This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is almost upon us and the excitement is truly building. The 2023 event will be hosted in Liverpool on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine and there are expected to be plenty of surprises and celebrations along the way.
It will mark the first time the UK has hosted the Eurovision since Birmingham in 1998, and comes after the UK came second at last year’s event with Sam Ryder’s ‘Spaceman’. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Winners Ukraine have been unable to host this year’s event due to the ongoing Russian invasion.
This year’s Grand Final will get underway on May 13 but before that there will be two semi-finals to help decide who will be competing for the trophy at the end of the contest.
The two semi-finals will be hosted by Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon, with Rylan and Scott Mills taking on commentating duties.
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