Peter Urban has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time after 26 years. The touched fans say goodbye, but are already eyeing two promising successors.
For many German-speaking Eurovision Song Contest fans, a new era begins immediately. ESC legend Peter Urban has commented on the music competition for the last time after 26 years of hosting in 2023. The fans say goodbye in touching Twitter messages.
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“Thank you for 25 years of ESC,” is often said there in a wide variety of variations. Urban had hosted the show since 1997 and only suspended in 2009 due to illness. “I can’t imagine it any other way,” writes one fan, while another laments the “end of an era.” Another viewer even calls for Germany to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest for a few years after Urban’s departure.
Thank you for 25 years of ESC, dear Peter Urban. ️ ESC2023 Eurovision pic.twitter.com/tuENBv8nUc
– Frau Klenk (@Zeitgeist_84) May 13, 2023
I’ve been watching ESC for as long as Peter Urban has been commenting on it. I don’t know any other way and can’t imagine it any other way.
Thanks for everything over the last 25 years. pic.twitter.com/gqFq8jLDQn
– N. (@sanktnils) May 13, 2023
For some ESC enthusiasts, the succession of the presenter is already settled. Several refer with pleasure to the ranking of the German Twitter trends, in which “JanPrixOlliVision” was at times far ahead. Behind this is the alternative ESC moderation of TV veterans Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz on the Austrian station FM4.
