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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Christopher Megrath

UK set to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 if Ukraine drops out

The UK is tipped to take over the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 if Ukraine is unable to perform its duties as host.

The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest typically hosts the show the following year but news has emerged the BBC will organise the event next year if Ukraine is unable to do so. Jose Manuel Perez Tornero, the president of Spain’s state broadcaster RTVE, said the United Kingdom may very well be on its way to presenting the 2023 broadcast in a recent newspaper interview.

Speaking to Far Di Vigo, he said: "We don’t want to be left with the mirage of a good result. We are going to go out to win next time. We were also interested in organising 2023 Eurovision. But if Ukraine resigns, it will be the BBC that organises it."

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