Brussels, Belgium
Presenter(s)Viktor Lazlo
Musical directorJo Carlier
Directed byJacques Bourton
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerMichel Gehu
Host broadcasterRadio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/brussels-1987 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries22
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
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         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1987
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 1-12 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Ireland
"Hold Me Now"
1986 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Brussels, Belgium, following the country's victory at the 1986 contest with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), the contest was held at the Centenary Palace on 9 May 1987 (also Europe Day) and hosted by French-Belgian singer Viktor Lazlo.

Twenty-two countries took part in the contest with Greece and Italy returning to the competition after their absences the previous year. This set the record for the highest number of competing countries up until that point.

The winner was Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now" by Johnny Logan, who had also won the 1980 contest. He became the first performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice.