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Claypaky fixtures light up Finland’s UMK 2025 finale to choose Eurovision Song Contest participant

A large complement of Claypaky Sharpys and Tambora Batten squares illuminated the final qualifying event for Finland’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The finale of UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu), or New Music Competition, was held at the Nokia Arena in Tampere on February 8 when broadcaster Yle treated viewers to six performances to determine who would represent Finland at Eurovision in Basel, Switzerland in May.

Lighting Designer Pekka Martti and Ari Levela, Creative Director/Founder of Mobb Helsinki Oy, designed the stage for UMK 2025. Martti chose 68 Sharpys and 46 Tambora Batten squares to light the two-hour show. “Sharpys were used as audience ‘extras’, for songs with 360° shots and when performers went out on the catwalk”, he explains. “Sharpys still give punch for those big aerial flyout effects and reverse shots.”

Martti chose the Tambora Battens largely for one performance featuring semi-transparent drapes: “We used them to project dancers’ shadows and some fast-running chases for that song”, he says. The Tambora Battens also played major parts in other songs: “We had them on the upstage floor acting as light bars under the screen. We used them in every song, sometimes acting as a sharp light bar with chases, sometimes acting as a strobe.”

Claypaky’s distributor for Finland is Msonic Oy. The rental company was Creative Technology Finland.

(Photos: Ralph Larmann)

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