We’re approaching the culmination of Eurovision Week – and as we come up to the grand final on Saturday, easyJet has teamed up with a classic British Eurovision Entry – Scooch – to release a Eurovision-themed single, ahead of the competition’s Grand Final this weekend.
THEY’REEEEEEEE BAAAAAAAACCCCCK! Scooch returns to the skies – Image, easyJet
According to easyjet, the brand new, original song ‘All Aboard the Orange Plane’ (The Eurovision Song) music video has already become a viral online hit, having been viewed over 14 million times already on social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mfQ8H39e0
The song is written by Olivier award-winning comedian and songwriter Vikki Stone and performed by the original Scooch band members Natalie Powers, Russ Spencer, Caroline Barnes and David Ducasse. The inflight-themed music video pays homage to the pop band’s aviation-themed entry to the 2007 competition in Helsinki, ‘Flying the Flag’.
Now, in response to popular demand, and after receiving the attention of Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills, the airline is releasing the song on streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and tidal ahead of the Eurovision Grand Final in Malmö this weekend, and is set to go up against the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift and Hozier, who currently sit at the top of the UK singles charts.
The song is available on streaming services from today.
Eurovision fan Andrew Gauld, who also travelled to Malmö for the live shows said “I’d love to see it performed on a Eurovision stage”.
It’s not just for publicity – there’s a charity angle too
easyJet will donate the value of its estimated royalties to its partner UNICEF and contribute towards easyJet and UNICEF’s ‘Every Child Can Fly’ campaign, which supports UNICEF’s aspiration to achieve the universal right of quality education for all children by 2030.
The donations will help raise vital funds to change millions of children’s lives, including contributing to UNICEF’s target of providing access to learning opportunities for 114 million children and digital education for 148.6 million children around the world.
In Quotes
Michael Brown, Director of Cabin Services at easyJet commented:
“We couldn’t be prouder to be the Official Airline Partner for the Eurovision Song Contest and, like the show, play our part in bring people, countries and communities together. It’s been fantastic to celebrate this year’s competition with our customers and crew and to see this incredible response to our official Eurovision song. By releasing this new single today, not only will more people be able to enjoy celebrating with us, but every time they do they’ll be helping raise vital funds for UNICEF’s education programmes and help every child access their right to a quality education – and we’d like to thank everyone who listens for their support.”
And for more choice in songs
If you prefer other choices in Eurovision Songs, you’ll have 26 to vote for in the Eurovision Grand Final on Saturday Night from 20:00BST/21:00CET.
We’ll be covering the Grand Final (with maybe a dram of gin or two), on the site formally known as Twitter and Threads(where a lot of more of the fun seems to be).
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