This year Liverpool will be hosting Eurovision Song Contest in May after completing for the major pop culture event against a number of other UK cities.
The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has meant that last year’s winners of the continental contest are unable to host the 2023 competition. As a result of coming second with Sam Ryder’s Spaceman winning over the voting public, the BBC confirmed the UK would step in to provide a host on behalf of Ukraine for Eurovision in the summer.
After a 20-city battle, with lots of public lobbying and jostling for position, music was confirmed, unlike football, to be coming home and Liverpool was named host of the competition for 2023 in October.
