A Massive List Of Credits For The Massive Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Over 12,000 people attended the three 2018 Eurovision Song Contest live broadcasts from Lisbon's Altice Arena. Over 200 million tuned in on the television on the Final night alone, and millions more streamed it online. With 26 acts and over 2,000 lighting fixtures, Eurovision demanded a small army of designers, technical directors, lighting technicians, riggers, and more to keep the five and a half week production running smoothly. Below is a portion of the lengthy crew list, and stay tuned for more coverage of the incredible production.

A Selection of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest Crew

Executive Producer: JOÃO NUNO NOGUEIRA

Deputy Executive Producer / TV Producer: PAULO RESENDE

Deputy Executive Producer / Show Producer: CARLA BUGALHO

Event & Logistics Manager: MARIA FERREIRA

Contest Producer: CHRISTER BJÖRKMAN

Head of Production: OLA MELZIG and TOBIAS ÅBERG

Senior Multi Camera Director: TROELS LUND

Multi Camera Directors: PAULA MACEDO and PEDRO MIGUEL

Set Design: FLORIAN WIEDER

Lighting Design: JERRY APPELT

Head of Sound: DANIEL BEKERMAN

Technical Director Show: NUNO VAN GRICHEN

Technical Manager Show: PEDRO HENRIQUES

Technical Director Broadcast: TARMO KRIMM

Technical Manager Broadcast: MAGNUS MÜÜRSEPP

Technical Manager EBU Switch: JOSÉ CARLOS SILVA

Techinical Video Manager: HANS CROMHEECKE

Technical Logistics Manager: ERIK BLOMDAHL

Creative Manager: GONÇALO MADAÍL                            

Art Director: NICOLAU TUDELA

Motion Graphics Designer: JORGE PERES

OST Composer: LUÍS FIGUEIREDO  

OST Producer and Sound Consultant: FERNANDO MARTINS

Viewing Room Director: MATTIAS CARLSSON  

Assistant Viewing Room Director: ISABEL ROMA           

Stage Directors: MARVIN DIETMANN and MARTIN KAGEMARK            

Senior Floor Manager: HENRIC VON ZWEIGBERGK

Senior Stage Manager: TOBBE MAGNESVED

Props Manager: ROBERT ROOS

Backstage Coordinators: PIERRE BREDSENTSLIEN and CARL-PHILIP LANDIN

Production Manager: PIET-HEIN BAKKER

Production Services Coordinator: RUTE VALE

Executive Production Assistant: LARA OLIVEIRA

Show Producer Assistants: ANDRÉ DAVID and DIOGO FERNANDES

Contest Producer Assistant: RUTE FILOMENO

Head of Production Assistant: MÉLANIE CAGNON

Senior Production Assistants: JOAN LYMAN and SARA SVENSSON

Interval Acts Production Assistant: RITA BAPTISTA and MARIA ANDRAD

Assistant Stage Director: NOUA WONG         

Assistant Stage Manager: OSKAR ÖSTERLIE        

Head of Procurement / IMS Manager: DIOGO CABRAL

IMS Assistant: CLARA SOUSA

Camera Crew Managers: ANTÓNIO MOREIRA NUNES and ANTÓNIO MARCOS

Operation Manager: ANA BRAAMCAMP

Operation Manager Assistants: INÊS PIRES and ANA RITA SILVA

Logistics Managers: MÓNICA NORONHA and SANDRA SOUSA

Daily Logistics Coordinator: MIMI BAPTISTA

Event & Logistics Manager Assistant: INÊS SANTOS

Event Coordinator: ANA TORRES

Layout Manager: TOBIAS BRODD

Layout CAD Designer: GONÇALO SALGUEIRO

Costume Designer Assistants: EQUIPA CATIA    

Vision Mixers: JOÃO TRINDADE and FILIPE COSTA

CCU Operators: BRUNO ARRAIOLOS, JOSÉ MANUEL ANTUNES, and PAULO MENDES

Steadicam Operators: CARLOS SANTOS and TIM TONNESSEN

Steadicam Assistants: FRANCISCO SOUSA and STEPHANIE AMUNDSEN

Camera Operators: ANDRÉ CARDOSO, BRUNO DUARTE, CRISTIANO SAUL, DAVID PISSARRO, DIOGO DIAS, NUNO FERREIRA, PAULO ALEXANDRE, PAULO OLIVEIRA, PEDRO CASTRO SILVA, PEDRO SILVA, and ROGÉRIO SANTOS

Crane Operator Assistants: TIAGO VASCONCELOS and ADRIANO GOMES

Special Camera Project Manager: ELENA MILORADOVA, ANATOLIY PARFENYUK, and OLEKSANDR ZHADAN

Special Camera Operators: SERHII KUZUB, OLEKSIY KULISH, OLEKSII TATARINOV, BORYS RAIKHLIN, ANDRII MALIKOV, and MORITZ GREVEN

Special Camera Supervisor: ALEKS PARFENIUK

Special Camera Technician: SERHII BILYI

Special Camera Engineers: VITALII VOLOSHYN, OLEKSII YAROSHENKO, and IHOR HORBACHYK

