The United Kingdom wanted to pay tribute with this gesture to one of the country’s most successful and legendary rock groups.
Ukraine won Eurovision last year Stephanie From the Kalush group. Adhering to the grounds of the competition, the winning country takes the responsibility of organizing the next edition. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine forced this rule to change., That’s why the city of Kiev could not host this war. Given this, and following the order of those classifiers, The United Kingdom was in charge of hosting the acclaimed festival.,
And it is that British representative Sam Ryder touched on his Eurovision victory last year. However, the blond-haired singer cannot cope with the massive televote that Kalush receives. Britain had to settle for second place, Finally, the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool was the venue where last night we were able to watch the grand finale of Eurovision.
Due to the special situation in which the Eurovision Song Contest was held this year, Ukraine and the United Kingdom were both the protagonists of the competition., In last night’s grand final, Ukrainian Kalush was in charge of opening this special gala from the British city. However, the hosts also wanted to recognize Sam Ryder for his outstanding performance for Britain last year. So, before it’s time to distribute the scores, Ryder got a chance to sing his new song, Mountain,
The British song talks about overcoming adversity. For this reason, Sam Ryder had several musicians and dancers on stage that had something in common: All of them had no limbs or were suffering from some mobility problem, However, they all showed that this common feature did not prevent them from dancing and moving like anyone else.
The biggest surprise of the performance though was the presence of a special guest: Roger Taylor, famous Queen drummer, who accompanied Sam Ryder on this powerful song. In this way, one of the hosts of the festival was honored Most popular and successful rock band in UK history,
Watch the performance below:
