Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

I'm so happy I'm not needing a ticket..... ... and the queue is getting worse as we speak.... ... and tickets are sold out, it seems.

Fans were complaining before about everyhting but NTU has come up with the logo, slogan, stage and allocation draw in January. Just as promised. :-) And even the ticket sales will start in a week or so... The stage (on top) looks very much inspired by Vienna and Helsinki with the Baku backdrop. But then again it's the same designer. Except for Helsinki of course! Looks promising. The semifinal allocation is sorted out as well today with the Host City insignia ceremony, passing the contest officially from Stockholm to Kyiv. A nice tradition started after Helsinki 2007 from the initiative of the Helsinki city people.  Italy, Spain and United Kingdom will vote in the first semifinal which is bad news for San Marino. Germany. Ukraine and France will vote in the second semifinal which is good news for San Marino if they send Serhat again..... And Finland? AGAIN first semifinal and AGAIN first half! This is 8th semifinal one in ten years, and the starting numbers have ...

Before all the fans start moaning about the ticket prices for Eurovision let's have a look what the tickets to Sanremo festival cost. Maybe you'll be happy with whatever EBU and NTU offer after.... The single night tickets cost either 100 or 180 euro depending which part of the Teatro Ariston you are seated. That's for the first four nights; the final costs 320 and 660 euro. But to get these you should line up in the box office at the theater day by day.... If you want to buy the full five day package that's 672 or 1 290 euros. And no funny business with the tickets as they are all printed out with your name and date and place of birth, and you need to prove your identity with the ticket so you can't just give it to someone else once you have it.  The ticket sales start here on January 10, 2017 if you are tempted..... But remember the number of tickets is very limited as the theater is filled with industry people, RAI people, people from Sanremo town...

Next Tuesday we will know more about the coming festival, including the co-hostesses and apparently there is also a co-host! And confirmations and news on the foreign and Italian guest stars. Besides that the tickets to Teatro Ariston go on sale. The tickets are sold from 10am on January 12 until 6pm on January 14, 2016 here only.  Five day tickets: 672/1.290 euro Single tickets for the first four nights: 100/180 euro Single tickets for the final: 320/660 euro And you complain about the Eurovision ticket prices....

Looking for an ideal Christmas present for someone? Or youself? You can try to get the ticket(s) for the Eurovision song contest 2015 in Vienna. There are tickets for all live shows and the second and third dress rehearsal of each of them so that makes full nine shows and about 100.000 tickets in all. The prices vary from 14 euros to 390 euros, but most of them cost between 49 and 150 euros in six different price categories. There are also packages for fans as usual.  The sales start on December 15 at 9am CET here . More tickets are expected to be on sale later once ORF has finalized the layout of the Wiener Stadthalle: stage design, greenroom and camera positions etc. Happy hunting you who are going! UPDATE Dec 15: Apparently the tickets sold out within an hour. More tickets will be available in January.

UPDATE:   The final was sold out in a few hours while there are still tickets for the other shows. Hmmm... Tomorrow is the fight day for those wanting to get tickets for the Eurovision song contest 2014. The common people and fans alike, those who are not getting the OGAE tickets. The ticket prices for Copenhagen 2014 are from 13 euros to 52 for the semifinal dress rehearsals, 15-60 euros for the 3rd dress rehearsal aka Family final, 17-93 euros for the Jury final and the semifinals. The final is prices 42-240 euros.  In the map above you can see the B&W Hallerne in Refshaleøen lay out and indeed the stage is in between the audience as rumored. Not in the middle but the audience however is on three sides of the stage, which is a normal for many concerts but a novelty for Eurovision song contest. And yes, the fan area is a standing one again but fans are getting OGAE tickets also to seated areas, my guess is the area around the stage. And a very nice touch is given m...

Well, not really as more tickets will be available later. However, the interest is high and despite all the complaints and negative feedback my the fans - as usual, are they never happy with anything anyways??!! - also the 345 euro fan packets for standing area, all 2000 of them were sold out, and the demand was so high there are going to be more of those available later as well. It seems those living outside EU had some difficulty getting their tickets through internet but then, has this ticket sale ever run smoothly?

The first set of tickets for the Eurovision song contest 2013 in Malmö wil be on sale next Monday, November 26, 2012 at 10 o'clock. The special fan packet includes six standing tickets in the area close to the stage for the following shows at the cost of 2975 SEK or approx 345 euros. Against the previous information there is also one seated section available for fans, to be divided by the various OGAE organisations.  First semifinal's jury rehearsal May 13 First semifinal May 14 Second semifinal's jury rehearsal May 15 Second semifinal May 16 Final's jury rehearsal May 17 The final May 18 There are also separate tickets on sale from 10 euros to 216 euros here .

"An important message to those who are buying tickets to the Final! Due to extremely high demand and despite the large capacity, there is a limit to the amount of traffic the platform can handle per hour, so keep trying! Tickets are available for German ánd foreign fans. Buy through www.dticket.de , the *only* official ticket partner! There are *no* other ticket partners, so be careful of scams!"   So is the statement. Once again the ticket sales didn't go smoothly and zillions of fans are being frustrated, angry and ready to burn down EBU and the host broadcaster cursing the whole country of Germany. So, what else is new? Doesn't this happen every year? As I'm not going all I can do is yawn to all of this.... :-)