LONDON -The northern English metropolis of Liverpool will host the 2023 Eurovision Music Contest, on behalf of this yr’s winners Ukraine because of the ongoing battle there.
Liverpool edged out the opposite candidate, Glasgow, as host metropolis in a draw held reside on BBC tv on Friday.
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 mechanically qualify to the grand ultimate of the competitors, the EBU mentioned.
Britain’s entry to this yr’s Eurovision contest in Italy in Might got here second behind Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, which rode a wave of public help to say an emotional victory.
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