“It’s so exciting.

Coming from theater, it’s a big deal for us.

Everyone always has Eurovision parties, so I was so thrilled that they asked me.”

Hannah Waddingham was shocked to be offered job as Eurovision host: ‘I’m not a presenter’

Hannah Waddingham, cohost of 2023’s Eurovision.PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty

Traditionally, the competition is held in the home country of the previous year’s victor.

“I have had my heart broken about the Ukraine and the fight that they are putting up.

How magnificent they’ve been as a country,” she said.

Hannah Waddingham was shocked to be offered job as Eurovision host: ‘I’m not a presenter’

2023 Eurovision cohost Hannah Waddingham.Dominic Lipinski/Getty