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UK to host 2023 Eurovision as Ukraine bows out

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won this year’s contest, held in Italy

LONDON – Britain said Monday it had reluctantly agreed to host next year’s Eurovision song contest, after organisers said there was no prospect of the event going ahead in war-torn Ukraine.

The BBC will instead produce what it called the world’s “largest and most complex music competition”, and will now start choosing a host city in the UK in collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Ukraine won this year’s contest, held in Italy, ahead of Britain’s…

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