Music
Preparations underway for Eurovision stage
By MaltaMedia News
Apr 20, 2007 - 9:00:37 AM

Construction works have started at the Helsinki Arena which will host Eurovision Song Contest participants including MaltaSong Festival winner Olivia Lewis.  

Before the actual stage construction can start, the main frame work for hundreds of lights is being assembled. "The arena floor starts to get crowded already. Therefore, we unload all the moving lights on the third floor, where they are getting prepared, and then we bring them down in the order we will hang them," Ola Melzig, project leader of Spectra Stage & Event Technologies told Eurovision.tv.

In the upcoming 15 days, all light, sound and stage equipment will be delivered, implemented and tested to be fully prepared for the rehearsals. The first rehearsals for the Semi-Final are scheduled for 3rd May.

The semi-final, in which Olivia Lewis will participate with Vertigo, takes place on 10th May. If she makes it into the final night she will also perform on the 12th May.