Rita Ora has signed up to perform during a semi-final in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest next month.

The I Will Never Let You Down singer will take to the stage at the Liverpool Arena in England on 9 May to perform a medley of her biggest hits and her brand-new single Praising You during one of the intervals in the televised competition.

Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, one of this year’s hosts, will open the first semi-final with her band The Hardkiss, while British singer Rebecca Ferguson will sing a duet of Duran Duran’s Ordinary World with Ukrainian artist Alyosha.

The second semi-final on 11 May will feature a collaborative performance between Ukrainian performers Mariya Yaremchuk, OTOY and Zlata Dziunka.

The contest is being held in the U.K. on behalf of Ukraine, which won the competition last year. The X Factor runner-up Ferguson, who hails from Liverpool, described her performance as “a celebration of Liverpool and Ukraine through music”.

She joked on the BBC’s Eurovisioncast Podcast that she is “hoping to squeeze into some kind of dress” following the birth of her fourth child in February.

She added, “I’m looking forward to it because it’ll be my first work event where I get to dress up because I’ve just been mummy for the past few weeks.”

The semi-finals will be hosted by Sanina, British singer Alesha Dixon, and Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham, while Irish presenter Graham Norton will join them for the final on 13 May.

Rita Ora and Taika Waititi have opened up about the beginnings of their relationship after tying the knot last year.

The Let Me Love You singer has said she and the filmmaker and actor “fell into this incredible rhythm” as friends, three-and-a-half years before things turned romantic.

The couple were reported to have started dating in March 2021, with Taika previously telling of how they first met at a party Robert Pattinson was hosting.

In a new interview with Glamour magazine (via The Mirror), Rita spoke of how that friendship turned into a relationship.

“We just fell into this incredible rhythm, and there was no effort, and I felt really lucky because we were friends a long time before we decided to ruin everything to go to the next level,” she said.

“We really uplift each other as fire signs. There is so much presence in the room that it’s understandable because we are very passionate people individually, so together, it really just goes.

“Instead of it being like no, no, it’s actually like, oh my God, I get it; I’m the same. Oh my God, I get it too, and then it just gets bigger and becomes this massive flame.”

Taika said: “We got to chatting and for the next three-and-a-half years we were just good mates. We were in different relationships, both of us. It was a good friendship and then we decided to ruin it.

“I love the fact that we both work hard, we’ve both got our own jobs and are independent and we’re best friends.”

In January, Rita finally confirmed months-old reports she and Taika had married.

They were reported to have tied the knot in August last year, two months after they were said to have made “simultaneous” wedding proposals to each other, but both parties had declined to comment on the rumours publicly.

The Masked Singer judge also shared further details about her big day, describing it as “perfect”.

“It was exactly, exactly how I wanted,” she said during an appearance on Heart Radio. “It was nice and perfect. It is nice to keep some things just to myself sometimes.”

The British artist releases the first track taken from the highly anticipated album to be released in the coming months.

Rita Ora, protagonist of the Cover n°46 of L’Officiel Ibiza last November , has released the new song and video “ You Only Love Me ”.

The track, co-written by Rita Ora and produced by Lewis Thompson, is inspired by her personal experience of feeling vulnerable at the beginning of a romantic journey. The song opens with a vocal note from Oscar and BAFTA-winning director Taika Waititi.

The music video for ” You Only Love Me “, directed by Charlie Sarsfield and filmed in the suburbs of Los Angeles, had its world premiere on MTV today. The video portrays a fictitious wedding and features hyper-real scenes of a bride’s big day that is turned upside down by various adversities. Actresses and singers also appear within the first few minutes of the video, including Kristen Stewart , Lindsay Lohan , Jodie Turner-Smith , Chelsea Handler , Addison Rae , cake delivery boy Alexander Stewart , and fairy godmother Sharon Stone .

“With ‘You Only Love Me’ and my upcoming album, I wanted to capture the vulnerability I experienced as I opened up to love and entered a new stage in life. Learning to let go of the past to make room for new experiences is a deeply personal process, one that I felt compelled to document through my music – the journey hasn’t always been easy, but I’ve come out stronger and filled with love than I ever thought possible,” says the singer.

