To think Celeste ruined what should have been a brilliant moment?

I quite liked it. So did dd. Dh thought it was horrific. Seems to be a bit marmite as a performance

I deliberately watched it on iplayer this morning. I was not going to waste my time on 80% plus of it by watching it live!

Chemenger they were all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order😁

It was all fell a bit flat and felt like a Eurovision-style odd mishmash of acts (other than the overall theatrical lighting and the historian's background footage which was arguably the main point of the event). The starting act showed a real lack of judgment as there are surely better stand in's for Freddie available on the pub circuit? Elton did well but he never had the pressure of performing live.

@NosyJosie Diana Ross was miming/using her backing singers to carry her, there was a moment where she went from "singing" to asking the crowd "are you singing" and her mic was turned right down to the point you could barely hear her, not the same volume as she'd just been "singing" at! Clearly not really singing, just going through the motions with the mic barely on, meanwhile the backing track/backing singers actually do the singing!

Rod Stewart with his totty was a bit cringe and outdated for me and I’ve heard better versions of Sweet Caroline outside kebab shops at 2am.
Regardless, both him and Diana Ross are well into their 70s and if I look and sound anything nearly as good as DR when I am 78, I’ll be pleased as punch.

Celeste looked and sounded amazing. The arrangement of the song was such that the orchestra had a leading role to go with that whole lightshow and maybe it didn’t translate to TV well but you can’t fault her voice. She is one of the most exciting jazz and RnB singers in the U.K. Would have loved to hear it at the venue.

It was lovely to see such a spread of artists for all age groups and even if I found some of them awful, I’m sure others were delighted and vice versa.

I've loved the whole jubilee vibe and makes a nice change from endless police dramas on the telly.

@JojoWiloLula
Are you on the wrong thread ?

No help with schools I'm afraid. Soz!

Never heard of Celeste, so I thought she was flat at first, then I started to think it was intentional and really enjoyed it.

I'm actually starting to like Prince Charles, so that's a bit weird.

You're criticising Celeste when Rod Stewart butchered Sweet Caroline & John Newman barely hit a note?
Bizarre.

Please tell me Carrie hope frigging fletcher has been kept far away from six?! 😂

The original queens are performing at Hampton Court Palace this month - perhaps that was what the article was about.

I agree Celeste sounded flat (though maybe not her fault, I also noticed Adam lambert trying to fix his earpiece at the start) and her style didn’t work for that song. I’d have done it as a medley with all the best singers from the evening having a verse.

I watched it all and was overall impressed, someone with a lot of organisational skills did a lot of work to make it hang together as well as it did, which is not always the case with these things. Even rod Stewart surprised me - his voice was weaker but he had great presence and got everyone going. My fave bits were Andrea, what a pro and presence, Queen, and Duran Duran with Nile, that was fab (can you tell I’m a child of the 70s/80s).

george Ezra was a low point, like listening to someone mumble a song along to the radio while making toast. His voice was so not suited to the big crowd event. Though maybe there were sound issues there too.

Celeste was flat and out of tune throughout. Stewart Heritage in the Guardian summed it up nicely:
“And now Celeste is here to perform the biggest feat of the night: singing What a Wonderful World without using any of the actual notes from What a Wonderful World.”

I saw her interview at the start and thought she seemed incredibly nervous, that also showed in her performance IMO.

I thought the Diana Ross ending was a bit odd!

Ye steps did a cover of chain r4eaction i didnt know what it was about till a few years ago

i know they wanted a rang of performers but some of the younger ones fell really flat

I've never looked at the full lyrics either 😂 The second verse is particularly obvious 🤣🤣

No comment about her singing but I bloody loved her red dress, if anyone knows where it's from, I'd love to know? Probably out of my price range but I can but dream.

@Handsoffreturns
You and me both.

I do love The Proclaimers but I can’t see them doing a Jubilee celebration event! Perhaps they could have played Cap in Hand…

Some of those acts must have bloody good agents. I mean Nicola Roberts?

I thought that too… poor woman was completely out of her depth with that song anyway, but put her next to the other 2 and she really didn’t stand a chance did she?

I def read on Friday that it was the og's performing. It was in the Guardian I think. Did they perform at the Platinum Jubilee lunch? Maybe that's where I was getting mixed up
I did think last night that the Queens didn't look like they had in the photo in the article.

I've just watched
Celeste's performance on YouTube because is this post.

I thought she was excellent. She's got a unique style and her voice is very evocative.

Definitely nervous at the beginning but warmed up brilliantly.

The lighting and production was superb too.