Liverpool should prepare itself for “profound” change when it hosts next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, according to BBC Director General Tim Davie.
The head of the BBC was in Liverpool yesterday [Friday] meeting the team behind Liverpool's successful bid as plans quickly begin to take shape for next year’s showcase event. A week ago it was confirmed that Liverpool had edged out Glasgow to be host city for the contest - which is being held in the UK on behalf of Ukraine.
Asked about what got Liverpool over the line, Mr Davie said the joint judging panel, which included the European Broadcast Union (EBU), saw little between the two city’s “outstanding bids”, but Liverpool had the “marginal” edge. Mr Davie told the ECHO: “The soul of Liverpool, the history, this is a place that can rightly claim to be where pop music came from. There's an energy and a warmth, there's a character about this place which is also an important factor.”
