# she, queen of the kings # broken her cage, threw out the keys # she will be the warrior of north and southern seas. welcome to the glory of the turquoise carpet. this is finland, by the way. and what is the glorious, glamorous beginning of what is essentially a week of eurovision fun. douze points, douze points all round. are you having a good time? liverpool 2023. factor 30 sunshine. it s hot! and a dawning ofjust what an event this has become. this feels like just on a totally different scale. and this was just the beginning. the city was also hosting a eurovision rave, jointly held in both liverpool and the country which should have been hosting the event this year, ukraine. and a eurovision concert featuring a reunion of some liverpool pop royalty.
The three-day event (April 27-29) goes by the name of Just Before the Eurovision, which references the advent of the long-running international song contest.
of the ukraine. let s go backstage. yeah. there s basically a crew that comes in, looks at the next act, brings it on stage while the other delegation from the other artists is exiting. it s like a grand prix pit stop. pretty much. # instead i wrote a song.#. the uk act who ll perform on that stage is mae miller. and she, too, got to meet the royals. we ll be watching with great interest. thank you. egging you on. thank you! hoping you ll go far. no pressure! no nul points this year. no. hope we haven t ruined your chances! douze points from the king. colin paterson, bbc news, liverpool. a bit of rock history is heading for auction. one of freddie mercury s oldest friends plan to sell a collection of items belonging to the late queen star including hand written lyrics and eye catching costumes. the singer built the collection of over 30 years and kept
a crew that comes in, looks at the next act, brings it on stage while the other delegation from the other artists is exiting. it s like a grand prix pit stop. pretty much. # instead i wrote a song.#. the uk act who ll perform on that stage is mae miller. and she, too, got to meet the royals. we ll be watching with great interest. thank you. egging you on. thank you! hoping you ll go far. no pressure! no nul points this year. no. hope we haven t ruined your chances! douze points from the king. colin paterson, bbc news, liverpool. so much excitement about eurovision, long hours. we ve reported a lot about california s recent weather woes, the snow, the torrential rains and the deadly flooding. but it turns out, there could be an upside to mother nature s worst. locals say all the water that s hammered their state has actually unveiled gold in historic gold rush towns. our digital team has been taking a look.
we will be watching. with great interest. thank you. egging you on. hope it all goes well. no nil points this year. have we ruined your trousers? douze points from the king. the world s biggest song contest is coming to the uk. are you ready? and last night the first eurovision trailer was aired on bbc one. don t worry, i ve got it all under control. a memorable bbc news moment snuck in there. and it s in liverpool! is it? i didn t know, sorry. have you been living under a rock? less than two weeks until the first semifinal. colin paterson, bbc news, liverpool. the countdown is on, less than two weeks before the first semifinal. who doesn t love a countdown, when they count down and somebody hits a button and it works perfectly. if we