Love Shine a Light in Eurovision 1997 (although Rew had accompanied Leskanich on the performance of "Love Shine a Light" on the 9 March 1997 broadcast of the "Great British Song Contest" final which had not featured any other members of Katrina and the Waves). Don Airey, who played as a session musician on the single recording of the song, arranged and conducted the live version for Katrina & The Waves. He added strings, brass and a vibrato flute, giving the song a more anthemic feel. In a pre-performance interview on the night of the Eurovision 1997 finale Leskanich had stated that Katrina and
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Denmark was represented by rapper Kølig Kaj, with the song '"Stemmen i mit liv", at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 May in Dublin. "Stemmen i mit liv" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 1 March. The DMGP was held at the DR TV studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Hans Otto Bisgård. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by televoting. "Stemmen i mit liv" emerged the winner by a relatively narrow margin over "Utopia" by Jette Torp and was