The decision is made: This is where Eurovision 2023 will be organized

The BBC has announced that Europe's Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be held in Liverpool after Britain was asked to host the event instead of Ukraine.

Ukraine won the right to host the competition after folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra was announced for this year's festival in May. Britain's Sam Ryder was second.

Organizers concluded it was too dangerous to hold the festival in Ukraine because of the war, so the 2023 competition went to Britain, which says the event will be a celebration of Ukrainian culture and creativity.

"We are determined to make Eurovision 2023 a festival that reflects Ukraine's winning position and is also an event that the whole of the UK can take part in," Phil Harrold, chairman of the BBC committee, said in September. for the selection of the host city.

Twenty British cities applied to host Eurovision next year.