See the Eurovision Song Contest stage in action!

SVT have used lighting to dramatic effect creating optical illusions, rooms and a wall that performers will actually be able to walk on. The stage has been described as "rock 'n' roll meets Eurovision", as Fredrik Jönsson, Lighting Designer explains. "We have a very defined scenography with straight lines, strong perspectives and a big LED background in different geometrical patterns. Regardless what lighting I complement the production with, it has to be as strong and give the same expression to the show". 

Fun Facts - Technical production

General:

·         Total amount of cable: 143 kilometres

·         220 people required to run the live broadcast

Lighting:

·         1828 fixtures

·         Consumes 854 000 watts

·         25 300 control channels

·         Takes 5 main and 5 back up lighting desks to run the show

·         14 spotlight operators

·         45 people involved to run lighting during the broadcast

Video:

·         900 square metres of high resolution LEDs

·         71 000 002 pixel resolution

·         19 media servers to handle all video content

·         12 HDQ 40 projectors (the worlds largest video projector)

·         10 High End MMS systems

·         37 people involved to run video during broadcast

·         3 operators

Sound:

·         134 speakers

·         345 000 watt output

·         64 microphones

·         18 IEM systems (In-ear monitor)

·         152 IEM reciever (In-ear monitor)

·         7 sound desks

·         480 channels in the optoloop

·         32 people involved to run sound during broadcast

Pyro:

·         30 x flame units

·         20 x CO2 units

·         30 x firing positions

·         6 x Heavy Fog Outlets

Rigging:

·         109 tonnes of rigged gear in the roof

·         78 cyberhoists

·         350 rigging points

·         1 397 metres of truss

Power:

·         4,64 megawatts at full capacity

·         10 Generators

·         10 000 litres of fuel used every day

·         15 km of high voltage power lock cables

Stage:

·         Stage weight 65 tonnes

·         220 square metre performance area

·         Height 15,5 metres

·         Width 50 metres

·         Depth 32 metres

·         2 000 square metre high gloss surface

·         The wall alone is built of 5 397 pieces of scaffolding 

·         40 stage technicians will handle change overs during broadcast

Broadcast

·         40 cameras in total - 22 for Globe broadcast

·         50 people involved in the broadcast

·         2 directors

·         SVT will use cuepilot

·         1 x 2d camera and 1 x drop camera with a 70 metre drop

Production:

·         172 trucks of equipment

·         70 stage hands for load -in, 98 for load-out

Venue:

·         10 500 spectators

·         Venue has sunk 35 mm since work started on April 4