Notable songwriters and performers included Paul Curtis who had had entries in the Eurovision final as well as a large number of previous entries in various UK heats, including writing the winning song in "1975". Despite the rule limiting song-writers to two entries, both his songs written with Graham Sacher reached the final eight. Together, Curtis and Sacher had won the "A Song for Europe 1984" contest. 1970s glam rock singer Alvin Stardust (who had recently enjoyed a comeback in the charts) appeared as a performer as did Fiona Kennedy who was at the time a presenter of TV's "Record Breakers". Annabel is Annabel Layton who competed at "A Song for Europe 1981" contest as part of Unity. Des Dyer had been the lead singer of the group 'Casablanca' who'd placed 3rd in the "A Song for Europe 1983" contest. He would later be one of the UK's backing singers at the "Eurovision Song Contest 1988".