1987

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1987.

The Contest was hosted by Viktor Lazlo at the Centenary Palace in Brussels, Belgium.

See national final entries for 1987.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1987

Name	Previous appearances
Gary Lux	3
Patricia Maessen	3
Evridiki	2
Lotta Engberg	2
Ala Heiler	1
Petra Scheeser	1
Sami Kalifa	1
Johnny Logan	1
Cees Stolk	1
Jean-Jacques Egli	1
Karen Black	1
Alain Pentony	1
Alexia Vassiliou	1
Elena Patroklou	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1987

Name	Previous songs
Ralph Siegel	8
Bernd Meinunger	6
Giancarlo Bigazzi	2
Johnny Logan	1
Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	1
Rafael Trabucchelli	1
Veli-Pekka Lehto	1
Petri Laaksonen	1
Rolf Løvland	1

Artists who performed in 1987

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Nur Noch Gefühl
Gary Lux
Kenneth Westmore, Stefanie Werger
Tilia Herold	Richard Oesterreicher
Belgium	Soldiers of Love
Liliane Saint-Pierre	Chris Peeters Firmin Timmermans Jan Hautekiet Jean Bosco Safari
Gyuri Spies, Marc de Coen, Liliane Saint-Pierre
An Ploegaerts	Freddy Sunder
Cyprus	Aspro Mavro
Alexia Vassiliou	Andros Papapavlou Elena Patroklou Evridiki Haris Anastasiou
Andros Papapavlou, Maria Papapaulou
Anna Partelidou	Jo Carlier
Denmark	En Lille Melodi
Anders Tind (Bandjo) Anne-Cathrine Herdorf Brian Thomsen (Bandjo) Carsten Kolster (Bandjo) Helge Engelbrecht (Bandjo) Peter Stub (Bandjo)
Helge Engelbrecht, Jacob Jonia
Bent Henius	Henrik Krogsgård
Finland	Sata Salamaa
Vicky Rosti	Erkki Korhonen Jari Nieminen Jari Puhakka Juha Lanu Kyösti Laihi
Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto
Solveig Herlin	Ossi Runne
France	Les Mots d'Amour n'ont pas de Dimanche
Christine Minier
Gérard Curci, Marc Minier
Lionel Cassan	Jean-Claude Petit
Germany	Laß Die Sonne In Dein Herz
Ala Heiler (Wind) Andreas Lebbing (Wind) Christiane von Kutzschenbach (Wind) Petra Scheeser (Wind) Sami Kalifa (Wind)	Rob Pilatus
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Gabi Schnelle	László Bencker
Greece	Stop!
Thanos Kalliris (Bang) Vassilis Dertillis (Bang)	Katerina Kalliris Marianna Efstratiou Tereza
Thanos Kalliris, Vassilis Dertillis
Irini Gavala	George Niarchos
Iceland	Hægt og hljótt
Halla Margrét	Diddú Egill Ólafsson Valgeir Guðjónsson
Valgeir Guðjónsson
Guðrún Skúladóttir	Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson
Ireland	Hold Me Now[Winning song]
Johnny Logan	Alain Pentony Joan Lea Karen Black
Johnny Logan
Brendan Balfe	Noel Kelehan
Israel	Lazy Bums
Avi Kushnir Natan Datner
Zohar Laskov
Yitzhak Shim'oni	Kobi Oshrat
Italy	Gente di Mare
Raf Umberto Tozzi	Danilo Amerio Marco Masini
Raf, Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi
Mariolina Cannuli	Gianfranco Lombardi
Luxembourg	Amour Amour
Plastic Bertrand	Patricia Maessen
Alec Mansion, Plastic Bertrand
Frédérique Ries	Alec Mansion
Netherlands	Rechtop In De Wind
Marcha	Cees Stolk Guus Westdorp Marjolein Keuning Paul Klooté Yolanda Krijns
Peter Koelewijn
Ralph Inbar	Rogier van Otterloo
Norway	Mitt Liv
Kate Gulbrandsen (Kate)	Amund Enger Kari Iveland Trygve Rasmussen
Rolf Løvland, Hanne Krogh
Sverre Christophersen	Terje Fjærn
Portugal	Neste Barco à Vela
Alfredo Azinheira (Nevada) Jorge Mendes (Nevada)	Carla Burity Fernanda Lopes José Braga Mário Pacheco
Alfredo Azinheira, Jorge Mendes
Ana Zanatti	Jaime Oliveira
Spain	No Estás Solo
Patricia Kraus	Carlos Vázquez Eduardo Pinilla
Rafael Martínez, Rafael Trabucchelli, Patricia Kraus
Matilde Jarrín	Eduardo Leiva
Sweden	Boogaloo
Lotta Engberg	Åsa Wendt Imre Daun Karin af Malmberg Klas Anderhell Ralf Peeker
Mikael Wendt, Christer Lundh
Jan Ellerås	Curt-Eric Holmquist
Switzerland	Moitié Moitié
Carol Rich	Jean-Jacques Egli
Jean-Jacques Egli
Michel Stocker
Turkey	Sarkim Sevgi üstüne
Alper Berksu (Grup Locomotif) Feridun Mete (Grup Locomotif) Mehmet Emin Taşer (Grup Locomotif) Melis Sökmen (Grup Locomotif) Seyyal Taner Tansu Atak (Grup Locomotif)
Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz
Canan Kumbasar	Garo Mafyan
United Kingdom	Only The Light
Rikki Peebles	David Watson James Welsh Katie Budd Neil Danns Robin Rankin
Rikki Peebles
Colin Berry	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Yugoslavia	Ja Sam Za Ples
Marinko Colnago (Novi fosili) Nenad Šarić (Novi fosili) Rajko Dujmić (Novi fosili) Sanja Doležal (Novi fosili) Vladimir Kočiš-Zec (Novi fosili)
Rajko Dujmić, Stevo Cvikić
Ljiljana Tipsarević	Nikica Kalogjera

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