My son thought it was great fun and tried to copy some of the interesting moves of the bananas, tangerines and lemons. Not only that, but she also has a new record on the way: HANA is her first full-length studio album in six years. And, if karaoke is a party essential for you, then get everyone to download the Smule app, which has a massive catalogue of songs to pick from and lets you sing along with your buddies no matter where you all are in the world.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor set for Kitchen Disco Danceathon for BBC

For those hooking up with other partygoers online, a gold foil fringe curtain will provide an appropriately glam backdrop to your Zoom screen.Gigantic fake windows were placed at the back of the stage, and a table (draped in a foil fringe skirt) made an appearance a few songs into the set, in an attempt to transform the stage into Sophie’s quirky kitchen. Additionally, Clash 's Robin Murray states: "Sophie Ellis-Bextor has shone fresh light on her inimitable pop approach, recasting these songs in her own manner. Elsewhere on the album, Ellis-Bextor recounts a disorientating but beautiful trip to Tokyo in a song of the same name. This was, by far, the best Sophie Ellis-Bextor concert I’ve been to, even though a deplorable dufus killed the vibe in its closing moments. I hope I don’t get in trouble…” she says of her remarks on festival line-ups, but in all honesty she doesn’t look particularly worried.

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Earlier this month Ellis-Bextor – who has also been touted by some as a contender to represent the UK at next year’s Eurovision – took the disco to Liverpool to entertain this year’s international revellers.Her husband – The Feeling bassist Richard Jones – could occasionally be spotted dancing around in a horse mask. The setlist featured disco classics such as, ‘All Night Long’ and ‘Dancing Queen’, as well as Sophie’s own floor-filling hits including ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’, ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’, ‘Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me)’, and her most recent Radio 2 A-listed single, ‘Hypnotized’ featuring Wuh Oh. Her challenge will follow BBC North West Tonight's weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans, who is going to drum constantly for 24 hours at various places in Salford's MediaCityUK on 12 November, including the BBC Philharmonic Studio, where he'll be joined by members of the orchestra.

Kitchen Disco

When the sun goes down, the Kitchen Disco starts up – and all the fruit in the fruit bowl come out to play. It’s not just about what you are drinking at a kitchen disco, though – make sure what you are drinking from is as glam as possible, too. Disco traffic lights might be beyond your means, but bring the sparkle with these gold string lights.

Following on from the huge success of her 2022 Kitchen Disco Tour in which she brought her lockdown online sensation from her kitchen to sold-out stages across the country, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced a very special Christmas Kitchen Disco tour for 2023. Sophie told Dermot about her musical loves growing up: "I always loved pop music, and then I was an indie kid, and then, it was really Groovejet that introduced me to dance and disco. She sang several covers throughout the concert, all of which were great, but this one was excellent: her cut-class, RP voice is perfect for this song – which was most famously sang by none other than Dame Julie Andrews DBE.