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Doctor Who star replaced as Eurovision spokesperson due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’ (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 day ago by haverholm@kbin.earth to c/doctorwho@startrek.website

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On Thursday, the BBC tweeted:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately Ncuti Gatwa is no longer able to participate as Spokesperson during the Grand Final this weekend.

Instead, Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be calling out the UK's points.

According to Scottish newspaper The national,

The BBC's announcement came during the second semi-final, reportedly just minutes after Israel's entrant Yuval Raphael qualified for the final.

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[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 6 points 1 day ago

Somebody pulled up two tweets, one pronouncing the finalists, and the BBC's announcement that Gatwa wouldn't be presenting — there was a 2 minute time difference. It seems too short a time to make any decisions, but he may have had stipulations for appearing?

I don't want to make any more assumptions than the National quote above, but I have thoughts about Who depicting Eurovision-by-proxy as a fun, apolitical event, where a competing country just happens to commit ongoing atrocities...

Now, if RTD and the BBC had the guts to pull a "Happiness patrol" on that particular escapism, well played — but I don't think it's in the cards.