Sanremo Music Festival 1985

The show was hosted by Pippo Baudo, assisted by Patty Brard.

[1] 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".

[1] Cinzia Corrado won the Newcomers section with the song "Niente di più".

[1] 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.