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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

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Yes, pop star Demi Lovato is in Eurovision, and yes, she does get a song. Of course Demi Lovato has a song in Eurovision! Would Demi Lovato show up in a Will Ferrell Netflix movie about a singing competition and just… not sing? No. I don’t think so.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga debuted on Netflix today, starring Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as two amateur singers who, thanks to a freak accident, end up representing their home country of Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest. If you’re not familiar with Eurovision, you’re likely an American, because the annual singing competition is a huge deal in Europe. It’s essentially the Olympics of singing and songwriting, but only for Europe. Lovato, of course, is American, but in the film, she plays Icelandic singer Katiana, complete with an icy platinum blonde wig.

Katiana, like Lovato, has an incredible voice. The people planning Iceland’s Eurovision entry feel sure she can secure Iceland a win with her song, “In the Mirror.” Sung by Lovato, the song was written by Swedish songwriter Jörgen Elofsson, who has written iconic songs like Britney Spears’s “Sometimes,” and “(You Drive Me) Crazy” and Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).” So it makes sense that “In the Mirror” is a true classic pop ballad. Tragically, we don’t get to see Lovato’s full performance of the song in the film, so we don’t get hear many lyrics beyond: “Unless I’m looking in the mirroooor.” But from what we did hear, it’s the kind of powerful, soulful banger that will kill at karaoke night, if we’re ever allowed to do karaoke again.

The good news for Lovatics is that the Eurovision soundtrack is out today, so you can listen to Demi Lovato’s “In the Mirror” on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you purchase music. Huzzah!

Spoiler alert: Soon after Katiana performs her song at the Icelandic Song Contest, she and all the other Eurovision hopefuls die in a tragic boat explosion. You probably saw that one coming. How else would Lars Erickssong (Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (McAdams) possibly make it to the finals?

But we do get to see Lovato a few more times in Eurovision when Katiana comes back as a ghost who very briefly haunts Lars. Near the end of the film, right before Lars is about to take the Eurovision stage for the big performance, he runs into the CGI-burning-corpse version of Lovato who reveals that the boat accident was no accident—Victor Karlsson, head of banks in Iceland, blew it up on purpose because he feared a win for Iceland would bankrupt the country. (Because whoever wins Eurovision must host the next year.) Katiana warns Lars that his life is in danger too, but, as Lars points out, “She’s not a very helpful ghost.” Lars already knew that Victor was trying to kill him because Lars killed Victor himself.