The 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest recently wrapped up its 7th season, seeing its largest viewing audience in its history. An estimated 13 million viewers watched 13 competing countries onstage, beaming alongside 22 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 1500 fixtures. The show was held on November 21 at the Palace of Sports in Kiev, Ukraine, the same location of the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The show … [Read more...]
grandMA: Eurovision Song Contest 2009
This year's Eurovision Song Contest, the 54th edition of the famous show, took place at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia. It was the biggest contest held to date, with 550 tons of production equipment in 42 trailer trucks sent to Russia’s capital. Nearly 2,000 square metres of LED screens plus approximately 700 moving lights were assembled. 42 artists participated in the contest. For … [Read more...]
Barco supplies more than 1000 LED tiles for 54th Eurovision Song Contest
This year, Europe's favorite TV show is taking place in the Olympiyski Indoor Arena in Moscow. Viewers from around Europe tune in to watch 42 countries compete. Every year, the set designers of the Eurovison song contest raise the bar of visual creativity and this year is no exception. For this year's edition, Barco partner Procon Event Engineering has 40 trailers of technical equipment, … [Read more...]
Robe selects a song for Slovakia
Slovakia's top lighting designer Martin Kubanka used Robe moving lights and REDBlinders at the core of his design for the live TV show that selected the country's 2009 Eurovision Song Contest entry. This was staged in Studio 4 of the Slovakian Television HQ in Bratislava and broadcast live on STV1, breaking new ground in terms of presentation and spectacle. The basic visual concept hatched … [Read more...]
