The UK is hosting Eurovision next year on behalf of Ukraine.
Ukraine won the event this year and should be welcoming the world to Kiev in 2023 but sadly this has been deemed not possible because of the Russian invasion. The UK is stepping in after it finished second in this year's contest with artist Sam Ryder.
Ahead of the host city being announced, Liverpool released some details of its planned cultural programme, which would begin months before the actual song contest next May.
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At the core of this will be a major programme of artist exchange and co-production between Ukrainian and Liverpool-based artists.
Working specifically with its sister city Odesa and their creative community, Liverpool's bid aims to 'deliver an extraordinary celebration of Ukrainian culture' that will shine a spotlight on the country and also create a major community outreach programme across the city.
On Friday (October 7), Graham Norton announced on BBC's The One Show that Liverpool will host the singing competition in 2023. It came after a shortlist was whittled down to just Glasgow and Liverpool.
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