Newcastle's bid to stage the Eurovision Song Contest next year has been given a big boost by a glowing appraisal online which champions the city and the people in it.
A few weeks have now passed since it was confirmed that Newcastle had made the shortlist of potential UK host cities, after it was decided that the Ukraine wouldn't do the honours and the BBC agreed to take the event on for the United Kingdom, with Sam Ryder having finished second behind the Kalush Orchestra in Turin in May.
Newcastle made the cut alongside Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield and, while Glasgow remains the overwhelming favourite with bookies to get the Eurovision gig, Newcastle is clearly a place many people would love to see get the opportunity. And it's the subject of a very enthusiastic post on the contest's official Facebook page.
