As soon as it was announced that Eurovision 2023 would be hosted by the BBC, it was inevitable that Liverpool would throw its hat into the ring. As a city with such a great muscial pedigree, we were the obvious choice, right?
Maybe not. Even my most ardent Eurovision pals were sceptical of our bid. “It’ll be in Glasgow,” they all said, whenever I dared to dream of a Eurovision on the banks of the River Mersey. When the bids were narrowed down and Liverpool was in the final two, a lot of people seemed to be surprised that we had even made it that far.
And then, on Friday night, the final announcement came…
Liverpool chosen to host the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held in the UK for 25 yearshttps://t.co/JsvWl85A0q pic.twitter.com/a0kjpZ1yap
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 7, 2022