He’s been the United Kingdom’s beloved commentator of Eurovision since 2009 and has seen all kinds of Eurovision entries and winning songs. Now Graham Norton has weighed in on the 2017 Dutch act O’G3NE, with praise for the sisters’ tight vocal harmonies.

While promoting his first novel Holding, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf asked Norton what he thought about O’G3NE’s participation in Eurovision 2017. He pointed out the great vocal capability of the group:

In the ten years that I’ve been doing Eurovision, I haven’t seen that on the stage — a female, close-harmony group. I mean, those girls are great!

He revealed that when he first listened to O’G3NE, he did not know they were the Dutch Eurovision act. He’d had them recommended and was impressed by what he heard.

In the Netherlands, however, the expectations about O’G3NE have been mixed. Some expect a lot from the group and others think the participation of the trio will be a disaster.

About O’G3NE’s chance of winning, Norton was mixed:

The great thing about Eurovision is that you can never second-guess it. I think right now, those girls have got a lot of traction … So right now they’re very hot, but by the time March comes around, who knows. There could be a new Conchita. Every Eurovision, a story captures people’s imagination.

O’G3NE were revealed at the end of October as the Dutch representatives, after a lot of rumours and finger-pointing in their direction. Their R&B style is different than the folk/country sound broadcaster AVROTROS was keen on in recent years. O’G3NE will follow in the footsteps of Serebro, Fennimen and Frizzle Sizzle as a girl group at the Eurovision stage. Their song will be revealed at a later date.

Do you think Graham Norton was right saying that? Let us know in the comments below!

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Daron
6 years ago

Hello, you used to write magnificent, but the last few posts have been kinda boring… I miss your great writings. Past few posts are just a little out of track! come on!

Sicilianbear
Sicilianbear
7 years ago

I might be pushing it here
But I much prefer “Magic” to the song that has been chosen
And does anyone remember ‘Wilson Philips’ if not look them up
I don’t like this song it doesn’t go anywhere it stays pretty much the same all the way through.

eurana
eurana
7 years ago

They remember the Dutch famous band at 70’s, Pussycat. They sang the international hit Mississipi among others.

fikri
fikri
7 years ago

he may say these girls as great, however watch as graham tear them into shreds come may 2017.

Jonas
Jonas
7 years ago

Well, he’s the UK commentator so why shouldn’t his commentary be UK-centric?

mocosuburbian
mocosuburbian
7 years ago

ok I guess it’s 2 if you count Hovig but who remembers that

mocosuburbian
mocosuburbian
7 years ago

I don’t know if I give credence to Graham Norton’s opinions (most of his Eurovision commentary I think is shallow and really UK-centric) but yeah I guess the Netherlands is looking pretty good out of a field of 1 country 😛

R+
R+
7 years ago

Well, actually they are really hot

DenizNL
DenizNL
7 years ago

Now that is sweet!