Love shine a light - United kingdom 1997 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra 

When I was a child in 1997, I never understood how we won with this song. Now as an adult.. now I understand why we won. The songs fucking amazing. What a voice

Who is watching this in 2024?

The last eurovision winner with a live orchestra

"Well, if that doesn't win, we might as well pack up the tents and go home." - Sir Terry.

The times when really good song won the eurovision song contest...

No gimmicks, no dancers, just a damn good song.

That his how you perform a winning song, even now I get a little emotional as was and still is a memorable song Katrina you did the UK proud.

Best UK entry ever, can’t see that performance being beaten.

Katrina's voice was truly stunning in this. Perfectly synced vibrato and extremely powerful. Her lovely smile, live orchestra and fantastic song. This performance could never have failed to win.

When the UK takes Eurovision seriously they can strike absolute gold, instead of sending the same generic or outdated dross for the last decade.

Hey, I'm just over here with full goosebumps - just incredible! 0:32 tambourine lady's face on the right 0:47 nervous/excited laugh 1:17 guitar mans face 1:26 Just wow! 1:49 "woah!" - pure joy 2:05 flutey thing 2:08 the trumpet 🎺 - it totally gets me! 2:46 final chorus 💖😭 Nailed it Katrina. Just love it! I was 15 in 1997 and didn't think anything of this. Now I can fully appreciate how wonderful this song is. Pure goosebumps.

Say what you want, but that's a great live vocal performance.

The last winner with live orchestra. AMAZING song, I'm sure even now this song could win

24 years after, this song would win the Eurovision

That trumpet in 02:08 and 02:11 still gives me chills even after 22 years!!!

After 2020 version, but this was great, deserve won!

This is a timeless classic with a timeless magic that has stood the test of time and is still very relevant today. 2.12.21

Those were the times when music was what mattered. One of the best winning songs ever. Astonishing performance! Let's make Eurovision great again!

This is my favourite winner of all time. The best song ever 🥰

Really appropriate for these troubled, unpredictable times

Fantastic winner,a classic!! Gotta say the stage is freakin cool especially for the 90’s🙌🏻

Was so proud and still am. Our finest moment in this contest. Such a pro.

I get goosebumps every time I watch this performance. It is one of the best Eurovision performances of all time! With love from Ukraine. And thank you very much for your support!!! 🇬🇧 ❤ 🇺🇦

For me one of the greatest eurovision songs absolutely great harmonies and the backing singers was immense, kimberley, what a fantastic singer.

Im here after they announced Europe Shine a Light, lets hope that you will perform during this show.

Best UK entry ever, still love it to this day 🇬🇧❤🇬🇧

If there could be a world anthem, I'd choose this.

Old good days of Eurovision! Best song ever and biggest win ever (81% points receive from available points 227 out of 276)!

A great winner. In my top 10 best ever Eurovision songs.

A shout for Don Airey. He was the conductor/arranger on the night and was responsible for all the sublime "extra bits" that are sorely missing in the studio version. Wikipedia is your friend here - I was gobsmacked when I read how many (and which) bands he has performed with!

It's just one of those songs - you from the beginning knows will win❤🥰❤

that was not a song but rather a typhoon..I still remember me and my parents discussing ''Here we have a winner''

Absolutely AMAZING song! I get so so emotional listening to it. I'm 33 now and had just started high school, this winning was such a big deal. What a truly golden and innocent age; both in Eurovision and in the state of this country/world now. I would give ANYTHING to go back to those times.

the flutes and trumpets at 2:04 still give me chills till now.. the best performance..

So e deserved winner❤still love this, greetings from Italy🇮🇹

Omg! I remember watching this as a kid in Switzerland. She was the one my mom hoped would win😊

still remember watching this with my parents when it won. It was (and still is) one of our favourites

Bring back that orchestra!!!!!

They paid their dues as touring and recording musicians for many years leading up to this spectacular moment. Most of the time I watch and enjoy this without getting emotional but sometimes.....there's a few tears owing to the majesty of the performance and the sentiment in the song. More frequently, it gives me goose bumps because it is one of the best performances I will ever see and I love it every time I hear it. I saw KATW twice, once in 1988 and then in 1995, with both performances extremely polished. It came as no surprise that they were able to pull this off so brilliantly to walk away with the crown as the highest scoring act of all time ( I don't know if that has changed as I haven't watched the contest for over 15 years). I hope the band read the comments about them on You Tube so they know how much their fan base appreciates them, as I for one, believe they are one of the most unsung and underrated bands Britain has seen. I am glad to be among those who have been lucky enough to know the value of their music since the mid eighties.

2020 and still one of the best winner entries!

This excellent song would go to another level with the visuals and staging we have today , I'd love to have seen her perform this in Liverpool earlier this year!

What a great performance Katrina did us proud.

I love this! the melody, the beautiful lyrics (about brotherhood & love). How beautiful that 23 years, after this performance, people from all across europe sang this song together!

The BEST Eurovision song ever!

This is good stuff. A true Eurovision anthem.

Fabulous entry and well deserved winner!

There are some Eurovision songs that you can’t imagine being second or third,they just feel like winning songs.This is definitely one of them .

This should be our Humanity Anthem in these difficult times… Musically the orchestra, the message… her voice… I even sung the song in my car and cried so many times… It’s such a POWERFUL anthem and I’m proud to sing and listen to it… 23 years later… let love shine a light in every corner of our hearts. Be grateful we still have a life to live and live. Love you all!

