Liverpool has released a video to promote its bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 next May.
Liverpool City Council has today released a promotional video to promote its candidacy to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The video sets out the city’s bid and highlights its musical heritage, culture, and embrace of the world. Liverpool alongside all other cities bidding to host the contest has also highlighted its links to Ukraine and refugees who have been welcomed to the city.
The city is known globally as the birthplace of the Beatles, as well as music events such as Africa Oyé, Liverpool International Music Festival and Sound City. The city is home to just under 500,000 people and is known for its iconic music venues and cultural events.
Along with Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield, Liverpool is one of the seven cities shortlisted to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest alongside last year’s winner Ukraine.
How will the host city for Eurovision 2023 be selected?
The cities in the running to host Eurovision 2023 next May are:
The decision regarding where the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be held is expected to be made this autumn when the bidding process is completed. According to the BBC, the UK government may be consulted beforehand, but it will be the BBC and the EBU who will determine the host city.
The 2023 contest will be the first contest since 1979 in which the winning nation was unable to host the following contest. It is the sixth occasion overall on which a different country has hosted after the original host nation was unable to, following the Netherlands in 1960, France in 1963, Monaco in 1972, Luxembourg in 1974, Israel in 1980 and Ukraine in 2023. The 2023 contest will also extend the United Kingdom’s record of hosting Eurovision to nine times.
Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song “Stefania”. It was Ukraine’s third victory in the contest’s history.
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