Special Camera Pilot: SERHII SADOVNIKOV

Rigger Cable Camera System: OLEKSANDR YUSHCHENKO  

Dolly Operator: RODION MOMOT and SERGII KOPYLOV

Crane Swingers: ADRIANO GOMES, TIAGO VASCONCELOS, ANTON ZAVALNYI, VOLODYMYR IGNATENKO, DMYTRO MUZYKA, and YURII ARTIUKH

Electronics Engineer: IEVGEN DOMARETSKYI and VITALII KRUCHAK

EVS Operators: MANUEL BARREIRO, BRUNO ALBUQUERQUE, JOÃO STICK, BRUNO PIRES, and JOÃO MOREIRA

Lighting Design Assistant: ANDREAS TÜRPE

Technical Manager Lighting: MATTHIAS RAU

Lighting Director/ Desk Operator Lighting: RAPHAEL DEMONTHY

Desk Operator Lighting: MARKUS RUHNKE, MARTIN RUPPRECHT, RAPHAEL GREBENSTEIN, and SEBASTIAN HUWIG

Desk Support: MARKUS JANNING and MAX BROKBALS

Pre Programming: JAN SUILING

Followspot Caller: TORSTEN BERGER 

Followspot Operators: PEDRO PINTO, NUNO ALVES, JOÃO TOURAIS, GONÇALO MILITÃO, ANTÓNIO CANDEIA, ANDRÉ MIRANDA, MÁRCIO PRATAS, MANUEL ESPINHO, DIOGO BARBOSA, PAULO MIGUENS, JOSÉ SANTOS, TIAGO BARROS, GUILHERME FILIPA, DELFIM CANITO, JOSÉ FILIPE, DAVID SIMÕES, RAFAEL DIAS

Robospot Technician: OPITZ MARTIN

Project Directors Lighting: MARC VAN DER WEL and MARCO DE KOFF

Project Manager Lighting: RUUD WERKHOVEN, RAMIRO MARTINS, and TIJS WINTERS

Pre Production Lighting: LUMA AMORIM, LUÍS DUARTE, and ROBBIE VAN PELT

Lighting Crew Chief: MARAN PERSOONS

Lighting Technicians: BASTIAAN VAN COMMEREN, ANDRÉ MORGADO, TELMO BENVINDO, ERNESTO FONSECA, FRITS TON, HENK JAN BLOK, BART VAN STIPHOUT, VAGNER RODRIGUES, PEDRO NUNO, JOAO BARREIRA, RUI ALVES, MARCELO MAGALHÃES, ANDRÉ PACHECO PEDRO, AARNINKHOF ANTONIUS, BISSCHOPS MICHEL, CADIL RADEK, SINNEMA MICHAEL, VAN SCHAIK JOS CHRISTINUS, LAURENCE SHORT, JAIME MENDES, RICARDO BENVINDO, and BLIJLEVENS ADRIAAN

Logistics Manager Lighting: GUUS HOGENES and WIENAND HEININK

Props Lighting: ANNE HOFFMANS

Cyberhoist Operator: JOERI SWAGEMAKERS, INGO KOENZEN, and RIK ALFONS LYDIA UYTTERSPROT

Cyberhoist Technicians: ARJAN BOVEE, IVO IJSSEL, COEN JANSSENS, LÜER TIM, and KEVIN POOLE

Head of Sound: DANIEL BECKERMAN

Senior Monitor Engineer: JOÃO ESCADA 

Front of House Sound Engineer: ISAAC BUGALHO

Senior Broadcast Engineer: ROBERT EDWARDS

Senior Systems Engineer: ANTÓNIO SILVA

Sound Engineers: HENRIQUE ASSUMPÇAO, RICARDO CORREIA, JANE SCUTT, TIAGO MENDES, SAMUEL HENRIQUES, and JOAO PAULO MARTINS

Sound Crew: TIAGO CANÁRIO, PEDRO GOMES, ANTÓNIO GARCIA, DAVID ALMEIDA, DOMENICO CERQUA, MIGUEL CALDEIRA, RUI FÉLIX, JOANA PERRUCHO, JOAO MOTA, CAROLINA PICHEL, SAMUEL GARÇAO, VASCO GOMES, TIAGO FINO, FILIPE FEIO, FERNANDO RODRIGUES, HUGO GLORIA, GONÇALO LOPES, HUGO HORTA, QUICO BARROS, JOÃO PEDRO COSTA, BERNARDO MARQUES, FERRUCCIO COELHO, FABRIZIO DE AMICIS, PABLO CONSOLI, DANIELE CARILLO, and ANGELO CAMPORESE

