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Liverpool will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

2022-10-07T21:03:16.526Z


Because of the war in Ukraine, Great Britain is stepping in as the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. In the end, two cities came into question as venues. The BBC chose the home of the Beatles.


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Eurovision Song Contest 2022 trophy: Liverpool celebrate hosting next year

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The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) will be held in Liverpool in the north of England next year.

"It's Liverpool, May 13th," announced Graham Norton on Friday, who presents the international music competition for the British broadcaster BBC.

The first semi-final will take place on May 9th and the second on May 11th.

In 2023, Britain will step in as the host country for Ukraine, which won the competition this year with the Kalush Orchestra.

Originally, 20 British cities had applied to host the event, with Liverpool and the Scottish city of Glasgow recently competing.

"We did it," wrote Joanne Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool, on Twitter.

The Beatles once started their career in Liverpool.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood also came from the northern English city.

Thanks to overwhelming support from the audience, the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the ESC final in Turin, Italy in May with their song "Stefania".

Briton Sam Ryder came in second.

Germany was last.

The winning country is usually the host of the ESC in the following year.

Because of the Russian war of aggression, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) does not want to organize the next ESC in Ukraine for security reasons.

The Ukrainian government initially opposed the cancellation, but was not able to assert its objections.

The EBU had been in talks with the BBC since June.

In July, Britain agreed to step in as alternate host.

However, Ukraine is automatically set for the final.

The Ukrainian government approved a UK-hosted event that has a strong Ukrainian flavor.

Great Britain has already hosted the ESC eight times, including four times in London alone, but also in Edinburgh, Brighton and Harrogate and most recently in 1998 in Birmingham.

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Source: spiegel

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