OSRAM subsidiary Clay Paky lit up the Eurovision Song Contest
2016 OSRAM was the Eurovision's official lighting partner for the second time
Photo: Martin Bohm
More than 200 millions of spectators worldwide
For the second time in succession OSRAM, as the official lighting partner for the ESC, provided the lighting for the 42 participating countries in the semi-finals and the final.
As the official lighting partner for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, OSRAM turned the super show into a mega event for lighting technology.
Setting new standards
“The Eurovision Song Contest is a unique event in the television year with some of the highest production values in broadcasting. I am delighted that our cooperation with OSRAM will continue into 2016.”
Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest
“Light is emotion. And as emotion is the main connotation when it comes to the Eurovision Song Contest, we are very pleased to be once more partner of this unique entertainment event.”
Hans-Joachim Schwabe, CEO of OSRAM’s Business Unit Specialty Lighting
Cutting edge technology and fascinating light settings
Lighting is central to a fascinating show, all the more when it comes to a show that is as important as the Eurovision Song Contest. Therefore we are proud that we could provide a majority of the lighting technology for this world's largest TV entertainment event. Most of the cutting edge lighting technology in the show was provided by OSRAM's subsidiary Clay Paky.
Clay Paky is a worldwide reference brand for entertainment lighting and in the professional lighting industry. Clay Paky has been supplying products for the ESC shows for many years.
Clay Paky lights are installed in architectural and architainment environments worldwide, as well as in the best venues, night clubs & bars, theme parks, shops, conference rooms. Clay Paky lights are used for top productions in the theatre, television, live events, concerts, tours, exhibitions, and corporate events.
State-of-the-art lighting technology
There had never been a performance at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) quite like the one by Sergey Lazarev for Russia. He climbed a wall, seemed suspended in mid-air and flew through space on an asteroid – perhaps the most spectacular stage show in the entire 60 year history of the competition. It may not have been enough to secure top spot in the public vote at the 2016 ESC in Stockholm – that accolade went to Jamala from the Ukraine with her moving ballad “1944”. But in terms of the three-dimensional combination of state-of-the-art video, lighting technology, stage set, choreography and singing, the show by Sergey Lazarev certainly set new standards.
“Lighting and video technologies will merge even more in future”, said Frederik Jönsson, lighting designer for the ESC in Stockholm. “I welcome this development as it will fuel the creativity of everyone involved.” According to Frederik Jönsson, the Eurovision Song Contest is like the Holy Grail for lighting designers. And that Holy Grail was found in Stockholm with the aid of Clay Pkay's products Sharpy, Mythos and Scenius.
This was the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Impressions of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Every song had a story, every sound had a colour. Photo: Martin Bohm.
A garden of light
Nothing separates the sky and the earth in this floating garden of wonders, built for italian artist Francesca Michielin. Photo: Martin Bohm.
Alice in Stockholm?
Jamie-Lee and this stage set-up straight from a fairytale are a perfect match. Let’s see how Germany performs in the final. Photo: Martin Bohm.
Emotions made of light and music.
Photo: Martin Bohm.
A waterfall of blue
Donny Montell has been waiting for this night for a long time. He represents his home country lithuania in a waterfall of blue. Photo: Martin Bohm
A cage of light.
An intense ballad needs a strong scenery. Sanja Vucic from Serbia is performing in a cage of light. Photo: Martin Bohm.
Welcome to Europe!
Dami Im from Australia in an atmosphere of magical silence, somewhere in between night and day. Photo: Martin Bohm.
Funky sound
The design of the stage reflects all the energy of Belgian artist Laura Tesoro and her funky Retro-Soul-Pop-Song. Photo: Martin Bohm.
Looking up the 90 metres high dome of the Globe.
Foto: Martin Bohm.
Photo: Ralph Larmann
"The Sharpy changed everything."
“The Sharpy changed everything. It produces the massive light beams that are all around in TV stage lighting these days.”
Richard Gorrod, “lighting gaffer” at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
“The Eurovision Song Contest is like the Holy Grail of television. It attracts an enormous number of viewers from all over the world, and it's a huge challenge: to do it and to do it right.”
Fredrik Jönsson, Lighting designer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
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