NDR veteran Peter Urban will host the ESC for the last time in 2023. The Hamburg native has been leading the European singing competition since 1997.
The ESC 2023 in Liverpool on May 13 will be the farewell to the international music show. NDR program director Frank Beckmann praised Urban in the highest tones: "His contributions are insightful, knowledgeable, dry, to the point – and to the cult of Eurovision" Jan Böhmermann harshly criticizes NDR and Urban – "It breaks your heart"