Last night, British broadcaster ITV aired the Royal Variety Performance, a televised event held annually at the Royal Albert Hall in London to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity, of which King Charles III is a patron. On the bill was Nemo, who romped to victory in Malmö in May with The Code, performing their new single Eurostar.

The performance, which is available to viewers in the UK on VOD platform ITVX (starts at 1:25:38), sees Nemo in a jet black version of the pink ruffled suit they donned for their Eurovision performance, atop a strip-lit black pyramid inspired by the giant revolving table from The Code. Nemo also brought an LED screen that flashed hand-written projections of the lyrics, as well as symbolic imagery such as the twelve stars of the European Union, and OM, the sacred emblem of Hinduism.

Last month, when the line-up for the performance was announced, images surfaced of Nemo at the launch event shaking hands with King Charles in the outfit they wore last night. He was in attendance as the sole member of the Royal Family this year following recent battles with cancer.

While the BBC and ITV have broadcast the show from 1960 onwards, it follows a UK tradition that goes all the way back to the 1910s: two hours of musical performances, comedy skits, stunts, celebrity guest appearances and prize giveaways, all in a shiny-floor concert hall setting in front of a live audience, including British royals, plus a 3-4 million-strong viewership on TV the following week.

Previous editions have seen the likes of Eurovision winners Lulu, Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man, and alumni Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John and Engelbert Humperdinck, performing for then-Queen Elizabeth II and other British royals. This year marked the 91st edition of the format, with TV personality and the UK’s 2021 Eurovision spokesperson Amanda Holden joining comedian Alan Carr as co-host.

In May, Nemo became the first ever openly non-binary act to win the Eurovision Song Contest, earning a huge total of 365 points from the national juries and 226 from the public in the final, beating out second-placed Croatia by 43 points. This marked Switzerland’s first victory at the Contest since Céline Dion in 1988, with their hometown of Biel/Bienne throwing a formal celebration for Nemo a few weeks later.

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