Eurovision: Sam Ryder discusses his hopes for UK entry

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BBC Breakfast hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were discussing this Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final. Charlie told BBC viewers the UK’s entry Sam Ryder does not stand a chance of winning to which Naga agreed. However, she landed herself in hot water when she told the Eurovision correspondent David Sillito she did not believe the voting was “a fair process always”. 

Charlie refused to read out the autocue after realising it said there was “growing optimism” the UK could win the Eurovision 2022. 

As Naga started to laugh, he said: “I am not going to read what it was going to say. I’m not going to say that.

“What it says it might finally be the UK’s year, but we all know that is not going to happen because Ukraine has tipped everything on its head and changed things right?”

Naga said: “The UK’s entry Sam Ryder is right up there among the favourites for the final. Now, here is us predicting, what do we know?” 

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Charlie and Naga then spoke to the BBC’s media and arts correspondent David, who was reporting live from Turin, Italy, where the final is being held. 

Naga said: “That was our speculation about how the voting would go, and I would not say it’s a fair process always, would you?”

However, David hit back: “I would say it is evidently fair, that’s an outrageous slur on poor Eurovision there, it is also entirely unpredictable.” 

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