The UK is ready to host the Eurovision Tune Contest subsequent 12 months on behalf of Ukraine, the BBC has confirmed.
In a press release, the broadcaster mentioned: "It's a matter of nice remorse that our colleagues and associates in Ukraine are usually not in a position to host the 2023 Eurovision Tune Contest.
"Being requested to host the biggest and most complicated music competitors on the earth is a good privilege."
Organisers of the occasion determined that it couldn't be held within the profitable nation as a result of ongoing battle following Russia's invasion. For the reason that UK have been runners up, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) opened talks with the BBC about the place to carry the competition subsequent 12 months.
Nonetheless, it isn't but recognized which metropolis will host the glittering occasion however cities together with Glasgow and Manchester have expressed an curiosity.
The EBU mentioned in a press release: "Following the choice that, regrettably, subsequent 12 months’s occasion couldn't be held in Ukraine for security and safety causes the EBU explored quite a lot of choices with the profitable broadcaster. On account of discussions, the BBC, as runner up within the 2022 Contest, was invited by the EBU to behave as Host Broadcaster for the 67th Eurovision Tune Contest.
“We’re exceptionally grateful that the BBC has accepted to stage the Eurovision Tune Contest within the UK in 2023,” mentioned Martin Österdahl, the Eurovision Tune Contest’s Govt Supervisor. “The BBC has taken on internet hosting duties for different profitable international locations on 4 earlier events. Persevering with on this custom of solidarity, we all know that subsequent 12 months’s Contest will showcase the creativity and ability of one in every of Europe’s most skilled public broadcasters while guaranteeing this 12 months’s winners, Ukraine, are celebrated and represented all through the occasion.”
The UK had their greatest Eurovision in years in 2022, with Sam Ryder's Spaceman coming in second to Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra. Together with the Huge 5, Ukraine will mechanically qualify. Bids for host metropolis will open this week.
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