Rita Ora will be among the performers during the semi-final shows of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, it has been announced.
The UK - hosting on behalf of Ukraine - is staging the event in Liverpool in early May, with two semi-finals taking place on May 9 and May 11, followed by the grand final on May 13.
The semi-finals are being hosted by singer Alesha Dixon, Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, with Graham Norton joining them for the final.
Sanina herself will open the entire contest with the opening number of the first semi-final in what is promised to be "an incredibly powerful opening act".
Ora will headline the interval with a medley of her greatest hits, plus a world exclusive performance of her new single 'Praising You'. Ukraine's Eurovision 2010 entry Alyosha will team up with Liverpudlian singer Rebecca Ferguson, a finalist on The X Factor, for a "haunting" arrangement of Duran Duran's 'Ordinary World'.
The second semi will feature two medley acts in the interval - a group of Ukrainian artists delivering a "contemporary montage of some of the most well-known pieces of music from the country", as well as a celebration of diversity, led by a group of drag acts, performing a song called 'Be Who You Wanna Be'.
"There won't be a moment to miss during these very entertaining and very tense semi-finals," said Kate Phillips, the BBC's director of unscripted.
"Good luck to all the countries involved as they compete for a place in what's going to be an unforgettable grand final."
The acts performing in the grand final are due to be announced early next week.
Neil Wilkes
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