Rebecca Ferguson has vowed to deliver a “powerful performance” at the first Eurovision Semi-Final on Tuesday night.
The Liverpudlian singer will team up with 2010 Ukrainian representative Alyosha for a cover of Duran Duran’s nineties classic Ordinary World during the show, which she hopes will be a celebration of “unity and love”.
“So I’ll be performing with Alyosha who is a Ukrainian singer. She performed at Eurovision in 2010, it will be a really powerful performance, and it will be really reflective of what’s going on now, what’s happening with the women in Ukraine having to leave their husbands,” she told ‘Good Morning Britain’. “The whole performance is a story really, it’s really powerful, and me and Alyosha are really excited.
“We had a good chat yesterday and we talked about out performance we said that first of all Liverpool is really proud that we’re going to host it but we want the message of it to just to be about love and unity, which is what Eurovision is about and that’s what we’re going to be portraying .”
Reflecting on the show coming to Liverpool, she added: “The atmosphere has been amazing. I had a little wander round yesterday to see friends and the city is buzzing. I think the Liverpool council have done an amazing job and everyone is just really keen to show off the city and really do Eurovision for Ukraine.”
“Liverpool has been so supportive of me, without them I wouldn’t be where I am so I am really proud to be representing them and to be part of it.”
The first Eurovision Semi-Final airs Tuesday, May 9 at 8pm BST on BBC One.
