Saturday, February 22, 2014

FACT SHEET MALMÖ 2013

We are already counting down to the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, but let's have a look at some FACT-Sheets About last year Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Malmö:

FACT SHEET MALMÖ 2013

• The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest is the 58th
consecutive annual event, this year produced
by Swedish public broadcaster SVT, under the
auspices of the European Broadcasting Union
(EBU);

• EBU Member Broadcasters from 39 countries
are taking part in this year's competition;

• It is the fifth time the Eurovision Song
Contest takes place in Sweden (1975, 1985,
1992, 2000 and 2013), and the second time in
Malmö (1992);

• TeliaSonera, is the 2013 Eurovision Song
Contest Presenting Partner. Schwarzkopf is the
Official Beauty Partner of the event;

• Some 1,550 accredited journalists from over
80 countries are expected to cover the
contest. They will attend some 40 press
conferences;

• A crew of some 700 people is involved with
the production, while several hundreds of staff
and over 500 volunteers will support the event
organization of the 2013 Eurovision Song
Contest

• 1,283 lighting fixtures will be used, of which
800 moving lights, connected through 24km
signal cable. 3,500 meters of truss are being
used to rig equipment into the ceiling of the
Malmö Arena

• Instead of the well-known large LED walls
viewers have seen for many years, SVT uses
350 square meters of mapping surface
covered by gigantic projectors

• 23 HD-cameras will be used to film the 2013
Eurovision Song Contest

• All equipment in the ceiling of the arena
weighs about 400 tons

• Over 100 million viewers from across Europe
and the world are expected to tune in for the
two Semi-Finals and the Final

• This year, over 100 million page views will be
generated on the contest’s official website,
www.eurovision.tv;

• The Eurovision Song Contest channel on
YouTube registeres more viewers than the
channels of the White House and the Obama
campaign combined, whereas over one million
fans follow the Eurovision Song Contest on a
variety of social media channels.

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