How much (little) will SVT spend on the contest?

[FilipFromSweden]

I liked our stage aswell, it was not better than the 2014 one but it had many elements that could do the song justice

 

[Chorizo]

 

[macmillanandwife]

Considering with the current situation with the EU, I think they will try to spend as little as what Netherlands spent in 1980. $725,000 (€652,330)

 

[Brandt]

Considering with the current situation with the EU, I think they will try to spend as little as what Netherlands spent in 1980. $725,000 (€652,330)

What has Eurovision to do with EU anyway?

 

[macmillanandwife]

Well with the whole situation with Greece, the Euro, and the Eurozone. I'm wondering what will be the economic impact would be after the Greek Crisis. How will all of Europe respond and much of a blow will this cause to the European economy. Although, I'm just impressed that the Netherlands hosted the 1980 on a budget of just under $2.1 million dollars (€1.89 million) in today's currency. Sure they had to cut A LOT of corners, but they still did a pretty decent production. What I'm saying is that considering the instability of the European economic climate, it is quite possible that SVT might try to spend as little as possible next year.

 

[Chorizo]

I don't think SVT needs Greece as an excuse for austerity at Eurovision, especially considering that Sweden isn't really affected by what's going on in Greece anyway.

I still hope that SVT will pay for a decent stage...

 

[macmillanandwife]

I don't think SVT needs Greece as an excuse for austerity at Eurovision, especially considering that Sweden isn't really affected by what's going on in Greece anyway.

I still hope that SVT will pay for a decent stage...

I'm not using Greece to allow austerity on Eurovision, I'm saying that at lot could be done for Eurovision on a tighter budget. I wonder how much Austria spent on this year's show. If they spend on par to what Sweden spent in 2013 (or not much more), then I would be impressed as they did an amazing job on the stage design. I do agree with you in which I hope they don't skimp on the stage.

 

[marty]

there is no point in comparing the costs of 1980 and 2016..... they didnt have to rent a hall for six weeks and everything was just much, much smaller....
the budget in austria was 25 Mio EURO without ticket revenues, at the end they spent a few hundred thousands less of this amount and gathered 10 Mio through ticket sales.

 

[marty]

I personally think it's time to go back to a bigger venue .... at least for once. The ESC is more popular than ever and this also means more people want to attend at least one of the shows live ... It's frustrating when you try to get a ticket for the final but they are always sold out after 2 minutes or so (happened to me the last 3 years).
I think we did it relatively good back in 2011! The venue was great and had an amazing atmosphere but still the cost did not explode (like in 2009, 2012 or 2014)

but i remember that the semi finals in 2011 by far were not sold out. even in smaller venues like malmö and vienna the semi shows were not sold out. its easy to fill the final but difficult to fill the semis in huge venues unless you give away a lot of tickets.

 

[Mickey]

I see no problem with having a budget eurovision if it has a nice stage that looks good on tv, a professional and entertaining host, creative interval acts and runs well to time.

2013 was the best organised show of the last five years. SVT know what they're doing.

 

[marty]

i liked the esc in malmö too. each year there are things that went good and other things not so good. i think that the atmosphere in malmö was very good, the openings and interval acts, i liked the host (except her dresses ;-)) , the stage was not that spectacular but the light show was good. malmö and vienna were very well organised, copenhagen not really.... but in the end it is the outcome on the tv screen that counts.....

 

[Chorizo]

I think Malmö was overall great. The big problems were the simple stage, the remote green room and the rushed ending. The green room in the venue is a standard now, so they will include it in Stockholm too and Austria showed what to do if you run out of time: You just keep going!

So the only thing that could go wrong next year is the stage. Otherwise I'm fully optimistic about next year. I don't think that the stage in Malmö was as bad as some people say but I would certainly prefer a stage like in Copenhagen or Vienna. Let's hope, SVT is ambitious to keep up with Denmark and Austria in this regard.

 

[RemakeJake]

2013 didn't have an LED floor, right? As long as there is an LED backdrop AND floor, I'll be happy.

 

[RemakeJake]

but i remember that the semi finals in 2011 by far were not sold out. even in smaller venues like malmö and vienna the semi shows were not sold out. its easy to fill the final but difficult to fill the semis in huge venues unless you give away a lot of tickets.

Malmö's semis weren't sold out?!

 

[CPV4931]

Malmö's semis weren't sold out?!

No, as far as I remember no semi final was ever sold out in ESC history.

 

[RemakeJake]

No, as far as I remember no semi final was ever sold out in ESC history.

That sort of makes me happy because then I have a good chance of seeing the semifinals if the final sells out before I have a chance to buy anything. Better than nothing!

 

[RemakeJake]

I hope the stage isn't anywhere near as bad as Oslo's. Maybe I'm in the minority but I absolutely despise that stage for some reason.

 

[niko]

I hope the stage isn't anywhere near as bad as Oslo's. Maybe I'm in the minority but I absolutely despise that stage for some reason.

Don't worry. I hate that stage too.

 

[Franzilein]

I'm not a fan of the Eurovision 2013 to be honest. I didn't like the stage, but what I disliked the most were the constant ABBA references. Yeah, I get that they've been huge, now stop shoving it up our butts If they manage to do that, I'll be the happiest girl in the world

 

[LalehForWD]

Isn't it so that Eurovision fans first and foremost want a big venue simply because they want easy access to tickets? I think for the broadcasting companies and EBU this aspect is on the lower priority. Grading a Eurovision edition solely on how big venue was or the quality of the fan activities around isn't really adequate. A splendid thing with Eurovision in Malmö 2013 was the economic transparency. The budget was presented and even the (actually very small) contribution from EBU was specified. It was a bold challenge for SVT to arrange Eurovision for just a fraction of the usual cost. As far as I can tell the budget also hold. This goal was also continued in Køpenhavn 2014 even if their struggle to find a suitable arena caused additional unexpected costs (substantial actually). In retrospect I think they should have gone for Herning (Boxen arena 15000 pl) and spent the bucks on amazing contents instead.