After managing to get away from having a commentator or two on the 2019 and 2021 editions of Eurovision, we aren’t getting as lucky this year. Amidst pressure from the European Broadcast Union, who insist on having local country commentators on their coverage, NBC has announced that figure skater Johnny Weir will be your host for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on Peacock. Weir IS a huge fan of the contest, so that’s something – as my wife put it, they could have thrown some macho sports guy on the mic and they could have made a hash of it.
Read more
