Disappointment as Belfast fails to make shortlist to host Eurovision

Natalia Kogut and her 12-year-old daughter, Melisa Kogut, in Birmingham marking news their adoptive home city of Birmingham has been short-listed for the Eurovision Song Contest next year. Picture: Richard Vernalls/PA Wire

A Belfast councillor has expressed disappointment after the city failed to make the shortlist to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023.

Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield were announced at the seven potential host cities.