on 12 october 2017, the bbc confirmed that the first edition of "sounds like friday night" would be broadcast on friday 27 october, jason derulo co-presenting the first edition, as well as performing on that date. other artists who appeared on the first series included liam payne, kasabian, royal blood and rag'n'bone man. guest hosts have included: liam payne, demi lovato, craig david, paloma faith and dua lipa. the show has seen performances from dizzee rascal, rita ora and charlie puth amongst many others. liam gallagher pulled out of episode 2 and was replaced by dizzee rascal (who performed "bop n' keep it dippin'"). loyle carner was due to appear on the third episode but pulled out due to illness – he was replaced by plan b.