THE FINAL REMAINING tickets to the Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Liverpool have sold out in over an hour.

Thousands waited in online queues for their chance to purchase a ticket via Ticketmaster with the majority of tickets selling out.

Standing tickets for the event’s grand final cost up to £380 (€430) while seated tickets were on sale for between £160 (€180) and £380.

Suite tickets for the grand final, with space for 12 people, were also on sale for £45,000 (€50,800).

Announcing that most tickets were sold out, the official BBC Twitter account of the 2023 contest tweeted: “The majority of Eurovision 2023 tickets that went on sale today have now been sold.

“A small number of tickets are still available to purchase for some shows.

“For those of you with tickets, we’ll see you in Liverpool. And to everyone else, we’ll see you on BBC One!”

Last week Eurovision announced a second wave of tickets for each of the nine live shows at ACC Liverpool arena.

When Eurovision tickets were released in March, passes to the grand final sold out in just over half an hour.

Tickets to the remaining shows had disappeared by 1.32pm following a 12pm release.

The event is being held in Liverpool after the UK was chosen to host the competition on behalf of war-torn 2022 winner Ukraine.

Ukrainian refugees living in the UK have also been able to apply for cheaper tickets.

Irish viewers will be keen to tune in for Wild Youth’s semi-final appearance on Tuesday 9 May.

Last month, the Irish band’s lead singer Conor O’Donohue promised a “big and bold” performance. 

Outside of the arena live shows, a two-week series of mostly free events will run around the same time as the song contest in Liverpool.

The semi-finals will be broadcast on the BBC on 9 May and 11 May with the grand final on 13 May also being shown in cinemas. RTE will also be broadcasting the event. 

- With additional reporting by David Mac Redmond