Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa gets vital Eurovision role for the UK: ‘Two worlds collide!’
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa will be this year’s UK Eurovision spokesperson. (Getty)
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa will be this year's UK Eurovision spokesperson. (Getty)
The TARDIS is sent to land in Basel, Switzerland, later this month as it’s been confirmed that Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa will be the UK’s spokesperson for Eurovision 2025.
The BBC has confirmed that Gatwa, who is currently travelling through space and time as the fifteenth Doctor, will be revealing the result of the UK jury vote at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest grand final.
Gatwa will join a long list of British icons to have previously held the staple Eurovision role, including TV legend Rylan Clark, former Doctor Who companion Catherine Tate, Blue singer Duncan James, Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, and Celebrity Big Brother host AJ Odudu.
The role was last year carried out by Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley.
A post on the official Doctor Who Instagram page reads: “Two worlds collide… Douze Points (or should that be fifteen?) for #DoctorWho! Ncuti Gatwa will be the UK’s jury spokesperson for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, delivering the UK points to the world.”
In a slightly meta – but likely intentional – turn of events, the Eurovision Song Contest will take place on 17 May, the same day the BBC will air a brand new episode of Doctor Who entitled “Intergalactic Song Contest”.
The “Intergalactic Song Contest” episode – written by transgender author Juno Dawson, and thought to be the most expensive episode of Doctor Who ever made – will see a version of the Eurovision Song Contest take place in space.
The Doctor and his new companion Belinda (Andor’s Varada Sethu) will land in an out-of-this-world iteration of the legendary song contest taking place in space, with Rylan appearing as co-host.
It was announced last month that the UK’s Eurovision commentator Graham Norton will also appear in “Intergalactic Song Contest”.
“There’s no song contest without the great man himself, and it was an honour to welcome Graham Norton to our studios in Cardiff,” Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies said in a statement.
“This is the wildest episode of all, and we’re lucky to have Graham adding to the mayhem.”
In an iconic twist on the typical Eurovision format, the Doctor Who episode is thought to see different planets competing against each other for the glass microphone trophy.
On 17 May, Doctor Who will be sandwiched between the FA Cup final and Eurovision, with all three airing on BBC One.
The Eurovision semi-finals will take place on 13 and 15 May, with the grand final beginning at 8pm on 17 May.
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