Page 821 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book

Ellie-Mae Davies

Impact’s Ellie-Mae Davies outlines the reasons that led to the UK holding
the next Eurovision despite not winning and how Liverpool was chosen

as the city to host.

THE UK WILL HOST IN HONOUR OF UKRAINE AND

AIM TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF THE
COUNTRY

Last year’s Eurovision contest saw the success of the Kalush Orchestra
from Ukraine with their performance of Stefania They were majorly
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favoured by the European public and accumulated a staggering 468
points. The country’s success meant that Ukraine was due to host the

competition this upcoming year, as by Eurovision tradition. However,

due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, it was decided by
Eurovision organisers that it would not be safe for the country to host

the competition this year. Therefore, officially announced on 25 July
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2022, the location of Eurovision 2023 had to change. In aid of Ukraine’s

circumstances, they will immediately proceed to the final and the UK
will host in honour of Ukraine and aim to celebrate the success of

the country.
Sam Ryder achieved second place in last year’s competition with his

song Space Man . This was the first time that the UK had come that close
to winning the competition since 1997 when Katrina and the Waves

achieved first place. As runner up, it was announced that the UK would

host the competition in 2023.
There was a total of 7 cities considered to host the competition

including: Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester,
Newcastle, Sheffield. The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and the

BBC judged each of the cities on their hosting capabilities such as
seating capacities since the competition typically would hold up

to 10,000 people. Liverpool and Glasgow became the final two cities in

the running until it was decided on 7 October that Liverpool will be
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hosting.