On Thursday, the BBC tweeted:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately Ncuti Gatwa is no longer able to participate as Spokesperson during the Grand Final this weekend.
Instead, Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be calling out the UK’s points.
According to Scottish newspaper The national,
The BBC’s announcement came during the second semi-final, reportedly just minutes after Israel’s entrant Yuval Raphael qualified for the final.
If and until we have any official statement about his reasons to bow out, everything is conjecture. Maybe I shouldn’t have added the National quote in retrospect, but I do think it adds perspective to the larger event.
The burden is not on you, you were were only quoting the article.
I think it’s worth mentioning, assuming the National is a respectable publication (I really don’t know my UK media).
It’s very anti-BBC.
I’ll tell you this, though — Amy Pond and Twelve have both taught me not to include Scotland under the United Kingdom 😉