Brighton is one of a handful of locations named as hosts of big screen live events for this year’s Eurovision.
Brighton and Hove City Council applied to host the event itself, 49 years after Abba won the contest with Waterloo at the Dome, in Brighton.
It lost out to Liverpool – but today, the BBC announced it would be one of nine locations staging official screenings of the grand final on Saturday 13 May.
The others are Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.
More details and locations will be released as each place schedules its own programme of events, which will draw on the resources of Liverpool’s Eurovision-inspired culture programme.
The two-week series of events, EuroFest, will include BBC Storyville Live films, which can be moved to other locations.
Martin Green, the BBC’s managing director for the Eurovision Song Contest, said: “We’re thrilled to roll out Eurovision to more UK cities.
“So many people here are huge Eurovision fans and for those new to the contest they will get to experience the joy of watching the grand final surrounded by thousands of others right there in their local city.”
The semi-finals on Tuesday 9 May and Thursday 11 May and the grand final on Saturday 13 May will all air live on BBC One as the event unfolds at the ACC Liverpool.
More places will be added to screen the contest after the Department for Culture, Media and Sport provided more than £1 million to fund more than 30 cities to show the coronation of the King and Queen as well as Eurovision.
Eurovision minister Stuart Andrew said: “Eurovision is a fantastic opportunity for us to come together through music, and our big screens will create a party atmosphere where no-one will sing alone.
“This competition is not just about Liverpool but making sure we celebrate what unites us and showcasing our steadfast support for Ukraine.
“We are bringing the Eurovision Song Contest to people’s doorsteps so we can all take part in this historic moment and enjoy the magic of Eurovision as one.”
The grand final of Eurovision will also be broadcast live in cinemas across the UK for the first time.
The UK, last year’s runner-up, is hosting this year’s event because winner Ukraine is unable to due to the ongoing war.
