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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 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If and until we have any official statement about his reasons to bow out, everything is conjecture. Maybe I shouldn't have added the National quote in retrospect, but I do think it adds perspective to the larger event.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The burden is not on you, you were were only quoting the article.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think it's worth mentioning, assuming the National is a respectable publication (I really don't know my UK media).

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

It’s very anti-BBC.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 3 points 1 day ago

I'll tell you this, though — Amy Pond and Twelve have both taught me not to include Scotland under the United Kingdom 😉