K.J. Yossman The BBC has set its executive team overseeing the broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which is set to take place in Liverpool next year. Although the U.K. is hosting, the BBC have promised that the show will “celebrate Ukraine’s victory as well as U.K. creativity.” Ukraine were unable to host the contest due to security issues stemming from the ongoing Russian invasion. Martin Green has been appointed managing director for the operation, which will see the BBC broadcasting in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Green was recently the chief creative officer of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and was head of ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He will report to Kate Phillips, BBC’s director of unscripted.
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K.J. Yossman The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Liverpool. The winner was selected from a shortlist of seven U.K. cities. The news comes after months of uncertainty over where the contest would be held.https://t.co/Lrs7Fnqqoq Liverpool’s win was announced on BBC’s “The One Show” on Friday evening (Oct. 7). The exact dates of the contest have not yet been revealed although it is always held in May. It is likely the event will be hosted in the city’s biggest arena, the M&S Bank Arena, which has a capacity of 11,000. Currently there are two acts scheduled to perform there in May: Olly Murs on May 6 and violinist Andre Rieu on May 12.
Because the contest usually takes over an arena for two weeks in order for preparations followed by qualifying heats to take place, the contest may take place later in May. Traditionally, Eurovision is hosted by the previous year’s contest winner. Earlier this year Ukraine won the competition with rap/folk band Kalush Orchestra. However given Ukraine’s ongoing war against Russian invaders, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the annual singing competition, deemed it too unsafe. The U.K., whose entry Sam Ryder came second earlier this year, was asked to step in and host in partnership with Ukraine.
Montenegro and North Macedonia withdraw from Eurovision 2023 due to financial costs
Eurovision 2023 as a result of the costs of taking part in the contest.As previously reported, due to the ongoing war with Russia, this year’s winners Ukraine will not host the 2023 edition of the singing competition and it will instead be held in Liverpool next May.However, both Montenegro and North Macedonia have now announced they will not be heading to Merseyside due to “high costs”.“In addition to the significant costs of the registration fee, as well as the cost of staying in Great Britain – we also faced a lack of interest from sponsors, so we decided to direct existing resources to the financing of current and planned national projects,” Montenegro’s broadcaster RTCG said in a statement.North Macedonia’s state broadcaster added: “Due to the economic and energy crisis and high costs, [North] Macedonia will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which will be held in May in Liverpool, UK.”It’s not known what each broadcaster has to pay to participate in Eurovision but the total costs for all broadcasters reportedly totals around £5million.Song contest organisers – the EBU – said it is “committed to keeping the costs of taking part as affordable as possible”, explaining that fees are “calculated based on the number of countries competing” while considering “the member’s relative size and financial status”.News of Montenegro and North Macedonia’s withdrawal from Eurovision 2023 comes just weeks after Liverpool was announced as the host city for next year’s contest.
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