The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be held in Liverpool, the press service of the contest reports.
“The EBU and the BBC are delighted to announce that Liverpool has been selected as the host city of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest following a competitive selection process,” the post reads.
The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will take place at the Liverpool Arena on Saturday, May 13, and the semi-finals on May 9 and 11.
The BBC, together with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is organizing this event in coordination with the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne.
Simultaneously with the announcement of the host city, the EBU released the official Eurovision 2023 logo, which features the Ukrainian flag.
The logo design reflects that while the contest will be held in the UK, it will be held on behalf of Ukraine, the winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
“It is symbolic that the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be held in Liverpool, Odessa’s sister city. The organization of a competition of this level makes super high demands. I am sure that the city, recognized as the capital of pop music, will welcome them in the best way and present a music festival that will amaze both delegation, and fans of Eurovision,” commented the results of the selection of the head of the board “Suspilny” Nikolay Chernotitsky.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss also congratulated Liverpool on winning the qualifier.
“Huge congratulations to Liverpool for being chosen to host Eurovision 2023. A welcoming city with a rich musical heritage, Liverpool will put on an unforgettable show dedicated to Ukraine’s rich culture and creativity,” Truss tweeted.
In turn, the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko also expressed confidence that Liverpool will do an excellent job of holding the competition.
“I welcome the decision of the BBC to elect the city to host Eurovision 2023. I am sure that Liverpool will do an excellent job of holding such a large-scale holiday and reflect the traditions and characteristics of Ukraine in it,” Tkachenko wrote in his Telegram channel.
The Cabinet of Ministers has created an organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the Eurovision 2023 international song contest in Ukraine.
As the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk said in the Telegram channel, the corresponding decision was made at a government meeting on Friday.
In particular, an organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 in Ukraine was created and its composition was approved.
As reported, the Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra with the song Stefania won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin (Italy). Thus, Ukraine received the right to host the competition next year.
Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko believes that Ukraine will be able to host Eurovision 2023 at the highest level.
“The organization of such a large-scale forum is neither easy nor cheap, but Ukraine already has experience, we hosted Eurovision twice. Therefore, I have no doubts that we will do everything at the highest level,” Tkachenko said on the air of the national telethon on Sunday afternoon.
As for the possible venue for Eurovision 2023 in Ukraine, the minister noted that both the city of Mariupol and the city of Kalush would be symbolic, like many other cities, but it is too early to talk about it.
“Several European ministers of culture wrote to me, who congratulated me on the victory … and offered assistance in organizing Eurovision,” Tkachenko added.
As reported, on the night of May 15, the Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra with the song Stefania won the International Song Contest Eurovision 2022 in Turin (Italy).
