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| In 1985, the eight songs in contention to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest were premiered during Terry Wogan's Wogan chat show on BBC One. Two songs were presented during each of four episode between Wednesday 27th March1985 and Wednesday 3rd April 1985, with all eight songs being featured in the A Song for Europe show on Friday 5th April 1985. |
| Transmission Date: | Friday 5th April 1985 |
| Channel: | BBC One |
| Time: | 19.00-20.00 |
| Venue: | BBC Television Centre London |
Presenter: | Terry Wogan |
| Musical Director: | John Coleman |
Executive Producer: | Stewart Morris |
| Producer/Director: | Brian Whitehouse |
| Sound: | Hugh Barker |
| Lighting: | Dickie Higham |
| Design: | Victor Meredith |
Voting: | Nine regional juries: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Norwich, Bristol, Manchester & Plymouth. Each jury was composed of 22 people |
Winning Song: | Love Is Vikki |
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Songs
Songs & Scoreboard
| SONG | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Points | Position | |
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| 1 | Love Is | Jimmy Kaleth & Vikki Watson | Vikki (with Sue Glover and Sunny Leslie) | 124 | 1 |
| 2 | I'm Crying | Jonathan Cregg | Peter Beckett | 59 | 7 |
| 3 | The Clock On The Wall | Peter Vale & Mike Leeson | Alvin Stardust (aka Bernard William Jewry) | 90 | 3 |
| 4 | What We Say With Our Eyes | James Oliver (aka James McLaren) | James Oliver | 66 | 6 |
| 5 | Energy | Clive Scott & Des Dyer | Des Dyer | 77 | 4 |
| 6 | Let Me Love You One More Time | Paul Curtis & Graham Sacher | Annabel (Lanyon) | 72 | 5 |
| 7 | Dancing In The Night | Paul Curtis & Graham Sacher | Kerri Wells | 101 | 2 |
| 8 | So Do I | Mike Redway | Mike Redway & Fiona Kennedy | 59 | 7 |
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Scoreboard
| SONG | Belfast | Birmingham | Cardiff | Glasgow | London | Norwich | Bristol | Manchester | Plymouth | Points | Position | |
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| 1 | Love Is | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 124 | 1 |
| 2 | I'm Crying | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 7 |
| 3 | The Clock On The Wall | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 90 | 3 |
| 4 | What We Say With Our Eyes | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 6 |
| 5 | Energy | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 77 | 4 |
| 6 | Let Me Love You One More Time | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 72 | 5 |
| 7 | Dancing In The Night | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 101 | 2 |
| 8 | So Do I | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 7 |
| Voting information taken with permission from Songs For Europe Volume Three - The 1980s by Gordon Roxburgh |
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Vikki at The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 |
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At The Eurovision Song Contest 1985
| At the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden on Saturday 4th May 1985, Love Is finished in 4th place with 100 points. The song was conducted by John Coleman. Terry Wogan provided the commentary for BBC One Television. BBC radio did not broadcast the Contest in 1985. |