UCatherine, iNkosazana yaseWales, useqenjini lakhe. Ebhekisela ku-HRH, umfundi we-eTN oziqhenyayo wathi, ekhomba kuye: “Lesi ISIBONELO ESIYIMPELA samantombazane nabesifazane bakho abancane—umphefumulo ongokwemvelo, ozethembayo, ojabulayo, othobekile.
Lona bekungumbono uHer Royal Highness awenzile eLiverpool ngoMgqibelo ebusuku lapho evula i-Eurovision 2023.
I-United Kingdom isingathe umqhudelwano wama-67 we-EUROVISION egameni le-Ukraine e-Liverpool Arena kule mpelasonto.
Ngokubambisana ne-BBC, amazwe angama-37 abambe iqhaza. Amashumi amathathu nanye aqedelwe kumasemi-final amabili, ngezenzo eziyimpumelelo eziyishumi ezivela kumuntu ngamunye ojoyina abangu-4 kwabangu-5 abakhulu (i-France, i-Germany, i-Italy, ne-Spain).
I-BBC yavuma ukwenza umcimbi ka-2023 egameni lika Umsakazi wase-Ukraine i-UA: I-PBC ilandela ukunqoba kwayo emqhudelwaneni wangonyaka odlule eTurin neKalush Orchestra “Stefania.”
I-Eurovision inkulu eYurophu, futhi ukuba nayo e-United Kingdom ngesonto nje ngemva kokugcotshwa kweNkosi uCharles III kanye neNdlovukazi u-Consort Camilla iyingqayizivele.
NgoLwesibili, iNkosi uCharles III kanye neQueen Consort bavakashele le ndawo eLiverpool futhi yembula isethi yomcimbi.
Baphinde bahlangane nomculi UMae Muller endaweni yasekhaya ku-Eurovision Song Contest, emele i-United Kingdom e-Liverpool ngengoma yakhe ye-pop ethi 'I Wrote A Song.'
Umqondisi-jikelele we-BBC u-Tim Davie uthe: "Kuyilungelo ukuthi uMhlonishwa Inkosi kanye Nobukhosi Bakhe Indlovukazi Consort beze lapha namuhla ukuzodalula isiteji esihle sohlelo lwethu lwe-Eurovision Song Contest Programming.
Inkosi noQueen Consort nabo baciphize inkinobho yokukhanyisa inkundla okokuqala. Le ndawo ifakelwe izibani ezihlukile ezingaphezu kuka-2,000. Izikimu ezibomvana, eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, neziphuzi zifane nelogo ye-Eurovision yalo nyaka.
Ukukhanyisa, umsindo, kanye nekhebula levidiyo lingafinyelela kumamayela ayisishiyagalombili uma likhishwa.
Ababukeli abayizigidi ezingu-160 babukele okokugcina emhlabeni wonke, kuyilapho abalandeli abangaba ngu-6,000 babehlala enkundleni ngohlelo ngalunye.
Amathikithi ayesephelile. Indawo yabalandeli be-Eurovision Village yakhelwe izinkulungwane ukuze zibukele umcimbi kuzikrini ezinkulu. Umcimbi wamasonto amabili wamasiko edolobheni nawo uqhutshwa eduze nomncintiswano.
I-Grand Final ivulwe nabawine ngonyaka odlule i-Kalush Orchestra kanye nokudlala okunamandla okunesihloko esithi 'Voices of a New Generation'.
Ngesikhathi se-Eurovision Flag Parade yabo bonke abaphumelele ama-Grand Finalists angu-26, abanye ababeqhudelana yi-Ukrainian Eurovision abayisithonjana badlule baphathe ababukeli ngendlela eyingqayizivele.
Ngomdlalo wokuqala wesikhawu, umkhathi wase-United Kingdom u-Sam Ryder ubuyele ku-Eurovision stage ngaphambi kokuba alandelwe yi-“The Liverpool Songbook,”; ukubungaza umnikelo omangalisayo weDolobha Elibambile emhlabeni womculo we-pop.
