Eurovision 2023 - BBC

[Jon]

Back then though it was just the grand final, not the week of semi finals and jury shows.  I suspect part of the reason Graham doesn't do the semi finals is so he can use them as prep for the final without having to do the day job at the same time.

I always assumed it was because Scott Mills was cheaper. When Terry Wogan did the commentary the semi finals would have been an issue because of his radio show

Did Wogan usually do his breakfast show from the host country, the week of the contest? Or was that only towards the end of the week? Ultimately the BBC has never really legitimised the semi-finals and clearly just see them as filler. And surely Wogan or Norton would have had to make a new set of quips for each act if they did both.