Rita Ora will present her new single for the first time on February 1st during the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

NEWLY MARRIED RITA Ora appeared on Wednesday’s Tonight Show to perform her latest single “You Only Love Me,” the song that essentially announced her marriage to director Taika Waititi.

Like the video, her Tonight Show performance was wedding-themed, with Ora and her dancers/bridesmaids making clever use of a dais table.

Earlier in the show, Ora sat down with Jimmy Fallon to talk about her new single and married life with Waititi, as well as show off her emerald engagement ring.

Ora also confirmed that “You Only Me Love” is the first sampling of a new album that will come out later this year. “I’m so excited about this music… because I feel like the journey it took me to get to this point and the past two years, my life has changed drastically, and making the decision to spend the rest of your life with someone is kind of a big decision, so it got me writing again, and I got inspired by love even though it sounds cheesy,” Ora said.

Additionally, Ora sat down with Fallon and New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter for a game of True Confessions:

Hi Ritabots! Welcome to your best fansite for our queen Rita Ora. I know i have a little break for our newsletter, but we always updating our gallery as well! Let’s see what happened while we didn’t update the blog section.

First of all, i added new photos to the gallery from the MTV Europe Music Awards, which Rita attended on November 13. So take a look at the big and radical change in the gallery! On November 24, Rita was spotted in the British capital, London. After a long time, we see her with a mask. Do not forget to wear a mask for the virus, which has recently appeared in a new variant.

Attended J Morgan’s birthday on December 3. The party took place in London, the capital of England. Rita wore a sexy see-through dress.

And yesterday (December 5) Rita attended the 2022 British Fashion Awards held in London. The queen chose to wear a see-through red dress. In addition, she made her eyebrow color completely platinum blonde and had a more attractive appearance.

A dinner event of the same event was held on December 6th. Our queen attended the gala in a blue dress. Click on thumbnails for all photos. So you will have access to all relevant photos.

Rita recently attended the MTV EMA event. The Queen had come to the night with her boyfriend. It looks pretty dazzling. Visit the gallery for high quality images!

I’m so in love with Taika, I’ve found my fairytale, says Rita Ora as she gushes over her Hollywood man.

LOVED-UP Rita Ora has spoken about her relationship with Taika Waititi for the first time.

The Anywhere singer remained as coy as possible about rumoured plans for a major London bash after The Sun revealed she discreetly tying the knot earlier this summer with the Hollywood director.

Ending months of speculation, 31-year-old Rita says she has finally found her fairytale ending — and gushed that love of her life Taika, 47, is “so funny and lovely”.

She said: “I’m in love. I’m very much in love. I’m in love, I’m in love, amen!

“But I love love as well. I’ve always been such a believer in it and I’ve always felt like I always wanted the fairytale and that’s what I grew up loving.”

Rita told how her mum and dad, Vera and Besnik Sahatçiu, inspired her to try and find The One despite living a jet-set lifestyle in the showbiz spotlight.

She said: “My parents have been together for over 30 years, so for me it was always about love and finding a partner and all that, so I’m really happy I did.

“I made that choice. It made me happy and I love Taika. He’s so funny and lovely.”

The Sun revealed in June that Taika had popped the question to Rita — although the pair decided against making a big showbiz announcement.

To keep their engagement low-key, Rita did not wear an engagement ring in public — and instead of hosting a glitzy wedding, the duo said “I Do” during an intimate ceremony in late July.

A source said at the time: “This isn’t about them doing a big showy thing and crowing about it beforehand. It’s just about them being in love and deciding the time is right to formalise their relationship. They couldn’t be happier.”

Hinting at plans for a massive party, she said to close pal Jaime Winstone on the actress’s podcast, The Greatest Night Ever: “I hope so. You’re going to be hosting it and running the whole show.”

Rita and Taika were dating for just under a year and a half before he proposed.

The pair became close while she was in Australia working as a coach on TV talent show The Voice before making their red carpet debut together at the Los Angeles premiere of superhero movie Suicide Squad in August last year.

But they have been friends for longer.

On Valentine’s Day this year Rita uploaded a cute snap of her and Taika captioned: “Us, four years ago. To now. Thanks for being cool, and entertaining me forever.”

Due to their ever-busy schedules, Rita and Taika have split their time between plush homes in Sydney, Los Angeles and London.