I-BBC ihlanganise izenzo ze-Eurovision eziyisithupha eziyingqophamlando - uMahmood wase-Italy, uNetta wakwa-Israel, uDaði Freyr wase-Iceland, uCornelia Jakobs waseSweden, uDuncan Laurence waseNetherlands - kanye noSonia weLiverpool, ogubha iminyaka engu-30 selokhu aphuma isibili ku-Eurovision i
UMartin Green, uMqondisi Ophethe we-BBC we-Eurovision Song Contest, uthe ngaphambi kokuthi umcimbi uqale:
“Siyaziqhenya ngokuba ngosokhaya I-Eurovision Song Contest egameni le-Ukraine kanye nokwamukela izithunywa ezivela emazweni angama-37 ukuya e-Liverpool. I-BBC izibophezele ekwenzeni umcimbi ube isithombe sangempela sesiko lase-Ukraine futhi ikhombise ubuhlakani baseBrithani kubabukeli bomhlaba wonke. "
KuSemi-Final Yesibili, indikimba ethi “Umculo Uhlanganisa Izizukulwane” yahlola ukuxhumana phakathi kwezizukulwane zabantu base-Ukraine nomculo abawuthandayo.
Ihlanganiswe Ngomculo
Isiqubulo sithi 'Ihlangene Ngomculo', okubonisa ubudlelwano obuyingqayizivele phakathi kwe-United Kingdom, Ukraine, kanye ne-Host City Liverpool ukuletha i-Eurovision Song Contest kubabukeli bomhlaba.
Tamandla amangalisayo omculo wezwakala, ehlanganisa imiphakathi. Iphinde ibonise imvelaphi yoMncintiswano, othuthukiswe ukusondeza i-Europe ngokuhlangenwe nakho okwabiwe kumabonakude emazweni ahlukene.
Lapho ebuzwa uMarco Mengoni wase-Italy, edlala i-Due Vite ku-First Semi-Final e-Liverpool Arena, uthini umlayezo wakhe: “Jabulela i-Eurovision, jabulela umculo, futhi sikujabulele ukuba ndawonye.”
UMartin Green, uMqondisi Ophethe we-BBC we-Eurovision Song Contest, wanezela:
“Siziqhenya ngendlela emangalisayo ngokubamba i-Eurovision Song Contest egameni le-Ukraine kanye nokwamukela izithunywa ezivela emazweni angama-37 eLiverpool. I-BBC izibophezele ekwenzeni umcimbi ube isithombe sangempela sesiko lase-Ukraine futhi ikhombise ubuhlakani baseBrithani kubabukeli bomhlaba wonke. "
I-UK isingethe i-Eurovision Song Contest irekhodi lesi-9, ike yangenela ukusingatha umcimbi wabanye abasakazi eLondon ngo-1960 nango-1963, e-Edinburgh ngo-1972, naseBrighton ngo-1974.
I-BBC iphinde yenza lo mqhudelwano kulandela ukunqoba kwabo oku-4 kwabahlanu: eLondon ngo-1968 nango-1977, eHarrogate ngo-1982, naseBirmingham ngo-1998.
I-Liverpool ayiyona into entsha emhlabeni womculo.
E-Liverpool, i-BEATLES yasungulwa ngawo-1960, namarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-600 athengiswe ngokusemthethweni.
Ngokwezilinganiso zenkampani yabo yokuqopha, i-EMI ingaphezu kwesigidigidi esisodwa. I-Beatles yayiyiqembu eliphumelele kakhulu emlandweni womculo.
Isithombe se-Beatles esiku-Pier Head e-Liverpool sibonisa i-Fab Four enkulu kune-life ihamba ngokukhululekile eduze nomfula i-Mersey.
Lesi sithombe sibonisa imininingwane emangalisayo eyenza ilungu lebhendi ngalinye libe nempilo enhle futhi lafika e-Liverpool's Waterfront ngoDisemba 2015.
I-Liverpool ingeyodwa kwabaningi okufanele ivakashelwe abalandeli be-Beatles, futhi itholakala kalula eduze kwezinye izindawo eziningi eziyisakhiwo sodumo.
Idolobha liqhele ngekhilomitha nje ukusuka ku-2 wamakilabhu lapho ama-Beatles aqala ukuzakhela igama, i-Jacaranda kanye ne-Cavern Club, asabamba umculo obukhoma namuhla.
I-Liverpool Beatles Museum, eneqoqo lama-Beatles amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, ihlanganisa izinto eziyiqiniso ezingaphezu kuka-1000 ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili ezitezi ezintathu.
UMgqibelo bekuwubusuku beqiniso, lapho iSweden iwina umncintiswano ka-2023, ilandelwa iFinland ne-Israel.
