Procon had previously worked for the event in Athens (2006) and Belgrade (2008). For this year's event, Procon deployed 40 trailer trucks with technical equipment (approximately 550 tonnes) and a team of more than 70 technical specialists. The company was contracted to provide equipment and services in the areas of lighting, sound, video/LED and rigging.
The manifest included 700 moving lights, 250 LED lights, 500 conventional lighting fixtures and 100km of cable.The main audio systems were Meyer Sound- based. In the rigging department, 4400m of trussing was utilised, together with 520 chain hoists.
Lighting designer was Al Gurdon, creative/multicamera director was Andrey Boltenko. The set was designed by John Casey. Procon's project manager was Ola Melzig, with Matthias Rau as Procon crew chief.
*For the first time, voting in the final was split between tele-voting and panels of musical experts, which was supposed to reduce the incidence of predictable and neighbourly votes. A total of 42 countries voted on the 25 songs, with Norway scoring a record 387 points.
(Jim Evans)
