Hosting Eurovision – is it worth it?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
On the Sky News Daily, Claire Gregory is joined by Sheffield city councillor Ben Miskell to find out what hosting Eurovision could mean for British cities. Plus, Deputy Mayor of Turin Michela Favaro shares just what it takes to accommodate the spectacle of the song contest, and Eurovision fan James Rowe on the benefits of welcoming the competition.
Producers: Soila Apparicio and Rosie Gillott
Podcast promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editors: Paul Stanworth and Philly Beaumont
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| 1:04.0 | Ukraine's party, our house. |
| 1:07.1 | Next year, Eurovision comes to the UK. |
| 1:10.3 | Now, Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest and a huge show of support from the rest of the continent. |
| 1:16.3 | Following the win, President Zelensky went on Facebook and said, |
| 1:19.7 | Our courage impresses the world, our music conquers Europe. |
| 1:23.7 | Next year, Ukraine will host Eurovision. |
| 1:26.2 | After Kulush Orchestra's victory, there were hopes |
| 1:28.8 | that the 2023 contest would be held in a Ukraine free from war. The 23 Eurovision Song Contests |
| 1:35.7 | will be hosted in the UK next year on behalf of Ukraine. Organizers, the European Broadcasting |
| 1:42.7 | Union, said that it didn't meet the necessary |
| 1:45.2 | requirements for hosting because of the ongoing conflict. So the UK, which came second, was asked |
| 1:51.1 | to step up and now a selection process is underway to find a venue. It's Ukraine's party. We're |
| 1:57.6 | just inviting them to throw it at our house. Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, |
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