{"id":110252,"date":"2025-05-17T23:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T23:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/110252\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T23:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T23:33:15","slug":"graham-norton-makes-brutal-eurovision-2025-verdict-over-ukraine-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/110252\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Norton makes ‘brutal’ Eurovision 2025 verdict over Ukraine act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graham once again showed how he always speaks his mind when handed a microphone(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Graham Norton delivered a ‘brutal’ Eurovision 2025 verdict over Ukraine\u2019s act at the final of the singing competition.<\/p>\n

The Irish TV presenter was on commentary duties for the BBC<\/a> for the 16th year, having taken over from the late Terry Wogan in 2009.<\/p>\n

Fans of Graham were delighted with the amount of him they got in the BBC\u2019s Super Saturday, with the 62-year-old making a cameo in the latest episode of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shortly after appearing as a hologram in the sci-fi series, Graham was back in the commentary booth to have his say on this year\u2019s crop of talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One act who faced the brunt of Graham\u2019s critiques was Ukraine\u2019s act Ziferblat, made up of Daniel Leshchynskyi, Valentyn Leshchynskyi and Fedir Khodakov, Ziferblat.<\/p>\n

The former X-Factor Ukraine act, where they were mentored by former Eurovision contestant Verka Serduchk, Ziferblat performed their song Bird of Pray.<\/p>\n

Prior to each act\u2019s performance, Graham provided some insight into where the contestants came from as videos played of them visiting Swiss tourist attractions.<\/p>\n

\"GrahamGraham Norton(Image: Getty Images for P&O Cruises)<\/p>\n

When it came time to comment on Ziferblat, Graham made a hilarious comparison between their outfits and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to imagine what Thatcher would look like at the prom but here\u2019s Ukraine\u2019s entry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Those watching the Eurovision on BBC One, rushed to X, previously known as Twitter<\/a>, to have their say on the moment that left them in stitches.<\/p>\n

@dreurovision said: \u201cTeenage Maggie Thatcher for Ukraine. Bravo Graham Norton. @bbceurovision #Eurovision.\u201d @edens_mfc added: \u201cGRAHAM DID NOT JUST SAY DANYA LOOKS LIKE A TEENAGE MARGARET THATCHER.\u201d<\/p>\n

@donkitin wrote: \u201c\u2018teenage maggie thatcher\u2019 Graham that was FOUL.\u201d @kccfoord posted: \u201cNOT GRAHAM NORTON CALLING THE UKRANIAN A TEENAGE MAGGIE THATCHER LMAOOOO AT PROM #Eurovision.\u201d<\/p>\n

@kaytweets_x commented: \u201cTeenage Maggie thatcher. Graham is brutal tonight #Eurovision.\u201d @kiwi_riffle posted: \u201cUkraine these outfits are so silly, I\u2019m in love! Graham isn\u2019t serious, teenage maggie thatcher.\u201d<\/p>\n

The quip arrived just moments after Graham appeared to be having issues <\/a>with his microphone at the beginning of the night, with some struggling to hear what he was saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graham once again showed how he always speaks his mind when handed a microphone(Image: Getty Images) Graham Norton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[192,2000,299,13735,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-110252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-eurovision-song-contest","12":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114525792358244922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110252","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=110252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}