Physician Who star Ncuti Gatwa can have the job of saying the British jury’s factors at this yr’s Eurovision Tune Contest.
The Guardian newspaper experiences that Gatwa, who’s at the moment starring because the 15th Physician within the BBC’s long-running sci-fi drama, will observe within the footsteps of earlier stars together with Joanna Lumley, Nigella Lawson and Physician Who alumna Catherine Tate.
Gatwa’s job on the night time of the Eurovision Grand Ultimate, to happen in Switzerland on Saturday Might 17, comes alongside a particular Eurovision-themed episode of Physician Who airing on the identical day, known as ‘Interstellar Tune Contest’ – the place the Physician visits a galaxy-wide singing competitors.
BBC Eurovision presenters Graham Norton and Rylan may also seem within the particular episode.
Dr Who showrunner Russell T Davies stated in an announcement:
“There’s no track contest with out the nice man himself. It was an honour to welcome Graham Norton to our studios in Cardiff. That is the wildest episode of all, and we’re fortunate to have Graham including to the mayhem.”
Switzerland will host the 69th Contest in Basel. The present favorite to win the Contest is Sweden, with the track Bara bada bastu (translated as “Simply sauna”) carried out by KAJ.
The UK are sending theatrical music trio Keep in mind Monday, and will probably be crossing fingers the woman band does higher than the UK’s earlier two contestants – Mae Muller got here twenty fifth (out of 26) and Olly Murs got here 18th. The UK did higher in 2022, when its artist Sam Ryder got here second to Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra. The next yr, because of the ongoing struggle scenario in Ukraine, the Contest was hosted in Liverpool, UK.
