As we all know by now, Romania were removed from the competition as a result of unpaid debts a few weeks ago. But the planned participant, Ovidiu Anton, has today revealed what would have been his performance for “Moment of Silence” at the contest if Romania were still in – and it looks really good! In a series of photos …

We posted last week that work had begun on the Eurovision 2016 stage, but in just over a week the stage is already nearing completion! Official photos of the stage’s construction have now been revealed by Swedish broadcaster SVT. The pictures, which can be found HERE, show the stage’s concept design compared to the actual build. Have a look at …

Work has begun on this year’s staging for the Eurovision Song Contest as Globen Arena is set to be transformed for Europe’s biggest event. As revealed in a blog post by M&M Production Management who are overseeing the construction of the stage, the first two trucks filled with rigging equipment arrived at Stockholm’s Globen Arena today with the first constructions …

Lighting effects will create a limitless stage in Stockholm. Swedish broadcaster SVT has revealed the stage design for 2016 which is described as powerful and brave. The stage has been designed by Frida Arvidsson and Viktor Brattström, who also produced the stage in Malmö for Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Here it is: Guys, do you like this stage? Who will party here in upcoming months? Tell us, we …

In case you were busy this week, here is a quick review of what happened in the world of Eurovision this past week – in pictures. just click on the picture if you want to read or see more. You can also just click on the arrows to look at the next picture. The Eurovision rehearsals will start in just …

It seems that every year some form of innovation shocks and amazes the European audience each year from the staging of the contest, be it the projection technology of 2013 or last year’s quirky cage design. This year, it looks like ORF are really trying to make 2015 the most memorable Eurovision ever – and rightly so, for the 60th …

Today things are getting serious in Vienna: This morning the host broadcaster ORF started occupying the Eurovision arena Wiener Stadthalle. Before any construction work could begin the whole complex had been scanned for anything suspicious by police dogs this morning. For increased security airport scanners have been installed as well. In the afternoon the first technical works in the arena …

  Above you can see the first photos of the Eurovision Song Contest stage 2015. The stage was designed by a team of four people Florian Wieder (The Creative Producer / Production Designer, ESC 2011, 2012), Al Gurdon (ESC 2009, 2010), Kurt Pongratz (Director and live event specialist). “The stage of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest consists of 1288 individual …

This weekend Eurovision In Concert (EIC) took place in Amsterdam. At the official press meeting the attending journalists got to see a glimpse of the 2014 stage and postcards. This year’s stage will appear in a diamond shape with 3000 lamps and over 1200 square meter of LED screens. The light designer Kasper Langer said to eurovision.tv that this is …

With only one week left to the first semi-final in Malmö the stage of Melodifestivalen is presented. The stage designer Viktor Brattström explains the stage as a “floating futuristic stage in a world of light columns”. Viktor Brattström have been the stage designer for Melodifestivalen for a few years back and was also apart of creating the stage for Eurovision …