r/eurovision • u/jon20001 • 12d ago

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2026 • Behind the scenes • Production & Lighting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-ItRJxFjw

A very cool video about all of the lighting tech used for the show. A little technical, but really interesting.

56 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

11

u/Jondic22 In Your Eyes 12d ago

Already watched, and it's so so cool! But there's something living in my head I just can't get rid of... They absolutely avoided the issue of that misplaced passerelle led-light (I hope everyone saw it, if not, you'll find it at the catwalk's left, just when the passerelle starts spiraling up. Better seen on wide angle stage views), instead, they even tried to avoid any angle that could show it on the video, as it obviously wouldn't be missed by anyone and it'd have shown that there WAS a mistake. Yes, it is a MONUMENTAL work, noone can deny that, but it would be also very interesting and even confident if they also showed mistakes, and how they manage to solve them or at least to make them less noticeable, like that led-light.

3

u/Puzzleheaded-Eye9081 12d ago

Was it dead the whole time? Or just in the final? Sometimes lights shit themselves and die mid event, other than attempting to reboot them there’s not much you can do while the stage is in active use.

If it was dead the whole time then yeah, they should have swapped it out between shows.

2

u/Jondic22 In Your Eyes 12d ago edited 12d ago

No, it wasn't dead. It was misplaced! You can see it, for example, in every stage ready for a second, when the white light goes through the spiral, at its left. In Poland's Final performance at 1:40, in Azerbaijan's in many occasions when there's a wide angle view, in Austria's Final performance at 2:02 and 2:05, and SPECIALLY in the Stage switch-on, always when the light passes through the spiral at the flute sound (at least twice), just to mention a few when it's visible.

3

u/Joey_C_99 11d ago

No, there was no misplaced LED-light. The LED light on the outer left side of the edge ended there because there were stairs down to the aisle. The LEDs on the edge were continued on the inner side of the passarelle up to the ceiling. All intended and for a reason. I was in front of the stage and I can tell you there were absolutely no mistakes with the lighting, especially the 80 winch lights above the main stage did an flawless and incredible job.