Sam Ryder at ESC 2023, live with Roger Taylor on drums.
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Queen founding member Roger Taylor appeared on Saturday, May 13, at ESC 2023 as a guest star for the break program: the drummer accompanied British singer-songwriter Sam Ryder during his performance. The 33-year-old Briton represented Great Britain last year with his ESC song “Space Man” and took second place. It is thanks to him that the ESC took place in the UK this year – last year’s Ukrainian winners, Kalush Orchestra, could not host the competition in Ukraine due to the Russian war of aggression.
Watch Mountain by Sam Ryder here:
Roger Taylor said in an interview last year about Queen’s future and his solo career: “I’m nearing the end of my career now – but I’m still working and I love it, I really enjoy it.” End of career” was not seen at the ESC.
The program of the ESC final
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More about the ESC 2023
At ESC 2023, Germany was represented by the rock band Lord Of The Lost. The group from Hamburg represented Germany at the ESC in Liverpool with the song “Blood & Glitter”, but only took last (26th) place. The ESC was won by Loreen – for the second time since 2012. The first ESC took place in 1956 for the first time.