The UK is hosting the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of last year's winners, Ukraine, who are unable to bring the competition home due to Russia's ongoing invasion.
The country’s Kalush Orchestra, a folk-rap ensemble, won last year’s contest, so Ukraine would normally have hosted this year’s competition.
Tvorchi of Ukraine perform during dress rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England on Wednesday.Although it’s taking place on British soil, there has been a concerted effort to make sure Ukrainian elements are noticeable throughout. She said that she hoped the art and culture on display in the city would enable people “to cry at something and see something that’s really beautiful and moving and shocking, but then turn a corner and laugh at something that’s just really joyful.”
Longtime attendees wear T-shirts from past contests, while others dress up as their favorite acts. This year, one fan club chartered a train from London to Liverpool for die-hard supporters who blasted their favorite songs on the 2“Liverpool supersizes everything,” McColgan said. “You know, it’s quite a big party city.”
An aerial view of Liverpool's giant mural of the Eurovision 2023 logo incorporating the Ukrainian flag.The winner every year is decided by a combination of votes by the public in each participating country and national juries of music experts. Anna Yatskiv Vasylyshyn, who fled to Britain from Ukraine with her two teenage daughters after the Russian invasion, said the contest was a moment to celebrate.
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