{"id":9675,"date":"2018-05-12T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2018-05-12T17:39:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T17:39:19","slug":"on-reaching-d2-tonight-ill-be-the-us-commentator-for-the-eurovision-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/05\/on-reaching-d2-tonight-ill-be-the-us-commentator-for-the-eurovision-song-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"On Reaching D2: Tonight I’ll Be The US Commentator For The Eurovision Song Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long after attending my first Eurovision Song Contest (Moscow 2009) I wrote this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Terry Wogan’s continuous thirty-year run as Commentator for Eurovision started in 1980, when he was 42. Graham Norton started commentating on Eurovision in 2009, aged 46. Paddy O’Connell started commentating on the Eurovision Semi Finals aged 38. Ken Bruce started commentating on Eurovision for Radio 2 aged 37.<\/p>\n

For the record, I’ll be 35 in May next year, which gives me some time (not that I’m counting) but if anyone down at Wood Lane [Television Centre] wants to give me a call…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, let’s add a few more data points to add to that list:<\/p>\n

Scott Mills started commentating on the Eurovision Semi Finals aged 37.<\/p>\n

Ewan Spence started commentating on Eurovision aged 43.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In just over an hour,??I’ll be taking to the airwaves across America?as?part?of the first Eurovision Song Contest commentary team for the US radio broadcast<\/a>.?I’ll?going to?tell the longer story of this adventure over the next week or so, but I do want to put a marker down before the show starts, and type?this out in full.<\/p>\n

Tonight, I’ll be a?commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The list of thank?you’s to get to this point is huge, but for now; Dave Cargill, Tony Currie, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Ana-Filipa Rosa, Sharleen Wright, Ellie Chalkley, John?Egan, John-Paul Lucas, Vikki Spence, Eilidh, Mairi, my family,?to everyone else I’ve met and who has helped me on this journey… Thank you.<\/p>\n

And now… let the Eurovision Song Contest begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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