2022 - Mika co-hosts Eurovision, PalaOlimpico Turin, Italy, 9-14 May

[mellody]

Opening a thread here for those who are going to any of the Eurovision shows. The dates are as follows, info from https://eurovision.tv/tickets-22 :

 

First Semi-Final

Jury Show – Monday 9 May, 21:00 CEST - RSVP here

Family Show – Tuesday 10 May, 15:00 CEST - RSVP here

Live TV Show – Tuesday 10 May, 21:00 CEST - RSVP here

 

Second Semi-Final

Jury Show – Wednesday 11 May, 21:00 CEST - RSVP here

Family Show – Thursday 12 May, 15:00 CEST - RSVP here

Live TV Show – Thursday 12 May, 21:00 CEST - RSVP here

 

Grand Final

Jury Show – Friday 13 May, 21:00 CEST - RSVP here

Family Show – Saturday 14 May, 13:30 CEST - RSVP here

Live TV Show – Saturday 14 May, 21:00 CEST - RSVP here

 

The Jury Show is a full run through of the show that takes place the night before the televised version. It’s when the international juries cast their votes for the participants.

The Family Show is a full run through of the show that takes place earlier in the day of the Live TV Show; it serves as one final rehearsal for the artists and crew, and as the name suggests, it’s much more convenient for those who wish to bring younger Eurovision fans.

The Live TV Show is exactly that: a live television show. Audiences across Europe (and Australia) will get to cast their votes to add to the Jury scores.

 

So it's 9 events altogether, that I'm summing up here in this thread, for people who are planning to attend one or more of these events. You can RSVP on the links above, so other MFCers know who else will be going and maybe you can make plans to meet up.

 

All info and updates about Eurovision in general and on TV can be found and posted here:

 

tickets for the shows are available on: https://www.ticketone.it/en/artist/eurovision-song-contest/ - be careful, the cheapest tickets are audio only, so you'll be sitting behind the stage and see nothing.

 

 

[mellody]

So did anyone else get standing tickets for any of the shows? Very curious as to where exactly that will be. Actually the fact that suddenly a standing ticket was available, although they're not even mentioned on the website, was the reason I decided to buy a ticket (for the family show of the grand final) - sitting far away just isn't the kind of experience I'm looking for. I was told they're right in front of the stage and usually reserved for ESC fanclubs, but seems they had a few spares for general sale.

 

On the ESC live blog they posted this picture today... there's not much space between the stage and the Green Room, from where the contestants will be watching. Looks like there's some sort of benches?

[tiibet]

22 hours ago, mellody said:

So did anyone else get standing tickets for any of the shows? Very curious as to where exactly that will be. Actually the fact that suddenly a standing ticket was available, although they're not even mentioned on the website, was the reason I decided to buy a ticket (for the family show of the grand final) - sitting far away just isn't the kind of experience I'm looking for. I was told they're right in front of the stage and usually reserved for ESC fanclubs, but seems they had a few spares for general sale.

 

On the ESC live blog they posted this picture today... there's not much space between the stage and the Green Room, from where the contestants will be watching. Looks like there's some sort of benches?

I didn't see any standing places when I bought my tickets so I guess those were leftovers from fan clubs? Sounds very cool to be that close to the stage! I wanted to try local fan club tickets but I read that those are reserved to only those who have been members for a longer time so I didn't join and bought general sales instead. It was very hectic and it was not easy to choose so I just bought the best I got and have different places each night. I'm going to be in Torino the whole week and I got tickets for all the other shows but not for the grande finale and it feels a bit disappointing to miss the biggest event to honest, so I hope I can still find a ticket but people are asking triple prices and that's just too much for me so I haven't bought yet. Still happy to be there and see the whole madness during the week and see Mika's performance at least at the rehearsals.

[mellody]

29 minutes ago, tiibet said:

I didn't see any standing places when I bought my tickets so I guess those were leftovers from fan clubs? Sounds very cool to be that close to the stage! I wanted to try local fan club tickets but I read that those are reserved to only those who have been members for a longer time so I didn't join and bought general sales instead. It was very hectic and it was not easy to choose so I just bought the best I got and have different places each night. I'm going to be in Torino the whole week and I got tickets for all the other shows but not for the grande finale and it feels a bit disappointing to miss the biggest event to honest, so I hope I can still find a ticket but people are asking triple prices and that's just too much for me so I haven't bought yet. Still happy to be there and see the whole madness during the week and see Mika's performance at least at the rehearsals.

 

Fingers crossed that you can find a ticket for the live final!

Hm, maybe they added the standing tickets later... I just looked, they are still available for both semi-finals for the jury and family shows. On the map it just shows a tiny square in front of the stage, but in the list of ticket options you can easily find them. Just for the live shows I never saw any standing tickets, so maybe those went completely to the fan clubs - or they don't have any at the lives, because they need the space for the cameras? I guess we'll see next week.

[mellody]

FYI, I've moved the reports to an extra reports thread, please post reports / pix / videos from the live shows there:

https://www.mikafanclub.com/topic/36208-2022-mika-co-hosts-eurovision-palaolimpico-turin-italy-9-14-may-reportspicsvideos