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1986 Poll Winners

Smash Hits published the Eighth Annual Readers Award Voting Form' in the 22nd October -

4th November 1986 issue of Smash Hits.

 

The Voting Form was to be used to ask the readers what their favourites were from for the year 1986.  

 

The Poll had  categories such as Best Group, though to the Most Fanciable Human Being.

 

The results were then published in the 17th December - 30th December 1986 issue of the magazine.

 

Below is a list of the Winners and Runners Up from that year.

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Voting Form

Page 43 - Smash Hits - Issue 206 - 22nd October - 4th November 1986 - Howard Jones, Bon Jo
Page 42 - Smash Hits - Issue 206 - 22nd October - 4th November 1986 - Howard Jones, Bon Jo

The Categories for 1986 were as follows

 

1 - Best Group Of The Year

2 - Worst Group Of The Year

3 - Best Male Singer Of The Year

4 - Best Female Singer Of The Year

5 - Best Single Of The Year

6 - Worst Single Of The Year

7 - Best Album Of The Year

8 - Best Video Of The Year

9 - Best Music TV Programme Of The Year

10 - Best Non-music TV Programme Of The Year

11 - Worst TV Programme Of The Year

12 - Best DJ Of The Year

13 - Worst DJ Of The Year

14 - Best Film Of The Year

15 - Best TV Ad Of The Year

16 - Worst TV Ad Of The Year

17 - Best Dressed Person Of The Year

18 - Worst Dressed Person Of The Year

19 - Most Promising New Act Of The Year

20 - Most Fanciable Person Of The Year

21 - Most Very Horrible Thing Of The Year

22 - Most Completely Useless Person Of The Year

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Below are the winners for each Category

 

Please Note:

It says that this is the Sixth Smash Hits Poll Results.  As the First one was printed in 1979 then this makes it the Seventh Smash Hits Poll Results.

Results - Page 1

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Results - Page 2

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Results - Page 3

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Results - Page 4

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Results - Page 5

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Results - Page 6

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Results - Page 7

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Results - Page 8

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How The Stars Voted

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Smash Hits - Issue 210 - 17th - 30th December 1986 - Poll Winners 1986.jpg
Smash Hits - Issue 210 - 17th - 30th December 1986 - Poll Winners 1986.jpg
Smash Hits - Issue 210 - 17th - 30th December 1986 - Poll Winners 1986.jpg

Advert
3rd December - 16th December 1986

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Single of The Year

Duran Duran - Notorious

Video of The Year

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

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