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17:10 CEST: Rehearsal 3: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?
Next up it’s the United Kingdom and their vocal trio Remember Monday. Made up of Lauren, Holly-Anne and Charlotte, the group’s melodies have made them a hit on social media. We’ve seen them perform What The Hell Just Happened? several times over pre-party season, and now they’re bringing their unique brand of post-party chaos to the Basel stage.
And we’ve had some more staging notes! Here’s how the UK delegation describe the performance:
“It's the morning after the night before. We reveal Remember Monday in a Regency style boudoir reflecting on the events of the previous evening.
As the first chorus hits we pull out and with a burst of movement the girls progress down the catwalk taking us back to the chaos of the previous evening.
On the main stage is a giant chandelier that has crashed down to earth. The chandelier is a striking reminder of the chaotic antics of the night before. The energy then builds before the stage plunges into darkness – leaving the chaos in its wake, the lights return and the girls re-emerge in the safety of the boudoir for a final sweet moment.
So, to answer the questions we know you’re going to ask – the chandelier is maybe 2.5 or 3 metres high, with candles around the outside. It’s in the centre of the stage, slumped on one side, and it flashes and lights up in various colours through the performance. The boudoir is one one side of the stage - a vintage-style padded screen with a central heart cut-out.
In terms of costumes, it’s very much the Bridgerton-meets-Moulin Rouge corseted dress vibe we saw in the official video – Lauren in pale blue, Holly-Anne in pink and Charlotte in yellow, with lots of flounces and sparkles. There’s some really clever camerawork that adds to the chaos party energy – a swooping shot over the chandelier, and some nice overheads of the LED floor. There’s also a very cute final shot where they sing the closing notes through the heart in the boudoir screen.
The three-part harmonies take the roof off St Jakobshalle, but there’s also a really powerful connection between these three singers – at one point they all start to laugh as they sing, and it feels really warm and natural. Their west end stage experience really shows, but they're also best mates and that shows too. The whole thing is just a huge amount of fun, in the best possible way.
🔥 PYRO update - it wasn't featured in this rehearsal, but I'm told by the Head of Delegation that there will be pyro. We'll just have to wait...
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