the final run up to the euro vision song contest in tel aviv a key test drawing for florian vader. he designed the backdrop for the show the biggest competition of its kind on the planet. now we get the chance to see whether everything was. plus going to. what's very important about this show in particular is that you have a connection between the audience and the people performing up on stage and. that's why it's really important to get the audience physically very close to the artists . so it's a big set and big venue but the stage itself is actually relatively small and that creates an intimate party atmosphere even though when viewed as a whole it of course looks gigantic quotes to the music was also. just a 6 time the german stage designers shape the look of the contest the 1st rehearsals every participating country like poland is responsible for its own performance but one design element reappears again and again the triangle it's a reference to the star of david and israeli symbol and that's not the only tip of the hat to the host country. the cancer. so the basic shape of t

and when it's over i'm happy if it all went well would leave florian vader has done far more than create a stage for a competition with a 29000 euro vision song contest he sets a new milestone for stage design. so a great sense but one of the big talking points this year aging well the biggest controversy is not a song the ship but rather the venue of course the contest taking place and because it is releasing and it was a lie won the contest in 28 c. the pro palestinian international boycott divestment sanctions movement b.d.'s has called for a boycott and there were protests at the weekend in tel aviv the b.d.'s says the contest allows a white washing of is reagan's policies towards palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza israel says the international boycott is discriminating and anti said mistake but dozens of european artists have called for the contest to be moved elsewhere but so far no singers have doubt some of the artists have also defied the boycott calls madonna will be appearing at the final on saturday night's indeed very briefly big question who's going to win well

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