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Kate Lally

Liverpool finalist city to host Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the UK in 2023, in place of Ukraine.

Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester made a previous shortlist of potential cities to host Eurovision in 2023 in place of Ukraine. But five of these cities have now been taken out of the running.

Ukrainian entry Kalush Orchestra triumphed at the 2022 competition in Turin, Italy, but the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which produces the annual event, decided the show cannot be held in the country following Russia's invasion.

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