Liverpool has been announced as the host city for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest by the BBC on The One Show after the UK came second in the competition earlier this year.

Previously, the cities in the running to host the annual singing competition had been narrowed down to just two after areas like Birmingham and Manchester were eliminated from the race.

On Thursday, the night time talk show host, Graham Norton accidentally let it slip that the host city for next year’s competition was being announced by him tonight in an interview on The Chris Evans Show on Sky. 

The final two cities in the running to host the competition were Glasgow and Liverpool before the BBC and European Broadcasting Union picked Liverpool as next year’s host. 

Why is the UK hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2023?

The United Kingdom, which came second in the 2022 competition, was chosen to host the event due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. 

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra won this year's competition with an overwhelming 631 points from viewers and judges.

The UK's Sam Ryder received 466 points with his chart-topping song, Space Man.

The last time a non-winner hosted Eurovision

This is the first time since 1980 that a winner of Eurovision has not hosted the event.

In 1980, Isreal's national broadcaster turned down hosting duties of the competition, passing them onto the Netherlands.