Austria was represented by Gary Lux, with the song "Kinder dieser Welt", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster ORF. This was the first Eurovision appearance for Lux in which he represented Austria in the ESC as a solo artist. The last time he represented Austria in Eurovision had been in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels, Belgium with his song "Nur noch Gefühl" (Only Feelings).