Graham Norton has denied that plans are afoot for him to replace Terry Wogan as the host for the Eurovision Song Contest next year..

The Cork comic dismissed such talk as "just rumours" and insisted that no one had spoken to him about it.

He added: "Its a really hard gig to take over from Terry because he is genius at it and has made it his own.

"I think they are changing the voting a bit next year so I'm sure he'll be back."

So far Terry has made no official announcement on his participation.

News about the involvement of juries in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest is expected to break within days according to industry insiders.

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