Without any shadow of a doubt the all-time best Eurovision song winner.

A truly wonderful song, a wonderful performance and wonderfully orchestrated 🙂

We never knew this song would mean a lot that we are in struggle in the world now

Thanks Katrina and the waves for uniting the World with this wonderful arrangement!

where do the years go 1997 I was 9 remember watching this with mum dad and brothers rip mam xx

We need more entries like this one for UK

There are Eurovision winner songs that are typical of their time - and then there are winning songs that still sound great today. Like this one.

Knew this was the winner within a minute of hearing it. That melody. Without question the last great Eurovision song.

Live music and orchestra vocal is perfect

who after 2020 tribute

Love for everybody. United against coronavirus. Much love from Spain. 🇪🇸💪🏻

My church choir and I sing this every now and then. I also sang it in my my choir at primary school. The song is great for occasions when younger people are in the church. It's easy to sing along and sounds very happy but with a good message.

In our hard times due to the virus, this song gives hope to the hearts.

Just the kind of song we all need right now. What a powerful song.

such a wholesome song

such a "feel good" song, my favorite Eurovision entry of all times

I love this song, staging and performance. I'm Irish and was delighted it won on that great night in Dublin, well deserved!

One of the best winners ❤❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 I can't help myself but I must to listen to this song when I am in UK so right now ❤❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

By far the greatest Eurovision song of all time, in my ears.

Love this song. I'll never forget the first time I heard it. I usually don't like most of the songs that win, but this one was more than well-deserved, I felt.

Great great song !!!! With love from Albania, Luan's motherland (Gangs of London) ❤️

A time when there was a beautiful magic and innocence in the ordinary day life, manifested in meaningful, beautiful music like this. Nearly 25 years later through the progression of technology and we have lost this simplicity and connection with one another. Very sad to see humanity now having lived through brighter days like these

Back in the days when Eurovision song contest actually was a song contest and not a dance contest. One of the best winners of ESC.

The last time UK won the Eurovision Song Contest.

A great and a current song for the whole world!

A very moving song and a deserving winner, one of my favourites. Should be released again. Very apt in these troubled times xx

It’s magical. Great performance and a beautiful song that warms your soul. Whenever I feel sad I listen to this song and feel better. Hugs from Spain.

Simply the best winner in the history of the Contest. I had the honour to be there on the night in the Point Theatre, cheering Katrina on. Great memories.

The most beautiful song ever. Thank you Katherine!!! You are a great singer and person for your love message to the world that cheers up people. You look lovely. Many blessings.

This is my favourite Eurovision song from the United Kingdom and one of my favourite Eurovision winners of all time!

You see, UK? It's not politics! Just send songs as good as this with performers as strong as Katrina and you can totally win again! This is one of my favorite Eurovision entries ever and no other British entry comes close. Brilliant song and performance and quite possibly the best orchestral arrangement of any song (Hemel en aarde from the following year is also fantastically-arranged). Also, it was funny seeing Katrina come back to give the British points in 2017 and one of the co-hosts remarked that they were born that year. She looked somewhat bemused. (And then the UK, wisely, gave 12 to Portugal, a testament to how things can change in twenty years: the UK and Ireland struggling for results while Portugal, who got zero points the year Katrina won, walked away with the biggest victory ever seen up to that point - the very achievement Katrina did back in '97!)

Totally deserved winner and a real anthem to World Peace, something we need in early 2022 as much as ever. Incredible vocal performance from Katrina. It's strange that a group that, to be honest, never really made it as a _massive_ act nonetheless had two monster hits: "Love Shine A Light" and 12 years previously, "Walking On Sunshine". You can fluke a single hit, but if you can put out two songs like that in a career, regardless of other success, there's quality there.

One of my favorite eurovision songs

best song in eurovision EVER! hands down!

I was serving aboard a merchant vessel going around the North Sea when this was shown. We had to have someone go up and re-direct the antenna so we wouldn't miss the voting. Was worth the effort!

I love this song. Much love from Spain 🇪🇦😘

1997: The closest the US will ever come to winning Eurovision. Katrina Leskanich is an American, but spends most of her time based in London. Guitarist Kimberley Rew wrote this; it extended their career a few more years.

When Eurovision peaked !

Für mich immer noch der beste Song der Eurovisionworld 🥰

I'm here after our atrocious entry this year. Now I feel better.

Really brilliant song .powerful voice

One of the very few truly epic ESC winners, along with "Un banc, un arbre , une rue", "Hallelujah", "Molitva" and "Only Teardrops"

Brings back memories, I remembered singing this in nearly every assembly in comprehensive school.

i still get tearful when I watch this performnce. The combination of the message and that it was our last win. We came close with Sam in 2022. We can get back on top one year soon. Apart from 2002, 2009, 2017. 2022 & 2023(ish) this was the last time I was proud of our entry.

Beautiful song and deserved winner! ☺😍❤👍

It performed 24th out of 25 on the night, and after the first chorus and that little instrumental bit, you just knew it had won. 25 years ago today.

Sends shivers..... Loved this

Love forever Katrina & the Waves. Hello and hugs for those who dream of a better world without hatred and violence of any kind.

Magnifique voix, magnifique musique, magnifique message d'Amour !

UK & Ireland brought the best Eurovision winner songs, and this one is probably the greatest. .. Loved it and still even more after all the years !

What a voice! Fantastic song!

She absolutely smashed it