Phillip Schofield has joked he might “have a crack” at the Eurovision Song Contest next year.
His quip came about when he and Holly Willoughby sat down with UK’s entrant SuRie on Monday’s This Morning to talk about her dramatic Eurovision 2018 performance.
During this weekend’s contest, SuRie was subjected to a terrifying ordeal, when a protester ran up to her, grabbed the microphone and shouted about the UK media.
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Towards the end of the interview, Holly and Phil said the UK were all “immensely proud” of SuRie and her performance.
And although he would have a lot to live up to, Phil said he would quite like to have a go at the competition himself!
“We were all immensely proud of you,” Phil told SuRie. “That was your song and your amazing voice.”
“God knows who they are going to get to do it next year,” Holly said.
“I might have a crack,” Phil quipped.
Holly exclaimed: “Yes!” as SuRie added: “Please do! Phil for 2019.”
“Who the hell is this, said Europe,” Phil joked, adding he’d dig out his old Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat outfit for the occasion!
Phil representing the UK for next year’s Eurovision is definitely something we would love to see!
Earlier on in the interview, SuRie opened up about the incident that happened during her performance.
SuRie, who was unable to sing for a few seconds until security managed to grab the invader, said she has been left with “a couple of bruises.”
“There are a couple of bruises [on my hands] from where I was holding the mic but I’m okay,” she revealed. “My shoulder where he came in as well.”
She agreed with Phil that the incident was “more serious than a prank.”
The singer admitted she didn’t realise the intruder was on stage until he was right in her face.
“There wasn’t any time to feel fear, there wasn’t,” she said. “He was suddenly there, security were on him as quick as he was on me.
“He got the mic – for a few seconds it was out of my hands but the song was still going, the backing vocalists were still singing, the crowd were still chanting.
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“I just turned upstage for a moment but I was still clapping and actually cheering with the crowd. I just didn’t have the mic. I turned back, saw the mic on the floor and I thought, ‘well that’s mine, I’ll finish the song’.”
She added: “The lyrics took on a new meaning, ‘Hold your head up, don’t give up!’ The crowd, the surge from them, that’s my lasting memory of this.”
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