The national British broadcaster, BBC, has announced that it has commissioned several Eurovision-infused programs over New Year 2023 to celebrate that the United Kingdom is about to host the biggest music contest of the world in Liverpool, while partnering with the most recent winner Ukraine.
Sam Ryder’s All Star New Year’s Eve
First up will be “Sam Ryder’s All Star New Year’s Eve”, which was recorded in November 2022. This program is a concert that is all about the UK’s 2022 representative, Sam Ryder, who came in second in this year’s song contest with the song “Space Man”.
Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2022
Sam Ryder’s show is followed by a registration of “Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2022” (trans. “The Big Eurovision Party 2022”), which was held on November 17th 2022 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This annual concert is all about Eurovision, from legends of Eurovision’s past, but also recent entrants. Next to the concert, the program also entails backstage footage that was made by the BBC, and is hosted by British presenter, Rylan Clark.
For our ESCplus International experience at Het grote Songfestivalfeest, click the link: https://www.esc-plus.com/het-grote-songfestivalfeest-was-amazing/
The Weakest Link
On December 30th 2022 there will be a special Eurovision edition of the game show “The Weakest Link”, which will feature Duncan James, Cheryl Baker, Kate Robbins, and Sonia, who all participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK. The four of them will be joined by Semi-final commentators Scott Mills and Sarah Cawood. This special edition of the popular game show will also feature Junior Eurovision commentator Lauren Layfield and well-known drag queen Tia Kofi.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
There will also be other types of programs, like coverage of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. The United Kingdom competed again in the junior version of the contest after 17 long years of absence.