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All eyes are on Liverpool as the city hosts this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
It's the world's biggest international song competition with more than 160 million people from around the world expected to watch the final!
Thirty seven countries entered the contest and for the first time in its history viewers outside Eurovision countries are able to vote for their favourite acts.
So what can we expect and how did the contest come about in the first place?
Here's everything you need to know about Eurovision!
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition which mainly features a mix of European countries, although a few non-European nations - such as Australia and Israel - can also take part.
The Contest has become known for its loyal fan base as well as some very flamboyant and sometimes bonkers performances!
It's also helped launch the careers of some famous musicians over the years, including ABBA, Céline Dion and Måneskin.
When are the Eurovision semis and grand final taking place?
The competition is made up of three live shows: two semi-finals and the grand final.
On Tuesday the semi-finals got underway in Liverpool with another semi on Thursday 11 May.
Ten countries from each semi-final will go through to the grand final, on Saturday 13 May.
Why is the UK hosting this year's event?
Ukraine's entry Kalush Orchestra won last year in the Italian city of Turin, with their folk-rap song Stefania.
The UK's Sam Ryder finished in second place, with Space Man.
Usually the winning country hosts the next competition. However, because of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the contest invited the BBC to host it on Ukraine's behalf.
Every city in the UK then got the chance to send in their bid and say how they would host the competition.
The list was whittled down to a final two cities - Liverpool and Glasgow - and then Liverpool was chosen as the winner in October last year.
Who is the UK's entry for Eurovision?
Mae has been chosen as the United Kingdom's entry for 2023.
The 25-year-old will be performing her own track called 'I Wrote A Song' at the competition this weekend.
She'll be hoping to follow the success of Sam Ryder who came second in the competition last year.
Mae is the first female entrant for the UK since 2018, when the artist SuRie competed with Storm and came 24th.
Who is hosting the Eurovision live show?
Each year the country that hosts the event also chooses the hosts for the TV show
This year the Eurovision live show will be shown on the BBC and be hosted by Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, Hocus Pocus 2 actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina - alongside Graham Norton, the comedian and talk show host.
Why was Eurovision created?
The idea for the contest was put forward seventy years ago, by a man called Marcel Bezencon who worked for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) - an organisation of TV companies in and around Europe.
He was inspired by an Italian song contest called the Sanremo Music Festival.
Eurovision was originally designed to test what could be done with early live TV technology, but has now grown into a huge international show and celebration.
When was the first Eurovision?
The first ever Eurovision Song Contest took place on 24 May 1956, when just seven countries took part - Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the host country, Switzerland.
The songs were much more simple and the music was performed by a live orchestra.
The competition in 1956 was also the only time that each country performed two songs!
The UK made its debut at the event a year later, in 1957, because it missed the deadline for participating in the first ever Eurovision!
How many countries are taking part in Eurovision 2023?
Twenty grand final spots are up for grabs (ten from each semi-final), and those countries will join the UK, Italy, France, Spain and Germany who don't take part in the semi-final.
This is because they are the biggest financial contributors to the Eurovision Song Contest organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) - and therefore they are guaranteed a place in the final.
The final country which automatically qualifies for the grand final is last year's winners, Ukraine.
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