The Stage

[toinou03]

Helsinki stage was really one of the best ever !

 

[DannyDS]

The stage is really ugly. Those claws are hideous.. the only good thing is the lighting

 

[anto475]

I don't get why people like 2007, its horrible..

http://kuusanmaki.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/eurovision2007_2.jpg

You couldn't have picked a worse picture to illustrate your point, that one just makes the stage look the best! I love the 2007 stage, it's great how no one uses the catwalk so it's a nice thing to keep a bit of distance between the audience and the performers. It's the perfect small stage.

Back to topic, I'm in two minds about this stage. I'll judge it properly when I see it on the TV, I mean last year I thought the Baku stage was awful before everything and now I think it's one of the best.

 

[FilipFromSweden]

Helsinki stage is a joke, i love Malmö stage (not like i love Dusseldorf stage but it sure beats Oslo, Helsinki and Belgerade)

Helsinki is just a small floor, a small screen, some lights and a fishbone (wow amazing omg)

 

[CrimTV]

Helsinki stage is a joke, i love Malmö stage (not like i love Dusseldorf stage but it sure beats Oslo, Helsinki and Belgerade)

Helsinki is just a small floor, a small screen, some lights and a fishbone (wow amazing omg)

I loved Oslo's stage but I agree, the Helsinki stage is probably the worst in the last 8 years.

 

[FilipFromSweden]

I loved Oslo's stage but I agree, the Helsinki stage is probably the worst in the last 8 years.

Hello friend!
I liked Oslo too (more than Moscow, actually) the lights gave an stage-experience you had never seen before in Eurovision.
I just really like the Malmö stage.

 

[Terence]

For me, this is the best use of stage lighting (or lack of)

MYSTICAL!

 

[Impressive]

I am not sure if there is true place to share it but;

The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest will mark the show’s 58th year, making it one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.

Source; What you didn't know about the Eurovision 2013 stage | News | Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013

 

[Celia]

Bosnia & Herzegovina 2006 was probably the only entry looking good on that awful stage (I liked the idea of the ancient Greek theatre but it reminded me of shopping-centres' stairs instead)

 

[DanielLuis]

Bosnia & Herzegovina 2006 was probably the only entry looking good on that awful stage (I liked the idea of the ancient Greek theatre but it reminded me of shopping-centres' stairs instead)

Yeah, if you think about it the concept for the stage was great, but it looked a bit bad indeed.

 

[Terence]

Yeah, if you think about it the concept for the stage was great, but it looked a bit bad indeed.

I agree there.

Back to the 2013 stage, what are those cut-outs??? Are those just for one entry???

 

[Stargazer]

The cut-outs are no doubt reference points for where the audience heads will be in camera view. They will not be there for the show.

 

[GermanBango]

the arena looks sooooo small

 

[mono]

i just think it looks too small. i didnt like the russian and azerbaijan stage because they were too big, but this is too small. maybe on tv it will look different :x

 

[EvNickGR]

Indeed the stage is small, ''Greek Idol'' tv show was bigger , but i'm sure it will look great on tv!

 

[ParadiseES]

It might be small, but it's wonderful and effective. We don't need kilometric stages like Moscow 2009.

 

[GermanBango]

I'm totally ok with the stage but ...the arena looks very very very small. It seems like even the arena in our national final was bigger !

 

[mono]

well if the arena looks as full as in melodifestivalen i dont think its going too look that small BUT im afraid the stage will look too... national final?

but thats something we will only find out on day 14...

 

[Waterfall]

I think it's pretty~ looks good in rehearsals so far.

 

[QwaarJet]

Stage looks smaller everytime I see it. Most Nordic NFs put it to shame.