Sophie Ellis Bextor cut a glamorous figure as she hosted a Eurovision Disco Party at John Lewis Liverpool on Thursday.

The Murder On The Dancefloor hitmaker, 44, entertained the crowd who gathered for the second semi-final ahead of the final on Saturday.

Sophie looked incredible in a light blue long-sleeved midi dress with an animal print and a v-neckline.

The singer added height to her frame with a pair of silver heels and complimented her outfit with a gold necklace.

Letting her brunette locks fall loose down her shoulders, Sophie accentuated her natural beauty with a light palette of makeup.

Looking good: Sophie Ellis Bextor cut a glamorous figure in a light blue midi dress as she hosted a Eurovision Disco Party at John Lewis Liverpool on Thursday

Event: The Murder On The Dancefloor hitmaker, 44, entertained the crowd who gathered for the second semi-final ahead of the final on Saturday

Style: The singer added height to her frame with a pair of silver heels and complimented her outfit with a gold necklace

The star looked in good spirits as she performed for the crowd and later took pictures with fans. 

The event comes after Sophie’s mother Janet Ellis denied that her daughter is a ‘nepo baby’.

The former Blue Peter star, 67, insisted that her experience as a television presenter did not help her pop star daughter, 43.

Instead, she said that it ‘works the other way’ with her being more famous because of Sophie.

Appearing on Steph’s Packed Lunch, Janet said: ‘It works the other way for me, I’m Sophie’s mum!

‘Certainly in Sophie’s case it didn’t apply because what she’s doing is so different.

‘When she first started as a singer, and she was only 18, and people said to me “oh, that’s great, she’s doing something you can understand”, I thought, “I don’t know the music industry at all.”

‘There was probably a bit initially where you know, she was my daughter, but oh my goodness, the tables have turned.’

Stunning: Sophie accentuated her natural beauty with a light palette of makeup

Party: The If I Can’t Dance singer was all smiles as she arrived on stage for the show 

Bash: The star looked in good spirits as she performed for the crowd and later took pictures with fans

Sensational: Sophie performed below a large disco ball for her fans

The term ‘nepo babies’ was coined online and is used to describe celebrity offspring who land easily in the world of showbiz, cushioned by their parents’ famous names.

Lily-Rose Depp, Maude Apatow, and a slew of others were among those plastered on the front cover of New York Magazine’s The Year of the Nepo Baby cover.

Speaking on whether Sophie had to work harder because of having a famous mum, Janet replied: ‘Maybe although as I say, because she was doing something so different, I think people would just have thought, “you’re not a presenter”.

‘If you go into the same business, I’m sure you do. I think it’s a curse and a blessing isn’t it?

Family: The event comes after Sophie’s mother Janet Ellis denied that her daughter is a ‘nepo baby’

‘Because it gets you there, people are interested and that’s flattering and if they like what your parent or relative did then they’re obviously going to want to jump on that bandwagon and then at end of it you’ve just got to be you.’

After the interview, Sophie took to Instagram to share an Independent news article which read: ‘Blue Peter legend Janet Ellis denies daughter Sophie Ellis-Bexter is a ‘nepo baby’

She responded by penning: ‘Actually I am 100% a nepobaby. If you search the pockets of everyone I’ve worked with, somewhere you will find the blue peter badge that I gave them to bribe them. Mwah-ha-ha’.