Hannah Waddingham on stage with Graham Norton at Eurovision Dominic Lipinski via Getty ImagesHannah Waddingham won herself a legion of new fans when she fronted this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – but it turns out there was one part of hosting the show she found especially difficult. On Monday, the Olivier-winning star of Ted Lasso and Game Of Thrones swung by Kelly Clarkson’s US talk show to discuss, among other things, hosting Eurovision 2023. AdvertisementWhen asked by the Since U Been Gone singer – who previously co-presented America’s short-lived equivalent of Eurovision – how she’d found the experience, Hannah said it had been “insane” and “quite overwhelming”. Awful.”AdvertisementEurovision returned to the UK for the first time in 25 years earlier this month, where Liverpool hosted the competition on behalf of last year’s champions, Ukraine. The 2023 event set a new ratings record for the BBC, with an average of 9.9 million UK viewers and a peak of 11 million tuning in to watch the Grand Final.

Source: Huffington Post May 31, 2023 08:50 UTC