Newcastle faces competition from major cities across the UK in its bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest.
The city council has been working on preparing a bid, as revealed by ChronicleLive and the BBC earlier this month, in anticipation of the UK being chosen to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of 2022 winners, Ukraine.
Eurovision, the European Broadcast Union and BBC confirmed the UK will hold next year's contest. Now the focus turns to which city will be chosen.
