Eurovision 2010 Dates Confirmed
The 55th running of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the Oslo area, Host Broadcaster NRK and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) jointly announced today.
The two Semi-Finals and Grand Final of the contest are now confirmed to take place on:
First Semi-Final: Tuesday 25 May, 2010
Second Semi-Final: Thursday 27 May, 2010
Grand Final: Saturday 29 May, 2010.
A venue to host the competition is still to be chosen but is expected to be the brand new Telenor Arena in Oslo.
Eurovision 2009, Moscow
I thoroughly enjoyed this year show in Moscow, as expected it was a huge event in the refurbished olympic stadium which was just a massive space, one of the biggest arena's I have ever seen.
The acts put on a great show for everyone and I loved the stage which was also massive and had more LED's than I even knew existed! LOL. The moving set was a triumph.
I was totally entranced by the interval act where giant...and I mean giant, football pitch sized pools descended from the ceiling complete with performance art swimmers, right down so the audience could touch them and even the green room had its own pool. Something I would never had dreamed of even in my wildest dreams and was just mesmerizing to watch, certainly up there with interval acts such as River Dance. Stunning.
Even the Semi-Finals had their own opening acts that were different to the Grand Final this year so they were definitely worth watching and with less sound problems than in previous years.
Moscow managed to shed its old image and promote itself as a thoroughly modern city which will no doubt boost tourism and as the show cost almost $50 Million, I bet they are glad to get something back.
I can't wait for next year, I have every confidence Norway will put on an amazing show and I bet they will prove the old addage 'Size isn't everything!'.
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