{"id":105820,"date":"2025-05-16T08:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105820\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:42:08","slug":"united-kingdom-sophie-ellis-bextor-replaces-ncuti-gatwa-and-will-deliver-the-uks-douze-points-at-eurovision-2025-eurovision-news-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105820\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom: Sophie Ellis-Bextor replaces Ncuti Gatwa and will deliver the UK\u2019s \u201cdouze points\u201d at Eurovision 2025! &#8211; Eurovision News | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"568\">A last-minute change has occurred in the role of the United Kingdom\u2019s Spokesperson for Eurovision 2025: due to unforeseen circumstances, beloved actor <strong data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"426\">Ncuti Gatwa<\/strong> will unfortunately not be able to appear during this year\u2019s Grand Final, where he was originally scheduled to announce the UK jury\u2019s results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"841\">However, his replacement couldn\u2019t be more dazzling or more in tune with the spirit of Eurovision. <strong data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"691\">Sophie Ellis-Bextor<\/strong>, known for her pop hits and her iconic Kitchen Disco show on BBC Radio 2, will step in to deliver the UK\u2019s jury points live during the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Ellis-Bextor stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1153\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"1153\">\u201cI love Eurovision and it\u2019s truly a privilege to be part of the 2025 Grand Final. It\u2019s an honour to announce the UK jury\u2019s score on such a special night, where music is always at the heart of the show. I can\u2019t wait to deliver the iconic \u2018douze points\u2019 from the United Kingdom!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1433\">Eurovision is known for its surprises and unforgettable moments \u2014 and this year looks to be no exception. With Sophie Ellis-Bextor\u2019s distinctive voice and star quality, the UK\u2019s jury vote announcement is expected to be one of the most stylish and memorable moments of the night.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-service=\"instagram\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/eurovisionfun.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/instagram-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJsFp9cIBOP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1494\">Stay tuned to <strong data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1466\">Eurovisionfun<\/strong> for all the latest updates!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1511\"><strong data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1511\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJsFp9cIBOP\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A last-minute change has occurred in the role of the United Kingdom\u2019s Spokesperson for Eurovision 2025: due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,7377,4884,1144,712,45958,47184,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-105820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-eurovision-2025","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-sophie-ellis-bextor","16":"tag-spokeperson","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114516626427038075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}