The Stage

[FilipFromSweden]

No, he's watching the whole thing to witness the Western Eurovision Mafia being mean to Eastern Europe

Remember that year?

 

[Chorizo]

Has someone kept track of how many acts use a blue background? Are there any, where the screen is never blue during the whole three minutes?

Edit: I think the winner will be a country without a blue background because it will stand out.

 

[GermanBango]

Remember that year?

My first Eurovision Song Contest

 

[aef]

My first Eurovision Song Contest

So then you started with the best year...

 

[joancamo]

The stage looks amazing!!! I think the best of the decade so far

LOOOOVE IT

 

[GlamSIMorous]

Oh wow wow wow! That looks so impressive, so crisp and the camera movements are just brilliant. Now I am even more excited to see all of them on TV. This is gonna ROCK!

 

[ZoboCamel]

Just watched a few seconds of that Lithuanian clip (don't want to spoil myself on all the live staging by seeing too much), and... the stage is actually looking pretty good! After first being hyped about the design, I've been kinda disappointed in it over the last few days based on initial rehearsals, as it seemed kind of drab. I guess camera angles and the LED floor really do add to it though.

 

[mikimini]

BULGARIA ON TV (https://twitter.com/bg_eurovision)

 

[GermanBango]

This video was just posted in the Ukraine-thread:

go to ~ 2:55 ... it's stunning

 

[hungo]

actually i dont find the lithuanian clip very impressing

 

[USVision]

After seeing a few spoilers, this stage has to be my favorite since 2012!

, , , , and look fantastic on the stage!

 

[Fluke]

Has someone kept track of how many acts use a blue background? Are there any, where the screen is never blue during the whole three minutes?

Edit: I think the winner will be a country without a blue background because it will stand out.

As long as they don't have stars, it will be okay.

 

[Ritararita]

Has someone kept track of how many acts use a blue background? Are there any, where the screen is never blue during the whole three minutes?

Edit: I think the winner will be a country without a blue background because it will stand out.

I’ve been hearing a lot about 42 shades of blue being the secondary title for this year’s contest, but thought to myself, “surely, they can’t have all gone for the same colour?” Alas, all but a couple of the artists this year have indeed chosen to make this year “Bluerovision 2016″. It’s particularly annoying for me as a synæsthete, because I can hear colour and very few of these songs give me the overwhelming blue impression of their sets!

I made this map by taking stills from videos of the artists’ second-rehearsals, and extracting the principal colours used on their backgrounds. Some artists use a colour other than blue at some stage during their 3 minutes, but only 6 countries use a different colour than blue or black for most of their song. 5 of these six use a shade of red or orange, with Austria’s pink parade being the biggest stand-out. I’ve never been one to care too much for staging, but this amount of blue, which curiously reminds me of ESC ‘92, can get very one note.

(source: eurosong.tumblr.com)

 

[Chorizo]

Now all that's missing is a map of all the countries that use stars.

 

[nikolay_BG]

It's so dark and cold with this blue things.

 

[Sammy]

It's so dark and cold with this blue things.

enjoy Zoe then!
she'll warm you up

 

[nikolay_BG]

enjoy Zoe then!
she'll warm you up

Zoe was in my top 10 since the beginning. She is such a princess (in the good sense).

 

[0scar]

Stage isn't actually that good tbh. I'm not a fan of it after the first semi..

 

[blartashura]

I hate the two open squares on the floor with the small lights. I thought most of the time it overshadowed the effects of the floor like for example Czech republic. It's such an eyesore.
Overall it's not the best stage in the recent years but it is better than 2013's. It's a bit too square-ish :?

 

[DanielLuis]

I hate the two open squares on the floor with the small lights. I thought most of the time it overshadowed the effects of the floor like for example Czech republic. It's such an eyesore.
Overall it's not the best stage in the recent years but it is better than 2013's. It's a bit too square-ish :?

Those two thingys make it look like a skull in some performances, including the Czech Republic's one. But I do like the stage, it looks pretty good on the TV.