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6th December 2008, 12:11 AM
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Wogan to hand over Eurovision reins
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05/12/2008 - 10:13:58
Graham Norton is to replace Terry Wogan as commentator on the BBC's Eurovision Song Contest broadcast, it was announced today.
Fellow Irishman Norton will take the reins in the 2009 contest, which will be hosted in Moscow.
Veteran presenter Wogan, 70, had cast doubt on whether he would be involved in covering the event again at this year’s contest. He said it was “no longer a music contest” and that prospects for Western European participants were “poor”.
The show has been dogged by accusations of bloc voting.
Wogan, who has spent more than three decades guiding viewers through the contest, said he would be “sad to leave it all behind”.
He said: “I’ve had 35 wonderful years commentating on the Eurovision for radio and television.
“From my first, in a small music-hall in Dublin, to my last, in the huge arena in Belgrade, it has been nothing but laughter and fun. The silly songs, the spectacle, the grandiose foolishness of it all."
Norton, a long time Eurovision fan, described it as “an amazing job and a huge honour”.
He said: “I can’t wait to get to Moscow. With a combination of cheap vodka and a language barrier what could possibly go wrong?”
Wogan to hand over Eurovision reins
http://newsfeed.tcm.ie/media/images/t/terrywogan.jpg
05/12/2008 - 10:13:58
Graham Norton is to replace Terry Wogan as commentator on the BBC's Eurovision Song Contest broadcast, it was announced today.
Fellow Irishman Norton will take the reins in the 2009 contest, which will be hosted in Moscow.
Veteran presenter Wogan, 70, had cast doubt on whether he would be involved in covering the event again at this year’s contest. He said it was “no longer a music contest” and that prospects for Western European participants were “poor”.
The show has been dogged by accusations of bloc voting.
Wogan, who has spent more than three decades guiding viewers through the contest, said he would be “sad to leave it all behind”.
He said: “I’ve had 35 wonderful years commentating on the Eurovision for radio and television.
“From my first, in a small music-hall in Dublin, to my last, in the huge arena in Belgrade, it has been nothing but laughter and fun. The silly songs, the spectacle, the grandiose foolishness of it all."
Norton, a long time Eurovision fan, described it as “an amazing job and a huge honour”.
He said: “I can’t wait to get to Moscow. With a combination of cheap vodka and a language barrier what could possibly go wrong?”