The band Little Big, which was supposed to represent Russia at the Eurovision song contest "Eurovision-2020" will play an acoustic version of their song Uno on Tuesday in the framework of the special project of the organizers of the competition Eurovision Song Celebration. This was reported by the press service of the First channel.
The press service explained that the may 12 and 14 – in the days of previously planned semi – finals on the official YouTube channel of "Eurovision" come music show Eurovision Song Celebration. Issues will be available on the website of the First channel on the morning of 13 may and 15 may respectively.
"may 12 will be presented songs of the participants of the first semi-final, Germany and Italy. The organizers have prepared for spectators and special rooms. In particular, the audience will see how could be a song On Fire participants in The Roop of Lithuania, if it is sung by Elvis Presley. Or what is a acoustic version of the song Uno from the group Little Big from Russia", – told the TV channel.
65-th contest of "Eurovision" was to be held from 12 to 16 may in the concert hall Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was planned that Russia will be represented by the group Little Big with the song Uno. On 18 March, the European broadcasting Union decided to cancel the competition this year because of the pandemic coronavirus. Instead of "Eurovision" the organizers will hold a may 16 special show Europe Shine A Light ("Europe turns on the light"), which will take part the stated contestants this year. In Russia, the air will broadcast the First channel at 22:00 GMT.
The Little Big band, founded in 2013 in St. Petersburg, playing in the styles of punk, pop and rave. The band – vocalists Ilya Prusikin, Sophia Tayurskii and Anton Lissa, DJ Sergey Makarov. Special popularity brought Little Big hit Skibidi, who scored 23 million views on YouTube in just a week, and to date, the video has already been seen more than 407 million users. Their video for the song Uno for "Eurovision" scored over 91 million hits. The group often tours Europe.
