The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 It already has its four presenters. The BBC has announced by surprise that Hannah Waddingham, Julia Sanina, Alesha Dixon and Graham Norton will be in charge of saying the name of Blanca Paloma, the Spanish representative, as the winner of the Liverpool contest (you have to project). And the big surprise is that one of them We already saw it in ‘Game of Thrones’.
Yes, British actress Hannah Waddingham appeared in one of the most emblematic chapters from the hit HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’. The Eurovision presenter gave life to Septa Unellathe nun who led Cersei Lannister (played by Lena Headey) down the walk of shame stark naked, booed and vilified.
Although there are few phrases that Hannah had in this chapter, there was one of them that became key and one of the most imitated and repeated in the series: “Shame” (or “shame” for those who prefer to see the productions in their original version). A scene that was recorded in the stairs of the Jesuits, in the old town of Dubrovnik (Croatia)in front of the church of San Ignacio.
However, while this may be Waddingham’s most iconic role, Hannah has had another huge success in her career. Her portrayal of Rebecca Welton in ‘Ted Lasso’ it won her an Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy series during the year 2021a category in which she repeated as a nominee in 2022. She has also appeared in series such as ‘Sex Education’ or ‘Willow’, in addition to films such as ‘Into the woods’, ‘Compulsive scammers’ or in ‘The return of the witches 2’ , from Disney.
The rest of the presenters
Julia Sanina is a Ukrainian singer and lead singer of the group The Hardkiss. She will give the gala a note of importance since it should have been held in her country after the victory of the Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra with ‘Stefania’.
The artist will also be among this group of conductors Alesha Dixon, a regular on the network where she has already been a presenter and works as a judge on various talent shows. In 2008 she became a worldwide star thanks to her first single ‘The boys do nothing’, which became one of the most repeated songs on all radio stations.
This trio of women artists is joined by legendary British journalist Graham Norton, one of the great stars of English television despite being Irish. The actor also has his own show ‘The Graham Norton Show’which has already been broadcast for 30 seasons on the BBC, and since 2009 it has become the official commentator of Eurovision Song Contest.
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