Rita Ora has signed as much as carry out throughout a semi-final within the 2023 Eurovision Track Contest subsequent month.
The I Will By no means Let You Down singer will take to the stage on the Liverpool Area in England on 9 Could to carry out a medley of her greatest hits and her brand-new single Praising You throughout one of many intervals within the televised competitors.
Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, considered one of this yr’s hosts, will open the primary semi-final together with her band The Hardkiss, whereas British singer Rebecca Ferguson will sing a duet of Duran Duran’s Strange World with Ukrainian artist Alyosha.
The second semi-final on 11 Could will function a collaborative efficiency between Ukrainian performers Mariya Yaremchuk, OTOY and Zlata Dziunka.
The competition is being held within the U.Okay. on behalf of Ukraine, which gained the competitors final yr. The X Issue runner-up Ferguson, who hails from Liverpool, described her efficiency as “a celebration of Liverpool and Ukraine by means of music”.
She joked on the BBC’s Eurovisioncast Podcast that she is “hoping to squeeze into some sort of costume” following the start of her fourth baby in February.
She added, “I am trying ahead to it as a result of it’s going to be my first work occasion the place I get to decorate up as a result of I’ve simply been mummy for the previous few weeks.”
The semi-finals shall be hosted by Sanina, British singer Alesha Dixon, and Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham, whereas Irish presenter Graham Norton will be part of them for the ultimate on 13 Could.
