“This contest has impressed me for a few years,” he stated. “I have in truth taken one of the most songs and carried out them at the ice.”
Weir will probably be website hosting and offering remark for the semi-finals and finals, streaming solely on Peacock in the United States.
He is used to operating with NBC, Peacock’s father or mother corporate, offering remark for determine skating competitions. Weir is gliding into his Eurovision tasks, which get started Tuesday.
“I do know for some folks could be a unusual bounce to place a determine skating commentator at the Eurovision track contest, however that is completely simple peasy, natural,” he stated. “I am one of these large fan that I am simply going to be queening out the entire time with everyone else at house.”
The yearly pageant pits singers, who should carry out are living, from collaborating international locations towards each and every different and has grow to be a world phenomena.
Audience from collaborating broadcasters can vote for his or her favourite track, however now not for their very own nation. There may be a jury of pros. Votes from the pro juries and audience are then mixed to issue into the performers rating.
Well-known previous winners come with the gang ABBA and singer Celine Dion.
Weir loves the pageantry, politics and showmanship of Eurovision.
He stated he believes one of the poignant moments on this yr’s pageant goes to come back from the the folk-rap band Kalush Orchestra, who’re representing Ukraine which is recently combating towards Russian profession.
“I believe the message that the artists from Ukraine are sending is we are right here, we are robust and we’re Ukraine,” Weir stated. “They are acting with conventional Ukrainian tools with conventional Ukrainian costuming.”
“The track used to be initially created for the [one of the ]artist’s mom,” he added. “And it is now grow to be a track that suggests such a lot to the whole thing of Ukraine and to each Ukrainian mom going thru those darkish instances.”
Whilst this can be a Ecu pageant, Weir guarantees that American citizens observing will discover a contestant to root for.
He stated he is partial once a year to the access from Norway, as he “is Norwegian by means of blood,” whilst additionally pulling for Iceland, and, this yr, Ukraine.
Weir has been following the contest for the reason that starting and stated he is going to take a look at to withstand the urge to sing alongside.
“They’re turning my mic off all through the true performances, so perhaps I will sing a alongside,” he stated, guffawing.
The primary semi-final occurs Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET. The 2d semi-final is Thursday at p.m. ET, adopted by means of the grand last at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday,
