Craig Hill wants to host the Eurovision Song Contest if it's held in Glasgow
dailyrecord.co.ukCraig Hill reckons the Eurovision Song Contest WILL be held in Glasgow and has put himself forward to host it.Glasgow city council have already opened up informal talks about putting on the event after the show’s organisers decided the event could not be held in the winning country, Ukraine, due to the ongoing war following Russia’s invasion.Ukraine’s entrant Kalush Orchestra won this year’s contest in May in a symbolic show of public support, while the UK’s Sam Ryder came second for the UK, the country’s best result since 1998.Eurovison chiefs have now asked the BBC to show the 2023 event and Glasgow is the bookies favourite although there are another 15 city's who have joined the race including Aberdeen, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Belfast and Cardiff.Glasgow and the OVO Hydro ticks all the boxes with the city hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the MTV Europe Music Awards the same year and the MOBO Awards in 2009.The Hydro was named the world’s second busiest concert venue in 2019 behind New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Eurovision megafan Craig Hill reckons it will take place in Glasgow next year – at the Hydro – and has put himself up for hosting it.The kilted comic from East Kilbride is a regular audience member at Eurovision and was in Italy’s Turin when Ukraine won.He said: “I really do think it’s going to be at the Hydro and it seems like all the fans do as well.
I would host Eurovision in a shot!“If it ends up there Glasgow will be a great host city!”Like Glasgow he has competition to be the host with names in the running including Graham Norton, who has been the commenting on Eurovision for the UK since 2009, Rylan Clark, This Morning's Alison Hammond and news presenter Huw Edwards saying he'd like to do
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