EBU: "The sun will remain in the same place in all 40 songs, to ensure a fair competition"! - Eurovision News | Music

The European Broadcasting Union gave its first statement, on the technical issues that have been created, with the stage of Eurovision 2022 .

Speaking to the Danish broadcaster, DR, the EBU referred to the issues that have arisen and are affecting the scene, for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.

The statement given to DR states that:

During the technical tests in Turin, the production team has experienced challenges with how long it takes to adjust the “sun” to different positions in the time between the different performances. Together with the host station RAI it was therefore decided that the sun will remain in the same position during all 40 songs, to ensure a faircompetition for all participating countries.

The creative director of the Danish participation Birgitte Næss-Schmidt, explained that the sun has two sides . One side has lights on it, while the other consists of LED screens and that the sun is currently adjusted to have the lights facing the audience.

As a result, some countries that were going to use LED screens in the sun had to make last-minute adjustments to their performance.

In addition, she added that at the last minute, the Danish delegation was asked to make changes in the appearance of The Reddi, as they can not as an organization support what has been requested.

We were told that the stage did not work, three days before our first rehearsal. Fortunately, we had chosen not to use the turntable itself in advance, because we did not think it worked optimally, so it has been fairly simple for us to adapt our performance

Birgitte Næss-Schmidt

We remind you that stand-in rehearsals were held with great difficulty and several missions expressed their dissatisfaction with the material they received from the rehearsal of their participation. The technical issues addressed by the missions may therefore include the malfunction of the sun’s structure.

Added to all of the above there were problems in countries rehearsing on the first day of rehearsals, as of Latvia and Lithuania

Source / Photo: DR / EBU / NATHAN REINDS

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