1985

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1985.

The Contest was hosted by Lill Lindfors at the Scandinvaium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

See national final entries for 1985.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1985

Name	Previous appearances
Pat Reilly	4
Michael Elo	3
Kari Gjærum	3
Lennart Sjöholm	3
Shlomo Maman	2
Sue Glover	2
Sunny Leslie	2
Gary Lux	2
Lia Vissi	2
Lalla Francia	2
Paola Orlandi	2
Stelios Goulielmos	2
Ireen Sheer	2
Jokke Seppälä	2
Lotta Engberg	1
Mariella Farré	1
Izhar Cohen	1
Pino Gasparini	1
Rhonda Heath	1
Al Bano	1
Romina Power	1
Hanne Boel	1
Håkon Iversen	1
Lise Dandanell	1
Hanne Krogh	1
Kirsten Siggaard	1
Elisabeth Andreassen	1
Søren Bundgaard	1
Per Øystein Sørensen	1
Anita Pajunen	1
Kikki Danielsson	1
Liza Öhman	1
Kaija Koo	1
Rita O'Regan	1

Artists who performed in 1985

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Kinder dieser Welt
Gary Lux	Rhonda Heath
Richard Oesterreicher	Chris Lohner
Geoff Bastow, Mick Jackson, Michael Kunzi
Belgium	Laat me nu gaan
Linda Lepomme
Curt-Eric Holmquist	An Ploegaerts
Pieter Verlinden, Bert Vivier
Cyprus	To katalava arga
Lia Vissi	Ioannis Piliouris Krini Pafitou Stelios Goulielmos
Charis Andreadis	Anna Partelidou
Lia Vissi
Denmark	Sku' du spør fra no'en
Kirsten Siggaard (Hot Eyes) Søren Bundgaard (Hot Eyes)	Hanne Boel Lea Bundgaard Lise Dandanell Michael Elo
Wolfgang Käfer	Bent Henius
Søren Bundgaard, Keld Heick
Finland	Eläköön elämä
Sonja Lumme	Anita Pajunen Jokke Seppälä Kaija Koo Rele Kosunen
Ossi Runne	Annemi Genetz
Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto
France	Femme dans ses rêves aussi
Roger Bens
Michel Bernholc	Clémentine Célarié
Didier Pascalis
Germany	Für alle
Ala Heiler (Wind) Petra Scheeser (Wind) Rainer Höglmeier (Wind) Sami Kalifa (Wind) Tina Hierstetter (Wind) Willie Jakob (Wind)
Rainer Pietsch	Christoph Deumling
Hanne Haller
Greece	Miazoume
Takis Biniaris	Alkmeni Kassiotou Dorita Steri Eleni Economidou Roula Katsarou
Charis Andreadis	Irini Gavala
Takis Biniaris, Maro Bizani
Ireland	Wait Until The Weekend Comes
Maria Christian	Eamonn Gibney Pat Reilly Rita O'Regan
Noel Kelehan	John Skehan
Brendan J. Graham
Israel	Olé olé
Izhar Cohen	Cris Life Rakefet Ben David Shlomo Maman Tali Sinai
Kobi Oshrat	Yitzhak Shim'oni
Kobi Oshrat, Hamutal Ben Ze'ev
Italy	Magic, Oh Magic
Al Bano Romina Power	Elisabetta Maneri Lalla Francia Paola Orlandi
Fiorenzo Zanotti	Beatrice Cori
Dario Farina, Michael Hoffmann, Cristiano Minellono
Luxembourg	Children, Kinder, enfants
Chris Roberts Diane Solomon Franck Olivier Ireen Sheer Malcolm Roberts Margo Verdoorn
Norbert Daum	Frédérique Ries
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger, Jean Beriat
Norway	La det swinge[Winning song]
Elisabeth Andreassen (Bobbysocks) Hanne Krogh (Bobbysocks)	Håkon Iversen Kari Gjærum Per Øystein Sørensen Rolf Løvland
Terje Fjærn	Erik Diesen
Rolf Løvland
Portugal	Penso em ti, eu sei
Adelaide	Isabel Campelo Luís Fernando
José Calvário	Maria Margarida Gaspar
Tozé Brito, Adelaide, Luís Fernando
Spain	La fiesta terminó
Paloma San Basilio
Juan Carlos Calderón	Matilde Jarrín
Juan Carlos Calderón
Sweden	Bra vibrationer
Kikki Danielsson	David Johnson Lennart Sjöholm Liza Öhman Lotta Engberg Mary Johnson
Curt-Eric Holmquist	Agneta Bolme-Börjefors
Lasse Holm, Ingela "Pling" Forsman
Switzerland	Piano, piano
Mariella Farré Pino Gasparini
Anita Kerr	Michel Stocker
Anita Kerr, Trudi Müller-Bosshard
Turkey	Didai didai dai
Fuat Güner (MFÖ) Mazhar Alanson (MFÖ) Özkan Uğur (MFÖ)
Garo Mafyan	Fatih Orbay
Fuat Güner, Mazhar Alanson, Özkan Uğur
United Kingdom	Love Is
Aeone Victoria Watson (Vikki)	Sue Glover Sunny Leslie
John Coleman	Colin Berry
Aeone Victoria Watson, James Kaleth

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