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The nation celebrated all things Disney Thursday night as artists from Ariana Grande to Donny Osmond performed their favorite Disney tunes and invited families watching from home to sing along.
What happened:
- “The Disney Family Singalong” aired on ABC Network Thursday night.
- The one-hour special, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, is the latest example of how networks are showing creativity amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Deseret News previously reported. Throughout the program, ABC Network aired public service announcements to raise awareness for Feeding America.
- The celebrity lineup included Beyonce, Grande, Osmond, Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana Grande, Josh Groban, Zac Efron, Demi Lovato, Michael Buble and many more.
What did people sing?
- Groban was one of the first performances of the night. He sang “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from “Toy Story.”
- As he sang, images flashed on the screen of children dressed in their best Woody and Buzz Lightyear costumes singing along.
- Ariana Grande sang “I Won’t Say I’m in Love” from “Hercules,” which she said was her No. 1 Disney movie, according to ABC News.
- Josh Gad, Luke Evans and composer Alan Menken performed “Gaston” from “Beauty and the Beast.”
- Osmond, who starred as the general Li Shang in the 1998 Disney animated film “Mulan,” sang “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” and got some of his grandchildren to help out, according to ABC News.
- Country band Little Big Town performed “Spoonful of Sugar” from “Mary Poppins.”
- Near the end of the program, Lovato and Buble performed “A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes,” according to ABC News. As the duo sang, messages to front line workers displayed on the screen.