The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest is taking place Saturday in Liverpool.
singing and dancing in the Kyiv subway, with the tune picked up by musicians in the U.K. — including Kate, Princess of Wales, shown playing the piano.
– the 2012 Eurovision winner, tipped by the bookies to take the title again with her power ballad “Tattoo” – and Finland’s Käärijä, a performer with Energizer bunny energy and a lurid green bolero top who goes from metal growler to sweet crooner on party anthem “Cha Cha Cha.” The infectious song got one of the biggest sinaglong crowd reactions of the night.
After that, the varied tastes of the continent were on display: the cabaret-style singing of Portugal's Mimicat; the Britney-esque power pop of Poland's Blanka; echoes of Edith Piaf from La Zarra for France; smoldering balladry from Cyprus' entry, Andrew Lambrou. Reigning champion Ukraine was represented by Tvorchi, an electronica duo who paid tribute to the country’s resilience on “Heart of Steel.” Britain’s entrant Mae Muller drew the unenviable final performance slot of the night with her jaunty breakup anthem “I Wrote a Song.”
About 6,000 fans watched the show inside the arena, and tens of thousands more at a Liverpool fan zone and at big-screen events across the U.K. The global television audience has been estimated at 160 million. Liverpool has embraced Eurovision, and Ukraine, with businesses across the city flying Ukrainian flags and a program of cultural events introducing locals to the art, music and food of the eastern European country.to make a video address. The European Broadcasting Union said that would breach “the nonpolitical nature of the event.”
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