The UK cities bidding to host Eurovision in 2023 and where contest has been held before

Craig Hill reckons the Eurovision Song Contest WILL be held in Glasgow and has put himself forward to host it.

ITV star Lorraine Kelly has replied to fans’ pleas for her to host Eurovision 2023.The calls for Lorraine to present the song contest come after it was announced that Ukraine had agreed to transfer its hosting duties to the UK for next year.Lorraine, 62, responded to excited fans on Twitter who were keen to see the Scottish broadcaster be part of the huge-scale event.Chloe tweeted: “@reallorraine @grahnort & @ShadyLawrence as hosts if it’s Glasgow!!!”“We are poised like coiled springs,” Lorraine replied enthusiastically in view of her 709,300 followers.Another user, KSCuddd, asked: “@reallorraine @AlisonHammond @fredsirieix1 please could you present next year’s #Eurovision2023?”“Yes,” Lorraine replied, confirming once again that she would be keen for the gig.The UK is set to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year after organisers decided it could not be held in winning country Ukraine due to the ongoing war.It was chosen after the UK’s SPACEMAN singer Sam Ryder came second in this year's contest.Lead singer of 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra, Oleh Psiuk, has expressed Ukraine’s gratitude to the UK for hosting the event “in support of our country”. The winning country usually staged the following year’s competition, but the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) decided to go in a different direction after Russia's terrible invasion of Ukraine.Oleh added that he was "very sad" that Ukraine could not host the contest but he hoped it would "celebrate our beautiful, unique culture"."We, in turn, will make all efforts to help Ukraine win next year as well, so that Eurovision 2024 can take place in a peaceful country", he said.One of the hottest topics of discussion is over which UK city will be picked to host the event. Several

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Sam Ryder said on an Instagram video addressing fans in Ukraine, "It’s Ukraine’s party, we’re just inviting them to throw it at our house. " Twitter users have started to speculate and put forward which UK presenters they hope will host the much-anticipated song contest alongside some Ukrainian presenters. Some familiar names are cropping up a lot on social media, such as This Morning's cheery host Alison Hammond, or the hilarious Graham Norton, who has been doing the UK commentary for over a decade.

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Eurovision Song Contest on a tide of pro-Kyiv feeling as their warriors battle against Vladimir Putin’s invasion.Kalush Orchestra won the competition in Italy with their folk-rap combo song Stefania, with United Kingdom entrant Sam Ryder coming in second place.But while traditionally the winner hosts the next year’s competition, organisers the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has decided the event cannot be held in the war-torn country following Russia’s incursion.Instead, the UK will host the event in 2023 on behalf of Ukraine.It will be the ninth time Eurovision has taken place in the UK – more than any other country.Ukraine will still automatically qualify for the grand final alongside the so-called big five nations, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, who get a free pass because of their financial contributions to the event.The Daily Star takes a look at when the UK has held the competition before, when it has previously won and which country has been victorious the most.An English location has been chosen seven times to host Eurovision, while the Scottish capital has also been used.London has hosted Eurovision a total of four times, in 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1977.Edinburgh organised it in 1972, Brighton in 1974 and Harrogate in 1982.The UK last hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 in Birmingham following Katrina And The Waves’ victory in Dublin with Love Shine A Light the year before.The UK has won the Eurovision Song Contest five times and has come second 15 times.The first win was in 1967 with Sandie Shaw’s hit Puppet on a String, and the last was three decades later in 1997.Full list of UK Eurovision victors:Lula - Bomb-Bang-a-Bang, 1969Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me, 1976Bucks Fizz -

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Sam Ryder has shared that he is in the final stages of finishing his debut album, ‘There’s Nothing But Space, Man’. Watch our video interview with Ryder above.Speaking to NME at Truck Festival in Oxfordshire this weekend (July 24), the Eurovision singer said it was looking like the record would be finished this month, adding that it’s been an “amazing” experience.Asked what the record might sound like, he replied: “I’ll tell you next week when I finish it.

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Kalush Orchestra topping the table, it was announced earlier this month that the EBU would be looking for a different country to host the event in 2023.In a lengthy statement, EBU explained the reasons why Ukraine couldn’t host the 2023 event.

Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the UK in 2023. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC have confirmed that the famous contest will take place in the home of the runner-up of the 2022 competition on behalf of the winners, Ukraine.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K. will host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC revealed on Monday.Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 contest with the U.K.’s Sam Ryder placing second. It is customary for the winning country to host the following year’s contest, but in light of Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine, it will be held in the U.K.

The UK will officially host Eurovision 2023 and the search to find a host city to partner with is on.

The UK has officially been confirmed as the host country for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. 

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Eurovision Song Contest would be, but a Thursday night acoustic set on the Microlight Stage at Barn on the Farm, a diminutive independent music festival just outside Gloucester, must be pretty close. The stage itself is essentially a corrugated iron shed with a side missing. The crowd numbers no more than 250 people (they’re early, mind – several thousand will accumulate through the weekend), most of whom would admit to being a little cold.

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