Eurovision Song Contest 2006
General information:
200 Million TV viewers
18.000 spectators on the spot
ca. 5 weeks of setting up and rehearsing
Equipment:
LEDs on the stage as well as purpose built Xenon lamps as effect lights
ca. 450 Martin MAC 2000 Profile and Washes as effect lights
TV light with MAC 2000 and audiencelight
Video animation on Barco ILites and Barco OLites
Light for the Green Room
Backup-Light
Control per 9 grandMA desks
20 Maxedia-Medaserver
6 hydraulically controlled stairs
2 digitizer
2 Encore-systems
ca. 1200 Barco ILite 6 modules
ca. 5200 Barco OLite blocks
LED Striplights from Schnick Schnack
plexiglass
projection screen Opera
Strobes
Lamps with colour changing
Suppliers:
Procon Event Engineering (general contractor for light, sound, rigging and communication technology)
TVN
MA Lighting
Riedel Communications
Sennheiser
Stage One (stage, kinetics)
Martin Professional
Barco
Amptech (PA)
Credits:
Executive Producer ESC 2006: Fotini Yiannoulatou | Show Producer: Costas Charalambidis | Assistant Show Producer: John Zarganis | Creative Director: Akis Stamatiadis, Fokas Evangelinos | Production Manager: Periclis Papadimitriou | Set Designer/ Art Director: Elias Ledakis | Light Design/Director of Photography: Manfred “Ollie” Olma | Lighting Equipment: Procon Event Engineering GmbH | Date of Production: 05/18/2006 and 05/20/2006 | Location: Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens, Greece
Source of information: „Germany: Twelve Points“. By Dirk Matschuk, Ralph Larmann and Walter Wehrhan. Production Partner 6/2006, pp. 70-79.
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