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 then an arrest warrant was issued against russian president vladimir putin for alleged war crimes. on the day the war broke out, countries across the world started condemning russia s actions. but the european broadcasting union, who run the eurovision song contest, didn t take immediate action. after broadcasters called for the country to be banned, they soon changed their mind.
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the european broadcasting union, which essentially runs the contest, has said it is in talks with the bbc to potentially host the 2023 eurovision song contest in the uk. after concluding that next year s contest cannot be held in ukraine. hello, it is daniel. a little while ago i spoke with the ebu s boss, martin osterdahl. it is a long and proud tradition of the eurovision song contest that if you win it, you hosted. it comes with a set of requirements that need to be met. of course, the security and safety elements are key for us for all the stakeholders involved and clearly this year it was evident that we unfortunately could not take the event to ukraine. and then it was offered
places, glasgow and liverpool. the time has come, graham norton, can you reveal which city will host the eurovision song contest 2023? building the drama, i want to rip it open. the city that will host the 67th eurovision song contest in 2023 is. liverpool! congratulations. cheering and applause congratulations to liverpool, let s go to kevin to see how the news is going down there. it is incredible, isn t it! my goodness, what a feeling, i what a feeling, what a feeling. live from liverpool is the handover ceremony
regardless of where we end up in the end. i think the uk is blessed with a lot of talent and a lot of great venues and a lot of great cities. i think the eurovision is in very good hands with the bbc and the uk. interestingly, the eurovision song contest is experiencing a real boost and a real boom at the moment, in terms of the popularity of the contest on the popularity of the brand. i think there is a couple of reasons for this. the contest has evolved a lot and the members that are taking place from these 40 different countries are working with it harder today, the general level of quality in the contest has certainly increased since i started working with this 15 years ago. so the contest is taken more seriously, it has become better. we have also been helped by some huge musical successes