Wogan blames racism for UK's poor Eurovision result

Veteran presenter Terry Wogan has blamed racism in eastern Europe for the UK's poor showing during last week’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Wogan blames racism for UK's poor Eurovision result

Veteran presenter Terry Wogan has blamed racism in eastern Europe for the UK's poor showing during last week’s Eurovision Song Contest.

In his column for the Sunday Telegraph, the broadcaster described British singer Andy Abraham’s skin colour as the “elephant in the room”, adding that east of the Danube they “they won’t be voting for a black singer any day soon”.

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