Marcus Wratten

East London, London

Senior Entertainment Reporter at PinkNews

Award-losing journo & senior entertainment reporter. Words in @pinknews @theipaper @bigissue @myldn @gigwise. Ms Trunchbull stan. he/him 🏳️‍🌈

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Non-binary Eurovision winner Nemo condemns Pride flag ban

6 hours ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Eurovision winner Nemo has said that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the Eurovision Song Contest, is not taking its “responsibility” towards LGBTQ+ people seriously by enforcing rules banning Pride flags. Last month, it was confirmed that this year’s Eurovision contestants and their delegates will be banned from bringing any flag that isn’t the flag of the country they are representing into any official Eurovision event.
These two countries are currently the ‘most likely’ to win Eurovision 2025

8 hours ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Updated Eurovision Song Contest 2025 betting odds indicate that this year the legendary singing competition will see two specific countries duel it out for victory. Eurovision 2025 is upon us, his time in Basel, Switzerland, following on from the historic victory from non-binary star Nemo and their song “The Code” in 2024.
Czechia's first out queer Eurovision star prefers 'old-school' romance

9 hours ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Czechia’s Eurovision 2025 star ADONXS has explained the queer inspiration behind his stage name, and revealed how he prefers to meet a man for a “Kiss Kiss Goodbye”. ADONXS, real name Adam Pavlovčin, is the first out LGBTQ+ artist to represent Czechia at the Eurovision Song Contest (last year’s representative, Aiko, came out as bisexual earlier this month), and it appears his queerness has informed much of his act.
Eurovision's ADONXS inspired by queer clubs and 'masc and femme energy'

9 hours ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Czechia’s Eurovision star ADONXS has explained the queer inspiration behind his stage name, and revealed how he prefers to meet a man for a “Kiss Kiss Goodbye”. ADONXS, real name Adam Pavlovčin, is the first out LGBTQ+ artist to represent Czechia at the Eurovision Song Contest (last year’s representative, Aiko, came out as bisexual earlier this month), and it appears his queerness has informed much of his act.
These gay stars will do best and worst on Celebrity Traitors according to fans

11 hours ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

The Traitors UK fans are having their say on which of the stars on the upcoming inaugural season of The Celebrity Traitors UK will fare the best and worst, and it’s good (and bad!) luck for the LGBTQ+ players.
Remember Monday reflect on how The Voice prepared them for Eurovision

12 hours ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Before becoming the UK’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, country-tinged pop girlband Remember Monday were blowing the judges away on The Voice UK. While Remember Monday’s biggest ever stage will undoubtedly be at the Eurovision semi-final tonight (15 May) and the grand final on Saturday (17 May), where they will perform to 160 million viewers worldwide, the group are no strangers to a little attention.
Overcompensating star was 'worried' about Charli XCX cameo

3 days ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Benito Skinner, aka Benny Drama, aka the queer comedian behind new queer comedy series Overcompensating, has explained why he was initially hesitant about Charli XCX making a guest appearance in the show. In March, the first teaser trailer for Skinner’s new Prime Video show Overcompensating arrived, teasing a storyline about closeted college student Benny (Skinner) going to extreme lengths to fit in with the school’s super-masc jocks.
Patrick Wolf on grief, gay men in music and his big comeback

3 days ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

A cursory Google of singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf will offer the first suggested query: “What happened to Patrick Wolf?”“I find that so hilarious,” beams Patrick Wolf, a supposedly missing man, yet sat staring at me in an off-white vest top with slicked back bleach blonde hair via Zoom from his home on the Kent coast, where he moved post lockdown.
Hollyoaks' vital new storyline reflects 'hostile world' for trans people

3 days ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Hollyoaks’ “extraordinary” transgender youth mental health storyline is reflective of the “general hostile world for trans people”, one of the show’s writers has explained. Since last year, the British soap has navigated a story following Ro Hutchinson (played by Ava Webster), a 13-year-old teen who decided to begin socially transitioning.
Pedro Pascal's sister Lux stars in trailer for trans film Miss Carbón

6 days ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

The compelling trailer for Lux Pascal’s new true-life transgender drama film Miss Carbón has landed. Lux Pascal, sister of The Last of Us heartthrob and major trans ally Pedro Pascal, stars in the Spanish-language drama as lead character Carlita, the first female miner in a region of Argentina where women are forbidden from working the mines.