Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was held at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool. Ukraine won the 2022 contest in Turin, Italy, represented by Kalush Orchestra with their song "Stefania". The event will be presented by BBC. Ukraine was planning to host the contest, but due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the winner country decided not to host the contest because of the unknown future of Ukraine and other situations, on 25 July 2022, the host country for the edition in 2023 was decided to be held in the United Kingdom after a second place finish from Sam Ryder with his song "Space Man". Later it became known that Eurovision in the UK will be on behalf of Ukraine in cooperation with Suspilne movlennia and the BBC. The winner of this edition was Sweden, represented by Loreen with the song "Tattoo".
==May–October 2022 (pre-city selection)==
==2022–2023==
On 7 October 2022, Liverpool was announced as the host city of the contest, the same day the generic logo was unveiled. The Eurovision heart, which typically has the flag of the host country placed in its centre, contains the Ukrainian flag for this year to reflect the country's win the previous year. The 'Song Contest' text was accompanied below by 'United Kingdom' and further down by 'Liverpool 2023'. Liverpool is a sister city of Odesa, Ukraine.
==2023==
The font, Penny Lane, is named after , and is derived from cast-iron street name signs in Liverpool.https://www.k-type.com/fonts/penny-lane
Partner logos (Booking.com, Moroccanoil, Riedel and TikTok) will not appear as often in the United Kingdom, where the BBC is funded by the licence fee: notable exceptions include social media banners, where it is not possible to upload region-specific versions.
Eurovision 2023 Widescreen Graphic.jpg|Widescreen graphichttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201101852/https://cdn.superunion.lepb.app/Eurovision_2023_1fe2396cae/Eurovision_2023_1fe2396cae.png
Eurovision 2023 Promo Card.png|Promo card
Eurovision 2023 Promo Heartbeat.png|Heartbeat animation on-screen
Eurovision 2023 Draw Backdrop.png|Semi-final draw backdrop
Eurovision 2023 Social Media Icon.jpg|Social media iconhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201100704/https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/q-Pepn4wZZDfi2BAxSA1nfJzzFjx2Ea0OfdbJdMTHpG7wY8awD3nyxuI95bCrCeRNAFBEWvJ5w
Eurovision 2023 Social Media Banner.jpg|Social media bannerhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201100352/https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/15584187/1675148454
Eurovision 2023 Semi-Final Draw Title Card.png|Semi-final draw title card (morphing from the "heartbeat" animation, UK only)
Eurovision 2023 YouTube Title Card.png|YouTube title cardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxI7KVLDvzg
==References==
==External links==
Category:Eurovision Song Contest
Category:BBC
Category:Events
Category:Liverpool
Category:England
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Category:2020s
Category:2023