November 19th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Terry Wogan has admitted that he would like Ann Widdecombe to quit Strictly Come Dancing.
Despite being the lowest scored contestant on the BBC show, Widdecombe has never been placed in the bottom two and is extremely popular with the public.
Wogan has now pleaded with the former Tory MP to follow the example of John Sergeant, who withdrew from the show in 2008 when it became clear that he stood a good chance of making it as far as the final.
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July 29th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
TV veteran Terry Wogan has admitted that he is compelled to watch Strictly Come Dancing but only to make sure Bruce Forsyth is still alive.
The former Eurovision presenter calls the BBC reality TV show “must-see” telly – but for the wrong reason.
Wogan told Radio Times: “I have to watch Strictly Come Dancing, of course, because one does worry so for Bruce.”
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July 28th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Veteran Eurovision presenter Terry Wogan has said that he loved Graham Norton’s coverage this year.
Terry Werry bulgy pants told the Radio Times he thought the contest was “a spectacular show without a flaw in it”.
Terry stepped down from the show after the 2008 contest in Belgrade, where the UK’s entrant Andy Abrahams finished last. He felt the voting system was flawed and biased.
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July 5th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Sir Terry Wogan has hit out at cheap, modern TV shows saying that programming has deteriorated over the last fifty years. Terry is also unimpressed with the language of TV chefs like Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay.
Wogan told the Sunday Mirror: “Television has changed. It’s not what it was like 50 years ago. Light entertainment is no longer the expensive quality that it used to be. It’s all quiz games, reality TV and talk shows.
“Talk shows these days are just cheap TV. In the same way that reality TV is cheap television that humiliates people.
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May 26th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
Sir Terry Wogan has revealed that he is considering leaving his role as Eurovision’s commentator because he thinks the votes show that it’s “no longer a music contest”.
Sir Terry who has been the Eurovision commentator since the 1970′s said “Russia were going to be the political winners from the beginning” as Eurovision 2008 came to an end.
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