Eurovision Song Contest, Helsinki

When the Eurovision Song Contest finally came to Helsinki in 2007, the contest already had over fifty years of traditions. For the first time, ESC was produced and broadcast in High Definition.

For Massteknik, part of Mediatec Group, this was the sixth ESC assignment. The event took place at the classic Hartwall Arena. All tickets were of course sold out, but the contest was broadcast to over a hundred million viewers. That’s a situation where absolutely nothing must go wrong.

And it didn’t, which wasn’t exactly a coincidence. Massteknik had 19 staff members located in Helsinki for a month, rigging all our equipment. Preparations were meticulous, to say the least.

A total of 340 m² of LED screens were used. 125 m² of Barco Olite were installed in the stage floor, and 200 m² of Barco MiTrix in the back-drop. This was a world first; never before had that many MiTrix modules been interconnected. It didn’t stop here, but this certainly paints the picture.

Mediatec Group was also represented by Prisma.