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The host selection is rather underwhelming tbh. Why Graham Norton everywhere, for everything. Furthermore I'm not a big fan of this 4 hosts thing which became more and more popular during the past years. Keep it compact, show us fresh talents, not people like Petra Mede or Graham Norton all the time...
 
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Ianp16 said:
A few thoughts about the presenters...

The presenter line-up is a bit bizarre.

I don't know much about the Ukrainian woman, but Hannah and Alesha aren't known for presenting?

It would also made more sense to have two Ukrainian and two UK hosts?

If Graham won't do the semis and will still commentate... Then why bother?

Rylan and AJ are RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!!

I was SURE it would be Graham Norton and a female presenter and... That's it.

Anyhow, I'm sure it'll all be fabulous. It's just a bit surprising, especially from the BBC.
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Look I live in the North of England but AJs accent would be really difficult for a lot of people to understand outside of the UK especially for those who have English as their second or even third language
 

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Respectfully, apart from the fans or the English people, no one really cares about presenters because the commentators do all the talking for them. That being said, I don't like Graham generally, and other three I don't know nothing about so we'll see how they will do.
 
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The UK hosts are iconic but I agree that Graham Norton is overexposed. The ladies though, wow I am excited. The Italian hosts were already amazing but I expect the UK crew to stay their gig.
 
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AlienSoul said:
Graham Norton is overexposed, why aren't they nuturing new talent?
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Since odds of hosting have been lengthening with the number of countries, it feels appropriate (at least for me) to honor a figure significant and legendary to their Eurovision franchise when there is a chance.

Aside of that, they do nurture Rylan as Graham's successor, but it would be nicer if we have more young talents under the team.
 
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randajad said:
Respectfully, apart from the fans or the English people, no one really cares about presenters because the commentators do all the talking for them. That being said, I don't like Graham generally, and other three I don't know nothing about so we'll see how they will do.
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Yeah, if I watch on TVR, I'm basically stuck with the same guy talking over the hosts every year, so I don't hear shit anyway fklahfbwaf
 
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aef said:
The host selection is rather underwhelming tbh. Why Graham Norton everywhere, for everything. Furthermore I'm not a big fan of this 4 hosts thing which became more and more popular during the past years. Keep it compact, show us fresh talents, not people like Petra Mede or Graham Norton all the time...
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For everything? Last I checked UK last hosted in 1998, and as for 2023 Graham was nowhere near the allocation draw.

How often do countries host Eurovision? Graham might never get this chance again, and for a man as synonymous with Eurovision in the UK as Terry Wogan he ought to get this opportunity.

Rylan can present next time, whenever that is.

As for the 4 hosts thing, it's a unique split contest, I don't think we can really question any of the choices as they had to be agreed between 2 broadcasters which must be a planning issue in itself.
 
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ChiversLookDivine said:
For everything? Last I checked UK last hosted in 1998, and as for 2023 Graham was nowhere near the allocation draw.

How often do countries host Eurovision? Graham might never get this chance again, and for a man as synonymous with Eurovision in the UK as Terry Wogan he ought to get this opportunity.

Rylan can present next time, whenever that is.

As for the 4 hosts thing, it's a unique split contest, I don't think we can really question any of the choices as they had to be agreed between 2 broadcasters which must be a planning issue in itself.
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This flashed quickly in my head, might there be a musical-like interval act being planned for the show, since we have three singers on the host list?

EDIT: Oops, I totally forgot Julia is a singer too.
 
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Guess today I will concentrate on Finland and San Marino (haven't seen the Semis), and later on on Portugal. :)
 
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Basically, what is see about DFs not is

DF1 :
95% in : Croatia, Norway, Czechia, Finland, Sweden, Moldova
95% out : Latvia, Malta

DF2 :
95% in : Estonia, Australia, Slovenia
95% out : Romania, San Marino

For the others, depends of what's going to come
 
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