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Kate Middleton added some star power to the opening of Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. During the televised broadcast for the annual music competition that aired on BBC One and Peacock, the Princess of Wales performed piano as part of a pre-recorded introduction ahead of the event’s final performances. She performed a bit of the Kalush Orchestra song “Stefania,” which was the Ukrainian group’s winning entry at last year’s Eurovision. Other musicians to appear at various points in the segment…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureEurovision 2023 – tonight's running orderHere is your running order for tonight, which the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have handily put on a social media graphic so that I don’t have to type it all out. The show starts at 8pm BST.Ukraine go 19th, the UK goes last. Favourites Sweden and Finland go 10th and 13th. The show opens with Austria’s brilliant song about Edgar Allan Poe, and 25th is Croatia’s utterly and delightfully bonkers anti-war…

After months of planning, weeks of rehearsals and two live semi finals, it all comes down to this – the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023!This year the contest is being hosted in Liverpool, after the UK (who came second in 2022) offered to host on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine. It has been an amazing party atmosphere in the city all week, and that’s only set to continue this evening as we find out which of the 26 countries taking part – 10 qualifiers from each semi-final, plus Ukraine and the ‘Big…

Pallati i ëndrrave by Ismail Kadare (The Palace of Dreams, translated by Barbara Bray) – ALBANIAThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak – AUSTRALIAДом, в котором... by Mariam Petrosyan (The Gray House, translated by Yuri Machkasov) – ARMENIADer Trafikant by Robert Seethaler (The Tobacconist, translated by Charlotte Collins) – AUSTRIAThe Orphan Sky by Ella Leya – AZERBAIJANMoi qui n’ai pas connu les hommes by Jacqueline Harpman (I Who Have Never Known Men, translated by Ros Schwartz) – BELGIUMUhvati zeca by Lana Bastašić (Catch the…

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviewsSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Eurovision is underway this week, which means it’s about time we revisited the epic film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.With a star-studded cast including Will Ferrell as co-writer and co-star opposite Rachel McAdams, the movie follows Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir, an Icelandic pop duo determined to win over their small town and represent Iceland at the Eurovision…

69. The Herrey’s – Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley (Sweden, 1984)With respect to the Herrey’s – three clean-cut brothers and one rogue apostrophe – Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley sounds like the result of an experiment to deliberately synthesise an abysmal Eurovision entry. Antiseptic sound, meaningless title, mind-boggling lyrics – some frightful old balls about magical golden shoes – and a chorus that brings about a complete collapse of the will to live.68. The Olsen Brothers – Fly on the Wings of Love (Denmark, 2000)The perennially…

Eurovision week is now in full swing, and it’s safe to say host city Liverpool is fully embracing the contest coming to town – you can’t move for pink, blue and yellow everything and the ‘United By Music’ slogan plastered on every available surface.Tonight we’ll see another 16 countries battle it out for the last ten places in Saturday’s Grand Final. They’ll join the ‘Big Five’ – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK – and last year’s winner Ukraine (who were unable to host this year due to the war, so the UK has…

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviewsSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Eurovision is underway this week, which means it’s about time we revisited the epic film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.With a star-studded cast including Will Ferrell as co-writer and co-star opposite Rachel McAdams, the movie follows Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir, an Icelandic pop duo determined to win over their small town and represent Iceland at the Eurovision…

It’s finally here – Eurovision week! And for the first time in 25 years, the UK is officially hosting the event, on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine, after Sam Ryder took us to second place last year with his song ‘SPACE MAN’.The 67th edition of the contest is taking place in Liverpool, with 37 countries competing. 15 of those will be performing in the first semi final tonight for 10 places in the Grand Final, with another 16 taking part in the second semi final on Thursday. They’ll join the ‘Big Five’ – France,…

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