The semifinals will take place on May 9 and 11, and the final on May 13. The contest, which celebrates its 67th edition, is followed by tens of millions of viewers in Europe, as well as in Israel, Australia and other countries.
“We’ve done it,” Joanne Anderson, the mayor of Liverpool, birthplace of the Beatles, said on Twitter.
The UK has hosted the competition eight times, but not since 1998, when it was held in Birmingham, central England.
After his symbolic first place in Turin (Italy) last MayUkraine lost the right to host Eurovision in June due to the decision of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which considered that the security conditions were not met due to the Russian invasion of the country.