{"id":44973,"date":"2026-05-17T05:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/44973\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T05:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:50:41","slug":"graham-norton-fires-brutal-swipe-at-eurovision-hosts-just-minutes-into-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/44973\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Norton fires brutal swipe at Eurovision hosts just minutes into final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graham Norton didn’t hold back during the Eurovision final in ViennaLiam De Brun TV and Celebrity writer and Aaliyah Rugg<\/a> Under 35s Screen Time reporter<\/p>\n

21:59, 16 May 2026<\/p>\n

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The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final has finally arrived (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Graham Norton took a sharp swipe at Eurovision <\/a>Final presenter Victoria Swarovski just moments after the annual song contest’s live final got underway.<\/p>\n

Victoria was joined by actor Michael Ostrowski for this year’s edition of the competition, which was broadcast live from the Wiener Stadthalle arena in Vienna on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Austria are hosting the event for the third time in their history after JJ claimed victory at last year’s contest.<\/p>\n

Victoria first rose to prominence for performing the theme song in the 2010 adventure film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and is the heiress to the hugely popular jewellery brand Swarovski.<\/p>\n

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Graham Norton delivered scathing jabs just moments in tonight’s final (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Victoria’s father holds a position within the family-owned business. As of last year, the company, which has outlets across the UK, carries a value of $4.8 billion and is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious jewellery brands on the planet, reports the Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael, meanwhile, is an accomplished actor and screenwriter, whose credits include Dark Rivers, The Hawk and Contact High. He also appeared in the 2004 comedy-drama Nacktschnecken.<\/p>\n

Despite the considerable credentials of both hosts, Graham wasted no time in taking aim at the pair. The Irish television presenter has been handling Eurovision commentary duties for the BBC<\/a> since 2009.<\/p>\n

Moments after the duo appeared on stage, Graham quipped: “Obviously, presenting a television programme isn’t rocket science until you see these two do it. You’ll see various variations of it all night.”<\/p>\n

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The Eurovision final airs on BBC One (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

With numerous viewers on social media preoccupied by Michael’s outfit, Graham remarked he looked like he was ‘selling balloon animals’. After updating fans about Victoria’s fortunes, Graham made a striking claim regarding her stunning black sheer dress.<\/p>\n

“I’m told that she’s wearing jewels tonight worth \u00a34.5 million. It seems unlikely now, but that’s what I heard,” he said.<\/p>\n

Another amusing moment occurred when the hosts introduced a game where they’d attempt to name as many Eurovision songs as possible, prompting Graham to say: “They did rehearse this, I thought they’d drop that and not play this annoying game for four hours. They didn’t.”<\/p>\n

Those watching the Eurovision Final at home flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter<\/a>, after spotting how many digs Graham was aiming at Victoria and Michael. Nevertheless, the majority of them found it entertaining.<\/p>\n

@TomFlemo said: “Graham really doesn’t like these hosts does he!! LOVE IT!!! #Eurovision xx.” @garethreesradio added: “I am already obsessed with Graham Norton dissing these hosts every minute #Eurovision.”<\/p>\n

@niallhoran wrote: “No Graham, please talk over them all night please #eurovision.” @kateymania posted: “I’m mainly here for Graham Norton’s commentary (as usual) #Eurovision #BBCEurovision.”<\/p>\n

@darylshaw29 wrote: “Graham Norton’s commentary always makes the night.” while @Karolis_G added: “Graham Norton is absolutely destroying the hosts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graham Norton didn’t hold back during the Eurovision final in ViennaLiam De Brun TV and Celebrity writer and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20858],"tags":[11004,20859,20863,20860],"class_list":["post-44973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eurovision","tag-bbc","tag-eurovision","tag-eurovision-song-contest","tag-eurovision-song-contest-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}