Olly Alexander has had a blended response to his racy Eurovision Track Contest efficiency.
The British singer, 33, carried out his music ‘Dizzy’ alongside a bunch of backing dancers – his first launch beneath his personal title.
The sexually-charged efficiency noticed Alexander stand up shut and private together with his dancers in a topsy turvy set-up as he sang the music that was described as “completely high quality” by the Guardian forward of the competitors.
The Brit was supported within the UK by narrator Graham Norton, who described the efficiency as “terrific” however admitted that he didn’t know the way properly it could do as a result of “it’s so totally different to every part else within the contest tonight.”
Taking to Twitter (X) forward of the efficiency, Hannah Waddingham was one of many large names who supported the It’s A Sin star and former Years and Years singer.
She posted an animation of herself making a coronary heart and wrote: “COME ON OLLY ALEXANDER!!! LET’S DO THIS!!!!!!” alongside a number of Union Jacks.
He was additionally cheered on by the official Twitter account of the Labour occasion, which wished him good luck forward of the efficiency.
Basic reactions to the reside rendition of ‘Dizzy’ had been blended.
Some social media customers criticised the sexual nature of the efficiency, which concerned quite a lot of hip thrusting.
Others took umbrage with the set of the efficiency, with one person evaluating it to the set of the lavatory within the Noticed horror movie franchise.
The singer’s vocals additionally got here beneath hearth.
“The UK Eurovision entry, Olly Alexander, sounds similar to me within the bathe – when somebody opens the faucet downstairs and the water will get terribly chilly,” remarked one viewer.
However not everybody was so vital and the staging of the efficiency obtained specific reward.
“Nice efficiency from Olly Alexander,” wrote one viewer. “Implausible staging too! Don’t assume we have now a shot of successful however shouldn’t do as unhealthy as final yr not less than.”
A second added: “Nice job Olly. The dancers and the staging – fairly implausible.”
“Nice staging,” agreed a 3rd viewer. “Alright vocals and music for ar Olly. Hope we have now this finances subsequent yr and hoping we will simply get a left hand aspect of scoreboard end pls!” [sic]
Forward of tonight’s competitors, which is carried out reside, Alexander joked that he had a lower than one p.c likelihood of successful.
“My odds for successful are at one per cent,” he stated. “However that’s high quality. It’s higher than zero.”