While Taika is one of Hollywood’s biggest film creators thanks to his Marvel blockbusters Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, Rita insists her first love will always be music.

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She says her long awaited third album is her most personal ever – documenting her struggle to find the one before falling for Taika.

She explained: “I’m manifesting for a great reception on my third album next year. I’ve been working on it for the past two years and I just really kind of hope everyone likes it, so that’s why I’m manifesting.

“It’s a real love story this album, you’re gonna hear some real truths on there about the journey. I’ve kept my personal life really private this time. I’ve learnt a lot through the years and I felt like musically it was like a calling that I want to sing about it for the first time instead of talking about it. And it felt really nice to put it in my music.”

Ever since crashing into the charts alongside DJ Fresh with number 1 hit Hot Right Now in 2012 Rita has been linked to some of the world’s most eligible bachelors.

In 2013 The Masked Singer judge enjoyed a year long romance with superstar DJ Calvin Harris – with the pair collaborating on her 2014 chart-topping single I Will Never Let You Down.

However, shortly after the track’s release the pair found themselves in a messy split which saw Calvin block her from performing the song live.

Rita also dated Tommy Hilfiger’s son Ricky Hill for 14 months from August 2014 before moving on with musician Andrew Watt.

Speaking in 2019, Rita explained how she sees herself as sexually fluid and doesn’t see genders.

Admitting she found it frustrating being linked to every man she’s pictured with even if they are simply friends, she said: “Of course it annoys me as it doesn’t happen to guys.

“Why don’t people assume the guy is with the girl? It is always that girl is with that guy. I have a lot of male friends, a lot of very attractive male friends, and they are my good friends. It doesn’t mean you have to be hooking up with them, you know.”

It’s a real love story this album, you’re gonna hear some real truths on there about the journey.

She added: “I also admire. I admire beauty from men and women. I see things as faceless and genderless, for me it is about the person.”

Speaking in Albania earlier this month, Rita likened herself to a “storyteller” adding her upcoming record, her first since 2018’s Phoenix, is her most raw and intimate to date.

She said: “I have always thought of myself as a storyteller so I have been writing a lot more and I have been very open and I wanted to make this a very raw, musical record.

“It definitely has a lot more heart. Maybe get a few bottles of whatever you drink when you listen to this album.”

With Taika by her side, Rita is also hoping to finally break Hollywood in the coming months after a series of small film parts.

Her first big screen debut came in 2013 in the form of an uncredited role in Vin Diesel franchise Fast & Furious 6.

Two years later she starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in gritty flick Southpaw as well as the role of Mia Grey in erotic trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey.

Explaining her passion for films, Rita said: “I love doing films. I would love to express my creativity through films. I have always looked at myself as a 360 artist.”

Source: The Sun USA

Rita Ora is known for taking risks fashion-wise, her choice of bold colors and prints never disappoint. Case in point: her latest look. On Friday, the British singer made quite the departure out of her hotel in Paris. The songwriter has been enjoying an eventful excursion in the City of Lights with her boyfriend Taika Waititi.

Ora looked cute and casual as stepped out in a lemon co-ord. The preppy set offered a nostalgic Y2K feel as it consisted of a tube top and matching mini skirt that sat perfectly on her hips.

To take her look up a notch, the “Let Me Love You” hitmaker accessorized with black oversized sunglasses and layered pendant necklaces. Ora continued with a selection of gold bangles and carried her must-haves in a black Hermés bag. Sticking to her signature vibrant vibe, the songwriter added hot pink tassels to the coveted purse. The “Poison” hitmaker gave her look a slick boost with black platform wedge flip-flops. The shoe style featured a red, yellow and green thong strap that sat between the toes and was set on a chunky platform heel. Platform flip-flops are big summer 2022 trend. The controversial sandal from the early-aughts has returned in a big way and brands are catching on and churning out their own takes.

When it comes to shoes, Ora likes to mix up her style. She often opts for trendy footwear, like ankle-wrap sandals, slip-on mules and thong heels from brands like Versace, Kat Maconie and Miu Miu, among others. Ora is a mainstay in the fashion industry, having starred in campaigns for Donna Karan, Roberto Cavalli and Escada over the years. The musician has collaborated on past fashion lines with Tezenis and Adidas Originals, as well as a shoe capsule with Giuseppe Zanotti.

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