Crash, boom, bang! Check out how the 2017 Eurovision venue, the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv is gearing up for the Eurovision Song Contest along with the magnificent stage. The Ukrainian national broadcaster, UA: PBC has released some more pictures from the venue.
It’s getting exciting in Kyiv as the 2017 Eurovision stage is shaping up and preparations are in full swing for the forthcoming 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
The Green Room in the making (photo credit: UA:PBC)
The 2017 Eurovision stage in the making (photo credit: UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Panoramic view of the 2017 Eurovision stage in Kyiv (photo credit : UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
Eurovision preparations at the IEC (photo credit UA:PBC)
The 2017 Eurovision stage in full action (photo credit: Ola Mezig)
Fun Facts about Technical Production
General:
Total amount of cable: 180 kilometers
220 people required to run the live broadcast
Lighting:
1816 fixtures
Consumes 854 000 watt
67 000 control channels
61 km of cable just for lighting
Takes 5 main and 5 back up lighting desks to run the show
16 followspot operators
40 people involved to run lighting during broadcast
Video:
1000 sqm of LED Screen
71 000 002 pixels resolution
12 media servers to handle all video content
10 people required to create all content.
56 High Output Projectors
4 High End MMS systems
Sound:
258 speakers
825 600 watt output
212 microphones
18 IEM systems (In ear monitor)
152 IEM reciever (In ear monitor)
13 sound desks
34 people involved to run sound during broadcast
Pyro:
48 x flame units
50 x firing positions
6 x Heavy Fog Outlets
Rigging:
212 ton of rigged gear in the roof
112 cyberhoist
735 rigging points
3262 meters of truss
42 riggers to get everything up
Power:
7 Megawatts at full capacity
18 Generators
20 000 Liter of fuel used every day
38,5 km of high voltage cable
Stage:
Stage weights 30 tons
350 sqm Performance area
Height 14 meters
Width 70 meters
Depth 28 meters
8 000 work hours in pre production
40 stage techs to handle change overs during broadcast
Broadcast:
30 cameras in total- 19 for Show broadcast
50 people involved to handle broadcast
2 directors
We are using cuepilot
1 x 2d camera and 1 x 1d camera, 3 x Cranes, 2 x dolly tracks
Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.
Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani
