{"id":110318,"date":"2025-05-18T00:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T00:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/110318\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T00:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T00:08:10","slug":"graham-norton-claims-eastenders-legend-changed-her-name-to-compete-at-eurovision-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/110318\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Norton claims EastEnders legend ‘changed her name’ to compete at Eurovision 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viewers were in agreement that one act bared a resemblance to a soap iconDenmark were represented by pop singer Sissal(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Graham Norton has claimed that an EastEnders legend has ‘changed her name’ to compete at Eurovision 2025.<\/p>\n

Returning to the commentary booth for the 16th time, Graham <\/a>was on fine form as he delivered his signature witty comments and hilarious claims.<\/p>\n

After struggling with his microphone at the beginning of the night, the Irish TV presenter began delivering his honest thoughts about all 26 acts competing in Basel, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

From putting aside his harshness for UK act Remember Monday to comparing Ukraine\u2019s act to Margaret Thatcher<\/a>, Graham gave BBC<\/a> viewers another night to remember.<\/p>\n

One act who caught Graham\u2019s eye was Denmark\u2019s competitor Sissal<\/a>, with the 30-year-old\u2019s full name Sissal J\u00f3hanna Nor\u00f0berg.<\/p>\n

Despite living in Copenhagen, Sissal is originally from T\u00f3rshavn in the Faroe Islands, and became the second Faroese artist to represent Denmark in the Eurovision after Reiley did so in 2023.<\/p>\n

Performing her song Hallucanitation, Sissal had an outside chance of pulling off an upset win, with Ladbrokes giving her victory odds of 150\/1 ahead of the show.<\/p>\n

Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts on EastEnders(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

After Sissa was done signing, Graham claimed that EastEnders<\/a> actress Letitia Dean \u2018changed her name\u2019 in a move away from playing Sharon Watts.<\/p>\n

Graham jokingly added that this was Letitia\u2019s way of \u2018continuing the 40th anniversary celebrations\u2019 after the soap hit the big milestone in February.<\/p>\n

Those watching at home were in agreement with Graham, taking to X to point out how similar Sissal and Letitia look.<\/p>\n

@adhddjmenace said: \u201cNot sure why Sharon is representing Denmark #Eurovision.\u201d @toniearlybird added: \u201cBloomin’ love this entry from #Denmark #Sissal\/Sharon from EastEnders.\u201d<\/p>\n

@LewisCoakley wrote: \u201cGreat to see Sharon from Eastenders has found a new gig #Eurovision.\u201d @Lilly__0b1 posted: \u201cCan\u2019t believe Sharon left the square to perform on Eurovision #Eurovision.\u201d<\/p>\n

@wildpartydude commented: \u201cHello is that Sharon Watts. #Eurovision.\u201d @ReeceRJC stated: \u201cNot Graham comparing the Danish entry to Sharon from EastEnders omg. #Eurovision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year saw the UK\u2019s Eurovision 2024 act Olly Alexander make a cameo on Albert Square<\/a>, weeks before they finished 18th in Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viewers were in agreement that one act bared a resemblance to a soap iconDenmark were represented by pop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[192,4080,428,77,13735,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-110318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-eastenders","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-eurovision-song-contest","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114525929758446050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110318","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=110318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}