{"id":52784,"date":"2023-05-12T16:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=52784"},"modified":"2023-05-12T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:26:33","slug":"uk-eurovision-fans-express-their-love-for-the-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/05\/12\/uk-eurovision-fans-express-their-love-for-the-song-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Eurovision fans express their love for the Song Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Excitement is building for fans globally as the Eurovision Grand Final, hosted in Liverpool, draws near.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having made it through the Semi-Finals this week, 26 countries will be competing tomorrow night to be crowned the 2023 winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK are hosting the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend for the first time in 25 years on behalf of last year&#8217;s number one, Ukraine.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Kalush Orchestra\u2019s victory last May, it was announced that the Song Contest would not be held in their home country for security and safety reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the final performance, we asked avid Eurovision enthusiasts how long they&#8217;ve been a fan, why they love it, and what is special about having it in Britain this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eurovision interviews\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6CTkG-Yo7sE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spoke to Eurovision fans ahead of the final about what makes the Song Contest so special!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":52885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,82],"tags":[1105,576,1106,868],"class_list":["post-52784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-top-story","tag-eurovision","tag-grand-final","tag-liverpool","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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