Sam Ryder kept his cards close to his chest on which city he wants to host Eurovision next year, during an interview on Good Morning Britain just days after naming Glasgow and Manchester as his favourites.
The fact that the United Kingdom is getting to stage the world famous event in 2023 is in no small part down to Sam, after he exceeded many people's expectations by taking his track Space Man all the way to second place at this year's contest in Turin.
Ukraine took the Eurovision crown this year with Kalush Orchestra but,. given what has gone on in the country this year with Russia's invasion, it was decided that they wouldn't host next year's contest. Instead the BBC has picked up the mantle for the UK with Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield on the shortlist of seven cities in the running to do the honours.
