The 12th People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 1985, were held in 1986. They were broadcast on CBS.
Winners
Favorite New Song (presented by Gladys Knight): "We Are the World"
Favorite New TV Dramatic Program (presented by Ted Knight and Meredith Baxter): Dynasty II - The Colbys
Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer (presented by Don Johnson): Barbara Mandrell, Meryl Streep
Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer (presented by Sammy Davis Jr.): Bill Cosby
Favorite Country Music Performer (presented by Michele Lee and Capt. Jim Fagerstrom, one of two "audience member" presenters): Kenny Rogers
Favorite Male Musical Performer (presented by John Denver): Bruce Springsteen
Favorite Female Musical Performer (presented by Lisa Hartman): Madonna
Favorite Male TV Performer (presented from New York by Whoopi Goldberg): Bill Cosby
Favorite Motion Picture (presented by Rod Steiger): Back to the Future
Favorite Motion Picture Actress (presented by James Garner): Meryl Streep
Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program (presented by Henry Winkler and Cheryl Ladd): Cybill Shepherd
Favorite New TV Comedy Program (presented by Don Ameche): The Golden Girls
Favorite Female TV Performer (presented by Robert Wagner and audience member Marina Simpanas): Linda Evans
Favorite TV Dramatic Program (presented by Richard Crenna and Linda Gray): Dynasty, Miami Vice
Favorite Young TV Performer (presented by Tim Conway and Harvey Korman): Emmanuel Lewis
Favorite Classical Music Performer (presented by John Denver): Luciano Pavarotti
Favorite TV Comedy Program (also presented by Whoopi Goldberg): The Cosby Show
Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program (presented by Victoria Principal): Bruce Willis
Favorite Motion Picture Actor (presented by Charlton Heston): Sylvester Stallone
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