Saturday, May 16, 2020

Eurovision 2020 acts unite to sing Love Shine a Light for TV lockdown special

While tonight’s TV special to mark what would have been the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 wasn’t a huge hit with everyone, its climactic performance was nothing if not unprecedented.

Indeed, the final performance of Europe Shine a Light – which aired on BBC1 this evening with commentary from Graham Norton – featured all of this year’s would-be performers joining to perform the classic Eurovision anthem Love Shine a Light.

From rivals to friends!

As well as Jeangu Macrooy, representing host country Holland, and the United Kingdom’s 2020 entry James Newman, the socially-distanced feat of production and editing featured a very special guest.

Katrina of Katrina and the Waves!

At the end of the broadcast, all the acts who would have taken part sing Love Shine a Light.
Italy’s entrant Diodato (Picture: mailonline)
At the end of the broadcast, all the acts who would have taken part sing Love Shine a Light.
Katrina of Katrina of the Waves first sang the song in 1997 (Picture: mailonline/BBC)

Yes, the Waves’ frontwoman – who steered the UK to victory with this very song in 1997 – sang the final line, accompanied by her pet dog.

Heartwarming.

At the end of the broadcast, all the acts who would have taken part sing Love Shine a Light.
Meet the Eurovision class of 2020 (Picture: mailonline)
In this Saturday, May 16, 2020 image provided by EBU/NPO/NOS/AVROTROS, artists are seen on screens during the Eurovision's Europe Shine A Light remote television show, in Hilversum, Netherlands. This was no Eurovision Song Contest. Forced by the coronavirus crisis to retreat into a Dutch television studio, Europe's annual musical spectacular that pits countries against one another instead sought to unite them under the shadow of the global pandemic. (EBU/NPO/NOS/AVROTROS/Kris Pouw via AP)
Love Shine a Light was pulled together at last minute after coronavirus felled the Eurovision Song Contest (Picture: AP)
In this Saturday, May 16, 2020 image provided by EBU/NPO/NOS/AVROTROS, online host Nikkie Tutorials presents the Eurovision's Europe Shine A Light remote television show, in Hilversum, Netherlands. This was no Eurovision Song Contest. Forced by the coronavirus crisis to retreat into a Dutch television studio, Europe's annual musical spectacular that pits countries against one another instead sought to unite them under the shadow of the global pandemic. (EBU/NPO/NOS/AVROTROS/Kris Pouw via AP)
Nikkie Tutorials was one of tonight’s hosts (Picture: AP)

The performance followed complaints from fans on social media that the broadcast was too ‘depressing’ and ‘Americanised’.

Ouch.

It also followed another Eurovision special aired earlier in the evening called Come Together, in which ABBA were crowned the UK’s favourite Eurovision act of all time.

Hard agree!

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