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Jasmine Allday

Eurovision's Graham Norton corrects Mika as he makes double blunder whilst hosting

Graham Norton made a cheeky dig at Mika as he made a double blunder whilst hosting Eurovision tonight.

The Grace Kelly star is one of the presenters of this year's Eurovision Song Contest and as he headed to the Green Room to chat to some of the artists, the singer managed to get the wrong name of the country he was chatting to - before doing the exact same moments later as he introduced Poland's performance.

And Graham - who is narrating the show for UK viewers - couldn't help but correct Mika as he said Holland was next to perform, even though the Netherlands had already performed over an hour before.

Mika made an error (BBC)

Mika also managed to mistake Romania for another country as he chatted to them in the green room about their performance.

Meanwhile, Graham is hopeful that Sam Ryder can bag the UK a high place in the leaderboard this year.

"I honestly think Sam Ryder is our best chance for years. The man is a star with a massive fan base and Europe seems to be loving him as he tours around promoting Spaceman. The big competition comes from Italy," he said.

Mika with Graham Norton backstage (Twitter)

"I have a feeling they might do that very rare thing, of winning two years on the trot."

Graham feels his whole attitude to Eurovision has changed since it returned after the Covid pandemic.

"I think my attitude changed last year when we came back after the pandemic," he explained.

"I suddenly became acutely aware of what it meant to people. There were so many lovely messages from viewers remembering family traditions of watching the show over the decades. It became not just a way to connect with each other but also the past.

"Obviously it is a silly (yet brilliant) song competition but it is also important. I think that is the key to its longevity."

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