LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The northern English metropolis of Liverpool will host the 2023 Eurovision Tune Contest, on behalf of this yr’s winners Ukraine as a result of ongoing battle there.
Liverpool edged out the opposite candidate, Glasgow, as host metropolis in a draw held stay on BBC tv on Friday.
Spectators watch the ultimate of the 2022 Eurovision Tune Contest in Turin, Italy, Could 14, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Whereas decades-long custom dictates that the winner of the competition will get to host it the next yr, the European Broadcasting Union had mentioned security and safety causes meant runners-up Britain have been as a substitute invited to host.
The BBC will stage the occasion, which usually attracts a tv viewers of near 200 million and was final held in Britain in 1998. Ukraine will routinely qualify to the grand closing of the competitors, the EBU mentioned.
Britain’s entry to this yr’s Eurovision contest in Italy in Could got here second behind Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, which rode a wave of public assist to assert an emotional victory.
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