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Rylan Clark-Neal has had to pull out of presenting the Eurovision semi-final on the BBC on Tuesday night, due to illness.
The presenter, 32, was set to host BBC Four s coverage for the semi-finals on Tuesday and Thursday alongside Scott Mills and Chelcee Grimes - but he will appear on Thursday s show via a pre-recorded video link.
But Sara Cox, 46, revealed she was stepping in as Rylan s replacement during her BBC Radio 2 show on Monday night, ahead of the Eurovision final set to take place on May 22.
Under the weather: Rylan Clark-Neal has had to pull out of presenting the Eurovision semi-final on the BBC on Tuesday night, due to illness (pictured last year)
Eurovision 2021 host Rylan Clark-Neal grills UK hopeful James Newman in Line Of Duty parody dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Compston fans will be able to see him again soon in the forthcoming thriller Vigil which was filmed and is set in Scotland aboard a nuclear submarine.
In addition to the weekend series finale of Line of Duty, Compston took part in an online SNP rally for the Scottish Parliament elections.
He joined fellow high-profile SNP supporters, including actors Brian Cox and Alan Cumming, the star crime writer Val McDermid and Mogwai frontman Stuart Braithwaite.
DI Kate Fleming, played by Vicky McClure, and Martin Compston as DI Steve Arnott in the BBC drama Line of Duty (BBC/World Production/Steffan Hill)