Vikki - Love Is (PRT)

Hang out the flags and festoon the houses with bunting, for here is. . . our entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest! The enigmatic Vikki beat off all competition with this energetic little number, which is well up to the standard of previous entries. So, Vikki joins the golden list of previous greats. . . Coco, Brotherhood Of Man, Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran, Bardo. . . and who's to say she won't emulate, nay, improve on their hallowed achievements? (Stuart Husband, No 1, April 20, 1985)

The thing about people who write songs for the Eurovision Song Contest is that if they were any good, they wouldn't need to do it. It's a second-rate competition - if a song's any good it makes it in the charts in its own right. I don't think we stand any chance of winning with this anyway. She looks dodgy. (Roland Orzabal [Tears For Fears], Smash Hits, April 24, 1985)

Yes, it's Eurovision Song Contest time and our spirited effort contains the usual Sixties motifs and the requisite Eurodisco beat. Aren't you glad you paid your £12 on the TV licence fee? (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, April 20, 1985)

Nicole - A Little Peace (CBS)

Quick as a flash, here's an English version of that dreadful ditty which won Eurovision. Nicole is a sort of sickly 17-year-old Bavarian singing nun who, if the words are anything to go by, just wants to be left alone. So why don't we do just that? Because no way is this song going to let us alone, that's why. Yeugh! But then I didn't even like Bardo. (Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, May 13, 1982)