Belam, Martin; Cvorak, Monika (15 May 2022). "Ukraine wins 2022 Eurovision song contest as UK finishes second in Turin". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 May 2022. Sweden: It's Loreen to Eurovision with 'Tattoo' ". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 11 March 2023 . Retrieved 11 March 2023. EBU Director General Noel Curran added: “This will be the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held in the UK in 25 years and, as we work with our Host Broadcaster, the BBC, to celebrate Ukraine’s victory, this unique production promises to be a very special one indeed.”

Camp and Furnace to host OGAE EuroClub during Eurovision 2023". Explore Liverpool. 6 December 2022 . Retrieved 6 December 2022. Byrne, John (3 February 2023). "Tubs talks Eurovision: 'I think we could win this one' ". rte.ie. RTÉ . Retrieved 20 March 2023. Iftkhar, Asyia (10 May 2023). "Paul O'Grady's posthumous Eurovision 2023 cameo moves fans to tears: 'We love and miss you, Paul' ". PinkNews . Retrieved 10 May 2023. Granger, Anthony (12 May 2023). "Live From Liverpool: Eurovision 2023 Grand Final Jury Show". Eurovoix . Retrieved 13 May 2023. Duška Vučinić (11 May 2023). Duška Vučinić za Telegraf otkrila pozadinu problema prenosa uživo, pa spomenula organizaciju. Telegraf.rs. Event occurs at 0:29 . Retrieved 11 May 2023– via YouTube. Moram da te pitam šta se desilo te prve polufinalne večeri? [...] Dakle veze su pukle gotovo svima. Nije to bio slučaj samo ka Srbiji. Ja sam konstantno bila u komunikaciji telefonom i sa mojim kolegom odnosno jako dobrim prijateljem Duškom Ćurlićem iz Hrvatske koji me je pitao 'Draga šta se dešava', ja kažem 'Ja ne znam šta se dešava' [...] Ja sam dobila signal iz Beograda 'Nemoj se truditi, nisi u programu'. Oni su čuli preko moje linije čuli na primer [moje] kolege iz Italije, Grčke i ne znam koga još i tako su se mešali signali [...] Trajalo je nekih petnaestak minuta[I have to ask you what happened on that first semi-final night? [...] So almost everyone's connections broke. This was not the case only for Serbia. I was constantly in communication on the phone with my colleague, that is, my very good friend, Dusko Ćurlić from Croatia, who asked me 'Darling, what's going on', I said 'I don't know what's going on' [...] I received a signal from of Belgrade 'Don't bother, you're not on air'. They heard through my feed, for example, [my] colleagues from Italy, Greece and I don't know who else and the feeds were getting mixed up [...] That lasted for some 15 minutes]The UK is hosting the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine, who won the competition this year. Liverpool 2023: Full Eurovision Village lineup announced". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 3 May 2023 . Retrieved 17 May 2023.

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Granger, Anthony (16 May 2022). "Eurovision 2023: Suspilne Wants the Contest to be Held in a Peaceful Ukraine". Eurovoix . Retrieved 16 May 2022. When visitors arrived in Liverpool in April and May they knew without a doubt that there had been a Eurovision takeover as the branding was everywhere! Lombardini, Emanuele (7 May 2023). "Eurovision 2023: lustrini, strascichi, eccessi e storie nel Turquoise Carpet. Il racconto live". Eurofestival News (in Italian) . Retrieved 8 May 2023.

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Eurovision Song Contest: le tre prime serate dell'edizione 2023 in onda sulla Rai. La finale su Rai1". RaiNews (in Italian). 10 March 2023 . Retrieved 10 March 2023. The semi-final rounds held on Tuesday and Thursday allowed 20 countries to qualify to join Ukraine – which automatically qualifies as the previous winner – and the "Big Five": Germany, Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, which automatically qualified as they are the competition's founding states and the largest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes it. Granger, Anthony (14 October 2022). "Bosnia & Herzegovina: BHRT Will Not Return To Eurovision in 2023". Eurovoix . Retrieved 14 October 2022. The numbers are in: BBC publishes Eurovision Song Contest 2023 highlights report" (Press release). BBC. 26 October 2023 . Retrieved 27 October 2023.