The winner is the winner ukraine won with 631 points, beating sam ryder s 466. And here they are, ukraine, the winner. Congratulations, guys. A growing political crisis meant 2023s contest couldnt be hosted in ukraine. I hand you the trophy, lift it up. You deserve it and if you want to Say Something this is the moment. Thank you so much. Thank you for supporting ukraine. This victory is for every ukrainian. | cheering this is the story of how eurovision came to the uk. Being in that arena and witnessing that energy. This tangible energy of light. Its incredible. Ukrainians and key have watched and celebrated at home, a country that had changed for ever. Today we are live in ukraine as russia invades in a Major Military assault by land, sea and air. Screaming in february 2022, the world woke up to the news that russia was doing the unthinkable, invading their country. Since then, people have been forced to leave their homes. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives. And th
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through the contest and we are not only talking about abba, celine dion way back when, but in recent years with duncan lawrence, snap, from armenia last year. there really is this eurovision dream, you can make it big over one night, you can become an international star. so the hunt for the next location to make a star began. british cities threw their hats into the ring and a list was drawn up. scott, the shortlist is in an envelope, it is in front of you. are you ready? this is such an honour. let s do this. all right, we know there are seven cities on the shortlist. 0k. scott is opening the gold envelope. who are they? in alphabetical order,
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