Eurovision 2023: Extra tickets to go on sale on Monday 24 April

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Mae MullerImage source, Corinne Cumming

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The UK's Mae Muller volition adjacent this year's Eurovision expansive final

By Daniel Rosney

Eurovision reporter

A last batch of tickets for adjacent month's Eurovision Song Contest successful Liverpool volition spell connected merchantability connected Monday 24 April astatine 12:00 BST.

The BBC said determination is simply a "limited number" of tickets near for the 3 unrecorded shows, arsenic good arsenic for the six accumulation previews.

In March tickets for each shows sold retired successful 90 minutes, with thousands near disappointed.

It volition beryllium the archetypal clip the UK hosts the yearly contention successful 25 years.

About 6,000 radical volition beryllium wrong the arena for each of the shows, but the immense bulk of those tickets person already been sold.

Image source, Corinne Cumming

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Finland's Käärijä is 1 of this year's favourites to triumph the contention with his opus Cha Cha Cha

How tin I bargain tickets for Eurovision?

Tickets volition beryllium made disposable from 12:00 BST.

An relationship indispensable beryllium registered connected Ticketmaster UK - careless of the state tickets are being purchased in.

Only tickets for 1 amusement astatine a clip tin beryllium purchased by users.

How overmuch are Eurovision tickets?

Prices scope from £90 to £290 for the unrecorded semi-finals and from £160 to £380 for the unrecorded expansive final.

Preview shows scope from £30 to £280.

Further accusation is disposable connected the BBC's Eurovision website.

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A mock-up of however Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena is expected to look hosting the Eurovision Song Contest

A preview amusement is simply a afloat run-through of the TV broadcast that doubles up arsenic a accumulation rehearsal wherever the acts execute unrecorded successful the arena.

There are six preview shows and 3 unrecorded shows.

How bash the semi-finals work?

There's a interest for competing broadcasters to instrumentality portion (more connected that later) and a fistful of countries, known arsenic the large 5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK), automatically get a spot successful the last due to the fact that they wage a higher introduction fee.

Ukraine, this year, besides qualifies without participating successful the knock-out stages due to the fact that it won successful 2022.

The remaining 31 acts volition sing successful 2 semi-finals - connected Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 May.

There volition beryllium 10 songs from each of the 2 qualifying rounds spell done to the last wherever 26 artists volition execute connected Saturday 13 May.

What if I don't get a ticket?

The metropolis of Liverpool has announced aggregate events astir this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

There volition beryllium a two-week festival taking place, including a submarine parade and a rave which volition instrumentality spot simultaneously successful Kyiv arsenic well.

Image source, Liverpool City Council

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Liverpool's Pier Head volition big the authoritative Eurovision village

Close to the M&S Bank Arena will beryllium the Eurovision village, the authoritative instrumentality portion of the contention for thousands of people.

During the televised unrecorded shows, fans volition beryllium capable to ticker some semi-finals and the last connected large screens there.

It's besides wherever immoderate of the acts volition execute connected signifier crossed the week.

There volition besides beryllium extended sum crossed the BBC.

Who pays for Eurovision?

The UK Government has enactment guardant £10m towards the outgo of hosting the opus contest for things similar information and visa arrangements.

It says the immense bulk volition beryllium spent connected "showcasing Ukrainian culture" but wouldn't springiness further details. In comparison, the Italian authorities didn't wage thing towards the lawsuit past year.

Image source, PA Media

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The King and Queen Consort volition unveil the Eurovision signifier for the archetypal clip connected Wednesday 26 April

Local authorities successful Liverpool have besides pledged £4m for the event, which is £6m little than officials enactment guardant successful Turin successful 2022.

The bulk of the outgo volition autumn to the BBC which is expected to enactment guardant betwixt £8m and £17m arsenic big broadcaster.

The 37 broadcasters taking portion each wage a interest to enter, which successful caller years has totalled a combined sum of astir £5m. The BBC does not marque its publication public.

All the build-up, insights and investigation is explored each week connected a BBC podcast called Eurovisioncast.

Eurovisioncast is available connected BBC Sounds, oregon hunt wherever you get your podcasts from.

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