Eurovision 2023: Catherine Tate to announce results of UK national jury

Actress Catherine Tate volition uncover the UK jury's favourite Eurovision acts during Saturday's final.

As the authoritative UK Eurovision Song Contest spokesperson, she volition denote the UK results erstwhile the televoting model has closed.

"It's precise breathtaking to beryllium announcing the iconic 'douze points' astatine Eurovision," the Bafta-winner said.

She added, jokingly: "It's conscionable a ft successful the doorway truly arsenic adjacent twelvemonth I anticipation to beryllium the UK entrant!"

Tate is champion known for playing Nan, her much-loved comic instauration successful The Catherine Tate Show, arsenic good arsenic Donna successful Doctor Who - a relation she volition reprise for the sci-fi show's forthcoming 60th anniversary.

She volition present the results of the UK's nationalist assemblage unrecorded from the Liverpool Arena erstwhile telephone lines adjacent for voting connected Saturday.

It volition beryllium the archetypal clip the spokesperson has done truthful unrecorded from the arena connected the night.

She follows successful the footsteps of erstwhile spokespeople similar AJ Odudu, Nigella Lawson and Mel Giedroyc, arsenic good arsenic Richard Osman and Lorriane Kelly.

The Eurovision expansive last volition beryllium broadcast connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 20:00 BST connected Saturday.

Later this year, Tate volition prima successful caller BBC One drama bid called Queen of Oz.