Liverpool and Glasgow will host the next Eurovision Song Contest

David Galvan

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Liverpool and Glasgow will host the next Eurovision Song Contest

Finally, and despite the desire of the President of Ukraine Volodímir Zelenski that the next edition of Eurovision be held in the city of Mariúpol, the European Broadcasting Union -responsible for the contest- decided that the country would not be in a position to host an event of these characteristics in 2023 due to logistical problems and lack of security.

In July it was confirmed that seven UK cities were vying to host instead despite the fact that the last time the competition was held in Turin it was the Ukrainian representative, the Kalush Orchestra, who came away with a landslide victory. .

As it is known now, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield have been left out of the competition, so the options are reduced to two: Liverpool and Glasgow.

“Thank you to the seven UK cities that have shown the enthusiasm and passion for Eurovision that exists across the UK,” said Phil Harrold, chairman of the BBC’s selection committee. “We have been very impressed with the quality and creativity of all the city bids in a highly competitive field. The Eurovision Song Contest is a very complex event and Liverpool and Glasgow have the strongest bid. We will continue our discussions with them to determine which will be the final host city.

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Glasgow, Scotland’s most populous city, has the added bonus of being the hometown of 1969 pageant winner Lulu and first runner-up Scott Fitzgerald, who fell short of Celine Dion in 1988. From the point of view of From a purely logistical point of view, it has the OVO Hydro venue with a capacity of 14,300 people and was used to simulate the exterior of the stadium where Will Ferrell performed in the film ‘Eurovision: The Saga of the History of Fire’.

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