Belle & the Devotions

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Belle and the Devotions was a UK pop music group, ostensibly a group name for the singer Kit Rolfe. Under this name she released the single Where Did Love Go Wrong? in 1983.

In 1984, two other members, Laura James and Linda Sofeld were added to the group in order to participate in the UK heats of the Eurovision Song Contest, A Song For Europe 1984. Love Games, written by Paul Curtis and Graham Sacher proved to be an easy winner and represented the UK at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg. Sadly, according to John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the actions of English football fans in the tiny state the previous autumn, caused something of a backlash against the British delegation. ^[1] They were booed off stage by the audience. This was largely orchestrated by the Dutch contingent, who objected to the 'faked' nature of the performance. It emerged during rehearsals that a backing trio, hidden off-camera, were doing the majority of the singing, while the microphones of Sofeld and James were not even switched on. Love Games finished in seventh place and reached number 11 in the UK charts. A follow up single failed to chart.

Kit Rolfe had been involved in Eurovision before, as a backing singer for Sweet Dreams in Munich in 1983, when she herself was hidden off-camera. She performed the same task for Samantha Janus in 1991, teaming up with Hazell Dean to provide sturdy support in Rome.

Rolfe also later recorded a single with Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, "Fly Eddie Fly". The song was not a hit.