Eurovision 2009 participants arrive in Moscow
The Russian capital will be hosting the international song contest for the first time, but its organisers do not worry and say that everything is going as planned, and although there are eight more days before the opening, the contenders have every minute of their time already scheduled. The contest organizers said the first rehearsals would begin at 10:00 on May 3. Every contender will have 40 minutes to be followed by a press conference. The participants will move around the city in big buses marked with Eurovision logos. They will run every hour from the hotels where the contenders will live to the Olympiisky Concert Hall where the concerts, semi-finals on May 12 and 14, and the final contest on May 16 will be held. Special lanes will be reserved for the Eurovision buses with the picture of a firebird, the official mascot of the Moscow contest, in order to avoid traffic jams.
Meanwhile, all construction work has been completed at the Olympiisky Concert Hall. A unique stage provided with the most up-to-date equipment was installed on May 1. Contest chief director Andrei Boltenko said new super light and high-quality screens were used on the stage. A total of 2.5 kilometres of light-emitting diodes were used.
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