Sirs Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi reprise Vicious roles in Eurovision Song Contest comedy skit 

Sirs Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi made a brief appearance in tonight\'s Eurovision final in Stockholm, Sweden. The two veteran actors performed in a brief pre-recorded comedy sketch, as part of the interval entertainment.

Stockholm, as host, is determined to prove it does not take Eurovision too seriously, after last year’s show in Vienna, hosted by Conchita, which was light on comedy and heavy on bombast.

Sir Ian and Sir Derek reprise their roles from Vicious, the sitcom, which featured them as two old, gay and bitchy flat mates. 

They are seen watching the show on a sofa. Sir Ian asks how the long broadcast has been been going on for and Sir Derek answers: “five minutes”.

Sir Ian moans: “This feels like longest night of my life”. 

It received a very big laugh from the audience at Friday night\'s Jury Final at the Ericsson Globe arena.

The sketch is very brief but one of a number of comedy fillers.

Wait! Was that Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi on Eurovision?!

That Ian McKellen thing was bloody random #eurovision

— ⬇Top tweet as always (@gxzs) May 14, 2016

Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi utterly wasting their acting skills? #Eurovision is glorious.

Sir Ian McKellen was the highlight of this year's Eurovision 😆

— jojos euro adventure (@stroheims) May 14, 2016

Wish we'd entered Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi singing a song from a show or light operetta #Eurovision

WHAT NUMBER DO I CALL TO VOTE FOR SIR IAN MCKELLEN #Eurovision

The highlight of the interval entertainment is probably not Justin Timberlake’s cynical, if slick, plug for his latest film, but a very good parody of what makes the perfect Eurovision hit, performed by Mans Zelmerlöw, the host (and last year’s winner) and his co-host Petra Mede. Namely, clunky key changes, grannies baking bread, sexy milk maids, ludicrous local musical instruments, overblown drummers, men running around hamster wheels, wind machines and lyrics about “love, love, peace, peace and love for everybody.”

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