UK will host Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on behalf of Ukraine
The search for a host city will start later this week.
The search for a host city will start later this week.
Ukrainian winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest Jamala said it is ‘painful’ that Ukraine will not be able to host next year’s event.
The group had their first UK performance since triumphing in Turin with a set on Shangri-La’s Truth Stage at Glastonbury.
Organisers have confirmed the event will not take place in the war-torn country in 2023.
No final decision has been made about where the contest will be held.
The EBU confirmed the contest cannot be held in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion.
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The UK landed in second place at the singing contest.
Ukraine had been the competition favourite since Russia’s invasion.
The 2022 contest is taking place in Turin after Italian rock band Maneskin triumphed last year.
The 66th edition of Eurovision is due to take place in Turin in May.
The event has said it intends to allow Russia to compete in May.
Avrotros chief executive Eric van Stade said the Ukrainian invasion was ‘a gross violation of universal values’.
It comes after the act chosen to represent Ukraine in Turin withdrew over a reported 2015 visit to Russia-occupied Crimea.
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