1995

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995.

The Contest was hosted by Mary Kennedy at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.

See national final entries for 1995.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1995

Name	Previous appearances
Gary Lux	5
Eyjólfur Kristjánsson	3
Erna Þórarinsdóttir	3
Elisabeth Melander	2
Margareta Nilsson	2
Staffan Paulsson	2
Alexandros Panayi	2
Nassia Trachonitou	2
José María Guzmán	2
Jerry Rix	2
Stelios Zachariou	2
Garrett Wall	2
Stefán Hilmarsson	2
Derek Tyrrell	1
Colin Brophy	1
Angelo Crisci	1
Jean-Paul Furnémont	1
Arzu Ece	1
Martina Tobin	1
Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir	1
Patricia O'Neill	1
Dav McNamara	1
Rolf Løvland	1
Cliona McNamara	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1995

Name	Previous songs
Rolf Løvland	3
Didier Barbelivien	3
Rosa Lobato de Faria	2
Melih Kibar	1
Hamutal Ben Ze'ev	1
Ingela "Pling" Forsman	1

Artists who performed in 1995

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Die Welt Dreht Sich Verkehrt
Stella Jones	Gary Lux Jacqueline Patricio da Luz Linda Spa Lisa Jacob Thomas Lang
Mischa Krausz
Tilia Herold	Michael Kienzl
Belgium	La Voix Est Libre
Frédéric Etherlinck	Angelo Crisci Anne Theunis Emilio Raponi Jean-Paul Furnémont Pierre Theunis
Pierre Theunis
Marie-Françoise Renson	Alec Mansion
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Dvadeset Prvi Vijek
Davorin Popović	Cliona McNamara Colin Brophy Dav McNamara Derek Tyrrell
Sinan Alimanović, Zlatan Fazlić
Diana Grković-Foretić	Sinan Alimanović
Croatia	Nostalgija
Ante Miletić (Magazin) Danijela Martinović (Magazin) Lidija Horvat-Dunjko Nenad Vesanović (Magazin) Tonči Huljić (Magazin) Željko Baričić (Magazin)
Tonči Huljić, Vjekoslava Huljić
Daniela Trbović	Stipica Kalogjera
Cyprus	Sti Fotia
Alexandros Panayi	Christina Argyri Dimitris Horianopoulos Katerina Andreou Nassia Trachonitou Philippos Constantinos
Alexandros Panayi
Andreas Iakovidis	George Theophanous
Denmark	Fra Mols Til Skagen
Aud Wilken	Anders Ørsager Arvid Nielsen Josephine Akvana Pia Trojgård
Lise Cabble, Mette Mathiesen
Bent Henius	Frede Ewert
France	Il Me Donne Rendez-vous
Nathalie Santamaria
Francois Bernheim, Didier Barbelivien
Thierry Beccaro	Michel Bernholc
Germany	Verliebt In Dich
Cheyenne Penniston (Stone & Stone) Glen Penniston (Stone & Stone)	Evert Van Der Wal Jerry Rix Julian Feifel Monika Griesbeck
Cheyenne Penniston
Carmen Nebel	Hermann Weindorf
Greece	Pia Prosefhi
Elina Konstantopoulou	Antonis Pappas Marianta Pieridi Panagiotis Argyriou Panagiotis Terzis Stelios Zachariou
Nikos Terzis, Antonis Pappas
Fotini Giannoulatou	Charis Andreadis
Hungary	Ùj Nèv Egy Règi Hàz Fàlan
Csaba Szigeti
Ferenc Balázs, Attila Horváth
Katalin Bogyay	Miklós Malek
Iceland	Núna
Bo Halldórsson	Berglind Björk Jónasdóttir Erna Þórarinsdóttir Eyjólfur Kristjánsson Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir Stefán Hilmarsson
Bo Halldórsson, Ed Welch, Jón Örn Marinósson
Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir	Frank McNamara
Ireland	Dreamin'
Eddie Friel	Eamonn Toal
Barry Woods, Richard Abbot
Eileen Dunne	Noel Kelehan
Israel	Amen
Liora	Avivit Cohen Dahan Ayelet Shefi Doron Karni Guy Fridman Nurit Fadlon
Moshe Datz, Hamutal Ben Ze'ev
Daniel Pe'er	Gadi Goldman
Malta	Keep Me In Mind
Mike Spiteri	Garrett Wall Martina Tobin Patricia O'Neill
Ray Agius, Alfred C. Sant
Stephanie Farrugia	Ray Agius
Norway	Nocturne[Winning song]
Fionnuala Sherry (Secret Garden) Gunnhild Tvinnereim (Secret Garden guest vocalist) Rolf Løvland (Secret Garden)	Åsa Jinder Hans Fredrik Jacobsen
Rolf Løvland, Petter Skavlan
Sverre Christophersen	Geir Langslet
Poland	Sama
Justyna Steczkowska	Krystyna Steczkowska Magda Steczkowska
Mateusz Pospieszalski, Wojciech Waglewski
Jan Chojnacki	Noel Kelehan
Portugal	Baunilha E Chocolate
Tó Cruz	Ana Isabel Baptista Ed Sant'Ana Maimuna Jalles Maria de Deus Susana Félix
António Vitorino de Almeida, Rosa Lobato de Faria
Serenella Andrade	Thilo Krasmann
Russia	Kolybelnaya Dlya Vulkana
Philipp Kirkorov
Ilya Resnik, Ilya Bershadskiy
Marina Danielian	Mikhail Finberg
Slovenia	Prisluhni Mi
Darja Švajger
Primož Peterca, Sašo Fajon
Miša Molk	Jože Privšek
Spain	Vuelve Conmigo
Anabel Conde	Andrea Bronston Doris Cales Emilio Cuervo José María Guzmán Soledad Pilas
José María Purón
Belén Fernández de Henestrosa	Eduardo Leiva
Sweden	Se På Mej
Jan Johansen	Elisabeth Melander Margareta Nilsson Robert Persson Staffan Paulsson
Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Ingela "Pling" Forsman
Björn Hedman	Anders Berglund
Turkey	Sev!
Arzu Ece	Ece Sandalli Fusun Osrum Sertan Belciler
Melih Kibar, Zeynep Talu Kurşuncu
Ömer Önder	Melih Kibar
United Kingdom	Love City Groove
Jay Williams (Love City Groove) Paul Hardy (Love City Groove) Stephen Rudden (Love City Groove) Yinka Charles (Love City Groove)	Derek Jhingoree Preston Heyman
Jay Williams, Paul Hardy, Stephen Rudden, Tatiana Mais
Colin Berry	Mike Dixon

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