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TIM ROUTLEDGE DESIGN PRESENTS

EUROVISION

3 CONTESTS · 3 HOST CITIES · LIVE

PLAYER SELECT // the lighting designer

Tim Routledge lit the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 and 2025, and came back for a third time in 2026. It's the world's largest live television broadcast.

Liverpool Arena for BBC Studios. St Jakobshalle in Basel for SRF. The Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna for ORF and the EBU. His Eurovision work has won several awards.

SCOREBOARD // douze points

  1. Eurovision contests lit2023 · 2025 · 20260
  2. TPi Lighting Designer of the Year2015 · 2019 · 2020 · 2024, a record0
  3. Royal Television Society Awards0
  4. Host broadcastersBBC Studios · SRF · ORF0
  5. BAFTABAFTA-winning lighting0

ROAD TO VIENNA // how the trophy moved the show

  1. 2022TurinUkraine winsWARP
  2. 2023LiverpoolUK hosts on behalf of Ukraine★ TRD
  3. 2024MalmöSwitzerland winsWARP
  4. 2025BaselAustria wins★ TRD
  5. 2026ViennaThird contest★ TRD

WORLD SELECT // the contests

WORLD 1

2023 LIVERPOOL

VENUE
Liverpool Arena
CLIENT
BBC Studios
HOSTED FOR
Ukraine
SET
Julio Himede (Yellow Studio)
LIGHTING
Tim Routledge
RENTAL
Neg Earth Lights
CREW ROLL · 19 CREDITS
  • MULTI-CAM DIRECTORSNikki Parsons, Ollie Bartlett, Richard Valentine
  • EXECUTIVE PRODUCERAndrew Cartmell
  • HEAD OF SHOWLee Smithhurst
  • CREATIVE DIRECTORDan Shipton
  • SET DESIGNJulio Himede (Yellow Studio)
  • LIGHTING DESIGNERTim Routledge
  • ASSOCIATE LDSJames Scott, Morgan Evans, Zhenya Kostyra
  • LIGHTING PROGRAMMERSTom Young, Alex Mildenhall, Marc Nicholson
  • LIGHTING RENTALNeg Earth Lights
  • PRODUCTIONJames O'Brien, Gary Beestone, Luke Mills, Caroline Lloyd
▶ FULL PROJECT
WORLD 2

2025 BASEL

VENUE
St Jakobshalle
CLIENT
SRF
SET
Florian Wieder
LIGHTING
Tim Routledge
RENTAL
Neg Earth Lights
CREW ROLL · 17 CREDITS
  • MULTI-CAM DIRECTORSRobin Hofwander, Fredrik Backlund, Myriam Von Necker
  • HEAD OF SHOWYves Schifferle
  • HEAD OF CONTESTChrister Björkman
  • CREATIVE DIRECTORSacha Jean-Baptiste
  • SET DESIGNFlorian Wieder
  • LIGHTING DESIGNERTim Routledge
  • ASSOCIATE LDSJames Scott, Morgan Evans, Zhenya Kostyra
  • LIGHTING PROGRAMMERSTom Young, Alex Mildenhall, Marc Nicholson
  • LIGHTING RENTALNeg Earth Lights
  • PRODUCTIONTobias Åberg, Luke Mills
▶ FULL PROJECT
WORLD 3

2026 VIENNA

VENUE
Wiener Stadthalle
CLIENT
ORF / EBU
LIGHTING
Tim Routledge
STATUS
Third contest · HAT-TRICK

"We were thrilled to design the Eurovision Song Contest lighting for a third time in 2026!"

CREW ROLL · 6 CREDITS
  • LIGHTING DESIGNERTim Routledge
  • LIGHTING PROGRAMMERSMartin Higgins, Olly Martin, Manfred Nikitser
  • SPOT CALLERLouisa Smurthwaite
  • GAFFERKeith Duncan
▶ FULL PROJECT

PARTY MEMBERS // the lighting crew on 2023, 2025 and 2026

BONUS STAGE // Liverpool 2023 in 8-bit

BIT DEPTH:

Photos: Sarah Louise Bennett, Chloe Hashemi and Corinne Cumming for the EBU, via timroutledge.co.uk.

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