Eurovision Song Contest was selected ROE Visual again to supply LED technology for the 2024 edition of the song contest, including the Black Marble BM4 Floor, Vanish V8T cubes, over a kilometre of ROE Strip, and the stunning Black Quartz BQ4 main wall.
This combination provided visuals that captivated the in-house audience and over 160 million viewers worldwide. Creative Technology executed the event, ensuring integration and performance.
The stage design, masterminded by veteran Eurovision production designer Florian Wieder and international lighting and screens designer Fredrik Stormby, showcased a harmonious blend of lighting and visuals.
The event utilised 1100 meters of ROE Strip around all cubes and lighting pods.
The Black Marble floor played a role in the setup, both as a visual element and as a tool to ensure the precise and rapid placement of props. The Eurovision production team faced the challenge of executing changeovers within a mere 50 seconds, utilising digital markers on the Black Marble floor allowed for fast and accurate positioning of props, enhancing the overall flow of the event.
The Black Marble floor played a crucial role in the setup, both as a visual element and as a tool to ensure the precise and rapid placement of props. While the Eurovision production team faced the challenge of executing swift changeovers within a mere 50 seconds, utilising digital markers on the Black Marble floor allowed for accurate positioning of props.
Creative Technology delivered all the equipment and the technical infrastructure for light, sound, and visuals. Based on an all-ROE Visual LED set, the technical setup included Helios LED processing and Disguise media. The production was time-coded, from camera shots to LED screen content, ensuring perfect synchronisation.
The team used comprehensive LED monitoring systems, including Megapixels’s Omnis and Faber’s FRM systems, logging data from all LED panels.
For the first time, the entire LED system at Eurovision operated on an SMPTE 2110 network. The setup utilised a robust 2-core system with 42 x 100G connections, ensuring maximum efficiency and reliability. The switch to fiber optic technology allowed for faster data transfer rates.
The Eurovision production processed an astounding 1.2 terabytes of data per second, the fiber optic network made this amount of data handling possible, surpassing copper cables’ limitations.
The monitoring system kept real-time logs of all the LED panels, detecting any potential issues before they could impact the performance. In the rare event of a problem, the system would switch over seamlessly, ensuring the audience experienced no disruption. All monitoring was conducted offline for cybersecurity reasons, with alerts sent via SMS to the technical team if a processor issue was detected.
“Our advanced network and monitoring capabilities were crucial in delivering a flawless visual experience at Eurovision,” said Niclas Ljung, CTO at Creative Technology. “The transition to a full 2110 network and the redundancy measures we implemented ensured that the show ran smoothly”.
