The Irish comedian, 60, has been working as the British commentator for the contest since taking over from Terry Wogan in 2009.
In the years since he’s presented from Moscow, Oslo, Dusseldorf, Baku, Malmo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Stockholm, Kyiv, Lisbon, Tel Aviv, Rotterdam, Turin and now Liverpool.
His links to the show have become so well know he even played a fictionalised version of himself in his role of the British Eurovision commentator in the 2020 Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga alongside stars Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams.
On top of his commentating role this year, Graham also co-hosted the grand final alongside Alesha Dixon, actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina.
Ready to take over when Graham was required on stage, Mel Giedroyc stepped in to help at times too.
However not disappointing when he was in the booth, here are our picks of the best quips Graham threw out this year.
On Cyprus entry Andrew Lambrou’s outfit:
‘He’s been here a week and has run out of laundry because he is wearing half a shirt on stage.’
On the brother of Albania’s entry Albina, who performed with her entire family:
‘He doesn’t look happy to be there.’
‘There are red flags towards the end of this performance…there are many…it’s a Christmas tantrum.’
‘If they don’t do well you just know the brother is getting the blame.’
On Italy’s act Marco Mengoni glittery get-up:
‘He’s dressed like the wife of a man at a dinner dance … and at the back there’s also a children’s soft play area.’
On Armenia’s Brunette’s choice of fashionable footwear:
‘She’s wearing heels- she’s 21 though. I guess young people can do these things.’
On Moldova entrant’s Pasha Parfeni’s staging:
‘If there isn’t a human sacrifice by the end of this I’ll be very disappointed.’
On the Norwegian song Queen of Kings, performed by Alessandra:
‘This song is catchy – it will be stuck in your head…until you die.’
On general life musings:
‘I am just an ageing homosexual in a commentating booth.’
On Germany’s Lord of Lost’s song Blood and Glitter:
‘As long as they don’t win. Not that I don’t want them to win, I just don’t want to hear that again.’
On Slovenian band Joker Out and their 60s inspired outfits:
‘They’ve styled themselves like The Beatles or maybe the cast of Scooby Doo…there is certainly a mystery afoot.’
The Eurovision Song Contest is streaming on BBC iPlayer.
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