His
Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort visited Liverpool Arena to
see the preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and revealed the stage for the event.
They
were joined by Tim Davie, BBC director-general for a tour and to meet staff,
the creative team and apprentices getting the Arena ready to host the live
music event. They were then invited to light and animate the Arena with the set
designer, and sound and lighting directors – revealing the Eurovision staging,
for the first time.
The
royal party also chatted to a selection of the Eurovision hosts including
Ukrainian singer, Julia Sanina, Emmy-Award winning actress Hannah Waddingham
and BBC Radio 2 commentators Rylan and Scott Mills. They also met the UK’s
entrant for the 2023 contest Mae Muller and music director of Eurovision 2023, Kojo
Samuel.
Martin
Green CBE, managing director of Eurovision, said: “We are thrilled His Majesty
The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort have unveiled this landmark moment
for 2023 Eurovision. It has been a fantastic collaboration between all of our
partners and the BBC to get to this point and now the stage is officially set
to capture everyone’s imaginations and bring together audiences from across the
world.”
The city of Liverpool was selected to be the host city for the
67th Contest by the BBC and event organisers the European Broadcasting Union in
October 2022.
