By James Hibbs

Published: Tuesday, 27 September 2022 at 12:00 am


With Eurovision officially coming to the UK next year, it’s been revealed that the competition will be hosted in one of two cities: Glasgow or Liverpool.

The shortlist of potential host cities was revealed in August and was then made up of seven locations, five of which – Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield – have now been knocked out of the running.

In a statement, Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest, said: “The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) would like to warmly thank all the seven British cities that put so much effort and enthusiasm into their bids to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. We very much appreciate their cooperation and the quality and creativity of all the bids received.

“The Eurovision Song Contest is the most complex TV production in the world with very specific logistical requirements to accommodate around 40 delegations and thousands of crew, volunteers, press and fans.”

And then there were two…

We can now reveal that #Eurovision 2023 will be hosted in either Glasgow or Liverpool ????

Learn all about the final two here: https://t.co/NNzZP97Ml6 pic.twitter.com/lxtwMYO6Ac

— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) September 27, 2022