Hannah Waddingham ‘shocked’ at newfound Eurovision celebrity

Contest co-host has become internet sensation through deployment of joyous range of presenting skills

Press conference with host Hannah Waddingham ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest final. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

The Eurovision co-host Hannah Waddingham said she was overjoyed to be part of a “beautiful, massive, joyous show” and needed time to digest all the plaudits.

Waddingham, the star of Ted Lasso and Game of Thrones, has been hailed as an “overnight national treasure” for her enthusiastic and occasionally eccentric co-hosting of this week’s Eurovision finals.