Glasgow or Liverpool to host Eurovision 2023

The contest will be held at either the OVO Hydro or the M&S Bank Arena next May, with a decision expected within weeks

Sam Ryder performing at IFF 2021
Sam Ryder performing at IFF 2021

Glasgow or Liverpool will host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest after the seven-strong UK shortlist was cut to two.

The competition will be held at either the former’s 14,300-cap OVO Hydro or the latter’s 11,000-cap M&S Bank Arena next May, with a final decision to be announced “within weeks”.

Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester were also in the running after 20 UK cities expressed an interest when organisers decided 2022 winners Ukraine could not stage the…

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