The Sanremo Music Festival 1985 (), officially the 35th Italian Song Festival (), was the 35th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Italy, between 7 and 9 February 1985 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was hosted by Pippo Baudo, assisted by Patty Brard.
The winner of the Big Artists section was Ricchi e Poveri with the song "Se m'innamoro", while Matia Bazar won the Critics Award with the song "Souvenir". Cinzia Corrado won the Newcomers section with the song "Niente di più".
Claudio Baglioni was invited as a guest to receive the "Italian Song of the Century" award for his hit "Questo piccolo grande amore". The singer-songwriter was the only artist, in this edition dominated by the play-back, to perform live (with the same award-winning song), accompanying himself on the piano alone.
Participants and results
Big Artists + Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Ricchi e Poveri 1 "" Luis Miguel 2 "" Gigliola Cinquetti 3 "" Riccardo Fogli 4 "" Christian Mario Balducci5 "" Eros Ramazzotti 6 "" Anna Oxa 7 "" Fiordaliso 8 "" Peppino di Capri 9 "" Matia Bazar 10 /Critics Award "" Marco Armani 11 "" Drupi 12 "" Franco Simone 13 "" Eduardo De Crescenzo 14 "" Banco del Mutuo Soccorso 15 "" Dario Baldan Bembo 16 "" Ivan Graziani Ivan Graziani17 "" Eugenio Finardi 18 "" Mimmo Locasciulli Mimmo Locasciulli19 "" New Trolls 20 "" Zucchero & Randy Jackson Band 21 "" Garbo Garbo22
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Cinzia Corrado 1 "" Miani 2 "" Lena Biolcati 3 "" Cristiano De André 4 "" Marco Rancati Rosalino Cellamare5 "" Stefano Borgia Stefano Borgia 6 "" Lanfranco Carnacina 7 "" Antonella Ruggiero 8 "" Rodolfo Banchelli "" Claudio Patti "" Laura Landi "" Mango Giuseppe Mango "" Antonio Valentini Antonio Valentini "" Silvia Conti "" Roberto Kunstler "" Champagne Molotov
Broadcasts International broadcasts Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
+International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1985 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) TVN NRK NRK P1 Riva and Fredrik Ravn CT USSR Programme One SIN SIN
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