Graham Norton

Graham Norton is one of the highest paid presenters at the BBC.

"Before, being cast in the best role in drama school was all that mattered. Graham was thought to earn £3.23 million from the company in 2019, on top of his other earnings. Speaking to the Evening Standard about the incident, he said: "I nearly died, but in a way being mugged liberated me.

The Irish host raised his annual toast to his compatriot the late great Sir Terry Wogan, who preceded him as Eurovision presenter.

Since Sir Terry sadly died in 2016 after a battle with cancer, Graham has always dedicated his first drink of the night, after the ninth song, to the legendary broadcaster, toasting his memory. And good for him for the shout out to Terry Wogan, too. When Terry did step down after 35 years in the role, many had doubts that anyone could live up to his mantle.

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However, in September 2020 he said that Madge had passed away back in December 2019, while Bailey died close to October 2020 in Cork at the age of 15. In January 2012, his home was burgled and the keys to his Lexus were stolen. According to an article by the Irish Examiner, when he was younger Graham pretended to have a stomach ache to get him out of going to school. An elderly couple were the ones to discover Graham in the street, saving his life when they called for an ambulance. He lost around half of his blood and spent two and a half weeks in hospital recovering. He's not afraid to say what he sees (and feels) and viewers at home love him for it, as they did when it was the late, great Sir Terry Wogan on the mic.

When the late Terry Wogan retired from his 35-year stint as the voice of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, many fans thought hope was lost for the UK.

Why didn’t she step in and say no?” – on Albania’s performance of "Carry Me in Your Dreams" performed by Kejsi Tola (2009) That looks like couple of old car seats sewn together.” – on Italy’s entry “Occidentali’s Karma” (2017) “This will put fear into your heart – she’s a devoted experimental jazz musician. “The producers put together the running order, and given that no song given second place has ever won, I’m guessing they didn’t think much of this. “He said he did something terrible as a boy. “Now it’s time for the flag ceremony.