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Not particularaly when you've got two ramps and almost everything is on wheels. One crew dash on stage and push the previous act down one ramp off stage, while another crew push the stuff for the next act up the other ramp and onto stage. They were using a laser again to provide virtual tape-marks to indicate where each bit of kit goes, so to get the stuff on you just push until it lines up with the marks, and then run off stage.
Yep.
Was it me or were there fewer bespoke bits of staging for different numbers than previous years - and those that were there were smaller scale? I'm thinking back to Jade Ewen having a staircase, Ukraine having lots of light boxes for Shady Lady, Ukraine having large steel wheels, Sakis from Greece having the lifting travelator etc. Felt smaller scale in those terms - in fact the actual performance area on the stage felt smaller as well?
Ola, who normally does the production blogs, was there in a smaller role this year, and did this - http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Ola+Melzig/blog/
Yep - doesn't Ola usually manage the stage and lighting build - but I think he's related to the Nordic broadcasters (he's Swedish I think) - so has been involved in most contests in recent years (as Swedish/Norwegian/Finnish broadcasters have effectively provided a lot of the production teams and facilities over the last 10 years or so with the exception of Athens and Dusseldorf)
As he presumably wasn't involved with the German teams (they will presumably have done the set and light with local teams) he had time to blog?
noggin
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Thanks. Any behind the scenes vids of the set being changed between performances too - quite a logistical challenge I imagine to get the kit off and onto stage in just 45 seconds or so.
Not particularaly when you've got two ramps and almost everything is on wheels. One crew dash on stage and push the previous act down one ramp off stage, while another crew push the stuff for the next act up the other ramp and onto stage. They were using a laser again to provide virtual tape-marks to indicate where each bit of kit goes, so to get the stuff on you just push until it lines up with the marks, and then run off stage.
Yep.
Was it me or were there fewer bespoke bits of staging for different numbers than previous years - and those that were there were smaller scale? I'm thinking back to Jade Ewen having a staircase, Ukraine having lots of light boxes for Shady Lady, Ukraine having large steel wheels, Sakis from Greece having the lifting travelator etc. Felt smaller scale in those terms - in fact the actual performance area on the stage felt smaller as well?
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Ola, who normally does the production blogs, was there in a smaller role this year, and did this - http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Ola+Melzig/blog/
Yep - doesn't Ola usually manage the stage and lighting build - but I think he's related to the Nordic broadcasters (he's Swedish I think) - so has been involved in most contests in recent years (as Swedish/Norwegian/Finnish broadcasters have effectively provided a lot of the production teams and facilities over the last 10 years or so with the exception of Athens and Dusseldorf)
As he presumably wasn't involved with the German teams (they will presumably have done the set and light with local teams) he had time to blog?