Graham Norton has issued a surprise prediction for tonight's Eurovision show.
Thousand will flock to the M&S Bank Arena on Thursday evening for the second semi final. Graham will return as host and commentator for Saturday's grand final, which will be broadcast on the BBC.
The 60-year-old appeared on Virgin Radio today and was quizzed by Chris Evans on Ireland's early exit from the competition. Graham "felt bad" for Wild Youth as he explained they were up against some tough competition.
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He said: "I think one of the problems was that this was such a strong semi-final, because they do a draw for who's going to be in which one. So all the big songs were in that semi-final. I think that played against it."
Graham was at the arena yesterday for the dress rehearsal of tonight's show and claimed his home country's representative would have stood a better chance in the second semi final. He left Chris in hysterics when he warned the quality might not be up to the same standards as the first semi final.
He said: "There are some moments where you might nip to the loo. I watched the dress rehearsal last night in the stadium. Once one act started, and I thought, ‘oh, if I was at a concert, this is when I go get a drink. I thought that as the stadium emptied"
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