Sampler: SOFIA COSTA

System Engineers: ANDREA TESINI  and EDOARDO MICHELORI

Wireless Engineers: JONAS NAESBY, GERHARD SPYRA, and KEVIN JUNGK

Viewing Room Engineer: STEPHEN ANDREW CRISP 

Project Manager Sound Supplier: GIULIO ROVELLI

Technical Manager Video: HANS CROMHEECKE

Media Server Desk Operator: NIKOLAOS CHARALAMPIDIS

Video Technicians: ENGBERT VAN DER PLOEG, LUÍS DE SOUSA, NICK LINSKENS, WIM VAN DER GRAAFF, and ANTÓNIO MENEZES DA SILVA

LED Technicians: RICARDO PEREIRA, VÍTOR FRANCISCO, FERNANDO SANTOS, LUTUÍMA VEIGA, and TIAGO MADALENO

Supervising Art Director Set: PER ARNE JANSSEN

Art Director Set: GEORG BOERNER

Lift Operator Stage: MATTEO MARASTONI    

Senior Project Manager Set Construction: ANA TERESA MOTA      

Project Manager Set Construction: JORGE VENÂNCIO, VITOR INÁCIO, RICARDO SILVA, and RODOLFO SIMÕES  

Set Construction Crew Chief: NELSON RODRIGUES and JOÃO PACHECO

Set Construction Crew: ANDRÉ LUÍS, GUILHERME PINTO, JOÃO SILVA, RUI SANTOS, ALEXANDRE ARAÚJO, and RICARDO GAGEIRO        

Production Manager Set Construction: JOÃO LOPES

Drawing Coordinator Set Construction: BRUNO SILVA

Set Construction Engineer: PEDRO RESENDE

Changer Over Manager: HENRIK ISRAELSSON

Assistant Change Over Manager: CÉSAR MARTINS, NUNO CIBRÃO, and RITA RIBEIRO

Production Head Rigger: JOHANNES SCHAU

Rigging Crew Chief: GERRIT DE BEUZE and STANO KUSIK

Riggers: JAN VAN LIESHOUT, DIRK SOMMERS, FABIO SILVA, SUTHANA KAMERBEEK, FONS VAN EGMOND, ALBERTO, MARTIN RUMLER, MICHEL SAARLOOS, BOET CLOO, ROBER VRBJAR, TOMASZ KADLUBEK, CHIEL VAN DE BOOMEN, ANTUNES MENDES, BEDORF ERIC, CHMELAR PAVEL, LUÍS ALMEIDA, HESEK MILAN, NUNO LOPES, SCHIPPERS HERMAN, SERAFIN STANISLAW, SLOBODA JIRI, STEFAN MATTHIJS VAN BUUREN, JAN BART VAN DER TUUK, and MARCEL VELLEKOOP

Pyro & SFX Design: VITOR MACHADO

Pyro Technicians: DÁRIO LOPES, SERGIO ALMEIDA, NELSON LOPES, BRUNO NUNES, TOMAS CAMPOS, JOÃO LADEIRA, ELISABETE CANHÃO, EMERSON WELLENS, XAVIER KOSOLOSKY, and PAUL PHILIPSEN

Backline Technician: MARIA PORTUGAL DOS SANTOS and NUNO ALEXANDRE MOTA VEIGA

Floor Managers: LUÍS EUSÉBIO, NUNO CARVALHO, PEDRO GONÇALVES, and RUI LISBOA          

Broadcast Graphics Project Manager: INÊS RIBEIRO

Broadcast Graphics: CLÁUDIA FAVA, EURICO RANA, GUILHERME ALHO, JOÃO SANTOS, LUIS CERQUEIRA, RICARDO TAVARES, TIAGO BARROS, VASCO GONÇALVES, ÉLVIO FREITAS, and MANUEL GONÇALVES

SNG Operators: BAS GISKES, TOM VAN VLIET, and EVELINE KOERTS

Power: WOUTER HALLAERT, ROB VAN HERK, TOM DELBAERE, TOMMY KERCKAERT, ARNAULT VAECK, JAN DE MEYER, and MARC RENNOCKS

Frequency Manager: ANTÓNIO FERREIRA     

Frequency Manager Assistant: JOSÉ SANTOS     

Project Manager Intercom & Signal Dist.: BENEDIKT LEISTER    

ICT Manager: AXEL EKBLAD

Commentary Control Room Manager: JAKOB THYGESEN

Commentary Control Room Technician: ANDREAS KÜMMERLE, HANS-JÜRGEN DELL, and THOMAS DOMIN    

Commentary Support Staff: THOMAS MISKIEWICZ, VALERIA COSTA, JACLYN SPIES, and JORGE SIMÕES DA HORA

Intercom Technician: LARSEN RÖSICKE and NICO HARTMANN

Radio Communication Technician: THOMAS MEYER

Signal Distribution Technician: THIES SCHWICHTENBERG     

Intercom and Signal Distribution Assistant: BITTENCOURT LEMOS RAMOS       

Main Safety Representative: CARLOS NOGUEIRA        

Laser Technicians: SCHWESLY RODRIGUES, MIGUEL DIAS, and LUÍS FERREIRA                                                           

Venue Executive Producer: JOÃO SANTOS 

Venue Head Rigger: JOAQUIM SILVA