Love is…for Vikki Watson, it was representing the UK within the Eurovision Music Contest
The 1980’s for the UK within the Eurovision Music Contest had been fairly fruitful. Third place initially of the last decade, a win in 1981 and a prime ten inserting for people who adopted Bucks Fizz. Bardo got here seventh in 1982 and Belle and The Devotions additionally got here seventh in 1984, however no prime 5 finishes since “Making Your Thoughts Up”. The nation subsequently put nice hope in it’s artist for 1985, an unknown singer by the title of Aeone Victoria Watson (b. London, 1959). Titled ‘Vikki’, Watson co-wrote her entry, “Love Is”, solely the second artist to take action, and having gathered help again dwelling, off to Gothenburg she went…
A robust efficiency late within the schedule maybe helped the reminiscence of “Love Is” and though the UK didn’t win this time, the track got here in fourth with 100 factors, the most effective since Bucks Fizz’s win 4 years earlier. Though “Love Is” was nicely obtained over in Sweden, the identical couldn’t be stated for the British music shopping for public who solely purchased sufficient copies to take the track to No.49 within the singles chart, the primary Eurovision entry to not make the highest 40 since Prima Donna’s “Love Sufficient For Two” in 1980. ‘Vikki’ by no means adopted up on “Love Is” or a pop profession and as a substitute moved to Los Angeles the place she information Folks/New Age music below the title of Aeone. That’s what love is!
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