Love Shine a Light "Love Shine a Light" - Rew being the only instrumentalist onstage -on the 9 March 1997 broadcast of the "Great British Song Contest" final which program also featured a taped interview with Rew in which he described Eurovision as "one of those great institutions of life"; also Rew accompanied Leskanich onstage to be congratulated for "Love Shine a Light"'s being announced at the UK entrant for Eurovision 1997. However Rew was absent from the Katrina and the Waves performance of "Love Shine a Light" at the Eurovision 1997 final held on 3 May 1997. One of eight songs aired in
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 This was in the opposite of the original country representative spoke in. Also, this year was the first time in which a non-winning entry scored over 200 points. Prior to this contest, only Rock 'n' Roll Kids and Love Shine a Light, the winners in 1994 and 1997 had passed this mark. In this contest, all songs in the top 3 got over 200 points. This year's Eurovision contest was the first to be a two-day event, with one qualifying round held on a Wednesday and the grand final held on the following Saturday. Under this new format, byes into