Overview
- More than 8,000 performers processed from Piccadilly to Whitehall with marching bands, acrobats and floats.
- Crowds in freezing conditions watched dancers in daffodil costumes and a procession of Mokes moving through the West End.
- The midnight display by the London Eye drew about 100,000 spectators and used over 12,000 fireworks and more than 400 lights with hologauze effects on the BBC broadcast.
- The program highlighted 2025 milestones including England women’s rugby World Cup victory, the Lionesses’ Euros retention and Europe’s Ryder Cup win, plus a nod to Wicked: For Good.
- The soundtrack featured songs by Raye, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay with voiceovers from Celia Imrie, Andrew Cotter and Alison Hammond, as Mayor Sadiq Khan hailed the celebrations as the greatest in the world.