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Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa has been confirmed as the UK’s spokesperson for the Eurovision song contest 2025.
Gatwa will announce the British jury’s points for each participating country’s song. Previous spokespeople include Joanna Lumley, Fearne Cotton, Nigella Lawson and fellow Whoniverse star Catherine Tate.
The confirmation cements a Doctor Who and Eurovision “fabulous collision” this year, with a Eurovision themed episode of the hit sci-fi series airing the same day as the competition.
In the special episode, titled Interstellar Song Contest, Gatwa’s Doctor and his companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) will visit the 803rd edition of a galaxy-wide singing competition. It will also feature cameos from Eurovision presenters Graham Norton and Rylan Clark.
“There’s no song contest without the great man himself,” showrunner Russell T Davies previously said in a statement. “It was an honour to welcome Graham Norton to our studios in Cardiff. This is the wildest episode of all, and we’re lucky to have Graham adding to the mayhem.”
Gatwa rose to fame playing Eric Effiong in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education. Cast as the Doctor in 2022, Gatwa is the first black actor to play the famous role.
The UK’s entry at Eurovision 2025 will be Remember Monday, singing the powerpop ballad What the Hell Just Happened?.
“We’re going to be the first girl band to represent for the UK since 1999, which feels like such a crazy honour,” said the pop group in a statement. “We’re going to bring loads of fun, energy and hopefully do something that you won’t have seen before on the Eurovision stage … This is really the music World Cup and we’ll do our best to bring it home!”
Semi-finals start next week, with the grand final taking place in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday 17 May.
