when graham was opening that envelope, i was like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and
over, obviously covid. absolutely. covid is not over, obviously it s covid. absolutely. covid is not over, obviously it s not - covid. absolutely. covid is not over, obviously it s not an - covid. absolutely. covid is not i over, obviously it s not an urgent issue over, obviously it s not an urgent issue of over, obviously it s not an urgent issue of the over, obviously it s not an urgent issue of the moment in terms of it being issue of the moment in terms of it being part issue of the moment in terms of it being part of the news agenda, it hasn t being part of the news agenda, it hasn t for being part of the news agenda, it hasn t for a being part of the news agenda, it hasn t for a while now because there s hasn t for a while now because there s been so much other news dominating, and people have been talking dominating, and people have been talking about covid for a while but i don t talking about covid for a while but i don t know about both of you