Three contests, three countries! After Liverpool 2023 and Basel 2025, we headed to the Wiener Stadthalle for ORF and the 70th Eurovision Song Contest – and made a little history along the way. Vienna 2026 was the first contest ever lit entirely with LED and laser sources: more than 2,100 units, over 8,500 individually controllable LEDs and 80 high-speed winches, proving that big Eurovision moments and responsible production can go together.
Thank you to our amazing team – associate LDs Morgan Evans and James Scott, programmers Alex Mildenhall, Martin Higgins and Marc Nicholson, overnight programmers Olly Martin and Manfred Nikitzer, followspot caller Louisa Smurthwaite and playback video producer Sam Lisher – and to Florian Wieder, Neg Earth Lights, Robe, Ayrton and Ambersphere.
