Liverpool is one of several UK cities to register interest in hosting next year's Eurovision song contest.
It was announced on Thursday that the BBC is in talks with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to potentially host next year's contest in the UK after it was decided that it would not be safe to hold the event in Ukraine because of Russia's ongoing invasion of the country.
At this year's contest, UK entrant Sam Ryder topped the jury vote, but ultimately came second to Ukraine rap-folk band, Kalush Orchestra, who secured an emotional victory in Turin. Whilst the winning country is typically asked to host the following year's event, the EBU said that it had carried out a study with Ukrainian state broadcaster UA:PBC and external specialists, amid the conflict, confirming that the "security and operational guarantees" required to host the event cannot be fulfilled in the war-torn country.
