# Sanremo Music Festival 1985

The Sanremo Music Festival 1985 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1985), officially the 35th Italian Song Festival (35º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 35th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Italy, between 7 and 9 February 1985 and broadcast on Rai 1. 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, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Se m'innamoro" - Ricchi e Poveri (Dario Farina, Cristiano Minellono) | 1 | Winner of the "Big Artists" section |
| "Noi, ragazzi di oggi" - Luis Miguel (Toto Cutugno, Cristiano Minellono) | 2 | |
| "Chiamalo amore" - Gigliola Cinquetti (Dario Farina, Paolo Amerigo Cassella) | 3 | |
| "Sulla buona strada" - Riccardo Fogli (Maurizio Fabrizio, Vincenzo Spampinato) | 4 | |
| "Notte serena" - Christian (Mario Balducci) | 5 | |
| "Una storia importante" - Eros Ramazzotti (Eros Ramazzotti, Piero Cassano, Adelio Cogliati) | 6 | |
| "A lei" - Anna Oxa (Roberto Vecchioni, Mauro Paoluzzi) | 7 | |
| "Il mio angelo" - Fiordaliso (Luigi Albertelli, Enzo Malepasso) | 8 | |
| "E mo' e mo'" - Peppino di Capri (Giuseppe Faiella, Depsa, Franco Fasano) | 9 | |
| "Souvenir" - Matia Bazar (Aldo Stellita, Carlo Marrale, Sergio Cossu) | 10 | Critics Award Winner |
| "Tu dimmi un cuore ce l'hai" - Marco Armani (Pietro Armenise, Marco Armani) | 11 | |
| "Fammi volare" - Drupi (Silvio Negroni, Dorina Dato, Drupi) | 12 | |
| "Ritratto" - Franco Simone (Massimo Colombo, Franco Simone) | 13 | |
| "Via con me" - Eduardo De Crescenzo (Claudio Mattone, Daniele Pace) | 14 | |
| "Grande Joe" - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Francesco Di Giacomo, Vittorio Nocenzi) | 15 | |
| "Da quando non ci sei" - Dario Baldan Bembo (Dario Baldan Bembo, Antonella Maggio) | 16 | |
| "Franca ti amo" - Ivan Graziani (Ivan Graziani) | 17 | |
| "Vorrei svegliarti" - Eugenio Finardi (Eugenio Finardi, Luca Madonia) | 18 | |
| "Buona fortuna" - Mimmo Locasciulli (Mimmo Locasciulli) | 19 | |
| "Faccia di cane" - New Trolls (Fabrizio De André, Roberto Ferri, Vittorio De Scalzi, Gianni Belleno, Nico Di Palo, Ricky Belloni) | 20 | |
| "Donne" - Zucchero & Randy Jackson Band (Zucchero Fornaciari, Alberto Salerno) | 21 | |
| "Cose veloci" - Garbo (Garbo) | 22 | |

### Newcomers

Newcomers section :
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Niente di più" - Cinzia Corrado (Cavaros, P. Mangini) | 1 | Winner of the Newcomers' section |
| "Me ne andrò" - Miani (Miani, Piero Montanari) | 2 | |
| "Innamoratevi come me" - Lena Biolcati (Valerio Negrini, Roby Facchinetti) | 3 | |
| "Bella più di me" - Cristiano De André (Roberto Ferri, Cristiano De André, Franco Mussida) | 4 | |
| "Occhi neri" - Marco Rancati (Rosalino Cellamare) | 5 | |
| "Se ti senti veramente un amico" - Stefano Borgia (Stefano Borgia) | 6 | |
| "A goccia a goccia" - Lanfranco Carnacina (Cashin, Marco Colucci, Lanfranco Carnacina, Daniele Pace, Silvio Testi) | 7 | |
| "Sul mare" - Antonella Ruggiero (Michele Vicino, Daniele Pace, Maurizio Fabrizio) | 8 | |
| "Bella gioventù" - Rodolfo Banchelli (Daniele Pace, Angelo Valsiglio, Rodolfo Banchelli, Oscar Avogadro) | Eliminated | |
| "Che amore è" - Claudio Patti (Claudio Patti, Norina Piras) | Eliminated | |
| "Firenze, piccoli particolari" - Laura Landi (Gaio Chiocchio, Amedeo Minghi) | Eliminated | |
| "Il viaggio" - Mango (Giuseppe Mango) | Eliminated | |
| "Lasciamoci andare" - Antonio Valentini (Antonio Valentini) | Eliminated | |
| "Luna nuova" - Silvia Conti (Oscar Avogadro, Aldo Tagliapietra) | Eliminated | |
| "Saranno i giovani" - Roberto Kunstler (Mimmo Locasciulli, Roberto Kunstler) | Eliminated | |
| "Volti nella noia" - Champagne Molotov (Enrico Ruggeri, Luigi Schiavone, Alberto Rocchetti) | Eliminated | |

## 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) |
| Chile | TVN | TVN | |
| Norway | NRK | NRK P1 | Riva and Fredrik Ravn |
| Soviet Union | CT USSR | Programme One | |
| United States | SIN | SIN | |