The Story of Eurovision 2023 🇬🇧🇺🇦 • Behind The Scenes
Uniting two countries in music, production, and spectacle. A unique year with with Ukrainian flavour and British ingenuity (after 25 years!). Plus the most watched Grand Final yet - but, how did they do it?
Join me as I take a deep dive into the behind the scenes production of the world’s biggest and longest running TV event - this year, in Liverpool! (and there was so much more that could be included, but brevity!)
Fernand’s Live Show Show - the show taking a look at the cool creative production madness happening behind the scenes in live TV.
A massive thank you to
Lee Smithurst, Head of Show
Nikki Parsons, Lead Director
for making invaluable appearances in this episode!
and a special thanks to
Danny Hodgetts & Chris Abbott
fellow TV bods in the industry
EXTENDED INTERVIEWS
coming soon!
#eurovision #behindthescenes #howitwasmade
Insta, TikTok & Threads - @fernandsliveshowshow
Eurovision Wall Art! fullfatfoxart.etsy.com
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro - Looking Back
00:54 A Summary
02:04 How Did We Get Here?
02:42 What Do We Need?
03:52 It’s Liverpool!
05:19 A UK & Ukraine Production
05:44 INTERVIEW - Lee Smithurst, Head of Show
10:32 A Touch of Britishness
11:48 Love Laugh Live-rpool! (Ad)
12:37 The Venue & Staging
13:09 Stage Design
14:12 Lighting, Sound & Screen Content
18:28 Directing the Show
18:48 INTERVIEW - Nikki Parsons, Lead Director
21:34 Cameras
22:42 CuePilot
25:13 Graphics
26:32 Performance Secrets
28:44 The Voting Sequence
30:46 FLiSS Faves!
32:24 Ta-ra For Now
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SOURCES:
Eurovision (YouTube, & [Eurovision.tv](http://eurovision.tv/))
BBC & BBC Eurovision
The Guide Liverpool
Liverpool Echo
TPI Magazine - [tpimagazine.com](http://tpimagazine.com/)
[LiveDesignOnline.com](http://livedesignonline.com/)
Light & Sound International
CuePilot [cuepilot.com](http://cuepilot.com/) (Special thanks to Chris & Danny!)
Creative Animal - [creativeanimal.nl](http://creativeanimal.nl/)
NEP Netherlands - [nepworldwide.nl](http://nepworldwide.nl/)
Creative Technology Group
IBC365
OperTec
SVG Europe
Design Bridge & Partners
Starlight Creative
BBC News
Sky News
ITV News / Good Morning Britain
Content
Luke Dudley (@/lukedudley1 on Twitter
Me!
Images
Corinne Cumming / EBU
Chloe Hashemi / EBU
Lee Smithurst
YouTube
Eurovision Visuals
Eurodiena
Twitter
@ThatPeterHayes
Music - Epidemic Sounds
And massive thank you (and apologies!) if I've missed you out here, you will have been credited on screen.
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