The hosting line-up for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest has divided opinion online after being announced by the BBC on Wednesday, with some fans branding the presenters a ‘random bunch’, ‘inexperienced’ and ‘underwhelming’. AdvertisementMr Wogan presented the song contest from 1971 to 2008, and both hosted and commentated the Grand Final in Birmingham in 1998. For the first time in the UK’s Eurovision Song Contest history, both Semi-Finals will be live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with radio DJs and Eurovision experts, Scott Mills and Rylan Clark bringing UK audiences their colourful commentary. AdvertisementMeanwhile, Ukrainian broadcaster Timur Miroshnychenko will be the Eurovision Correspondent in Liverpool, appearing in VT inserts during the live shows plus giving live insights from Ukraine’s commentary box. The group said in a statement: ‘We are very pleased that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Liverpool.
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