The first female soloist to compete for UK at Eurovision since Olivia Newton-John with "Long Live Love" at Eurovision 1974 and also the second female composer of a UK Eurovision entrant to sing her composition in the contest (after Lynsey de Paul), Vikki won the right to perform at Gothenburg by winning the UK national final, "A Song for Europe", where she was the first singer to perform. At Gothenburg, the song was performed fourteenth on the night, after Norway's Bobbysocks with "La det swinge", and before Switzerland's Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini with "Piano, piano." At the end of judging that evening, "Love Is" took the fourth-place slot with 100 points. At the time, it was one of the few entries that managed to receive 100 points without receiving any 12 point allotments from any jury. It was also the UK's strongest showing since winning the 1981 Contest with "Making Your Mind Up."