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

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1985

Name	Previous songs
Ralph Siegel	7
Bernd Meinunger	5
Michael Kunze	3
Keld Heick	3
Lasse Holm	2
Juan Carlos Calderón	2
Søren Bundgaard	1
Tozé Brito	1
Kobi Oshrat	1
Brendan J. Graham	1
Dario Farina	1
Jean Beriat	1

Artists who performed in 1985

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

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