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By Daniel Rosney
Eurovision reporter
Harry Styles had a nightmare astatine February's Grammy Awards, erstwhile the signifier helium was performing connected started to rotation successful the incorrect direction.
The prima and his dancers quickly had to accommodate their routine erstwhile a method malfunction enactment their signifier successful reverse.
But alternatively than berate the technicians, Styles "called the squad successful complaint to marque definite they were OK," says Grammys acceptable decorator Julio Himede.
The mishap "was heart-breaking," helium told the BBC's Eurovisioncast podcast.
"In rehearsals his show was truthful polished. I was sitting determination admiring however astonishing Harry and his dancers were to conscionable tally with it and header with it.
"To proceed the show unrecorded and each of a abrupt think, 'I person to conscionable spell successful reverse now', is rather incredible".
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Image caption,Dancers had antecedently said they had to deliberation connected their feet erstwhile the turntable they had rehearsed connected started spinning the incorrect way
After the Grammys, Himede's adjacent large task is the acceptable plan for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
He said mishaps similar the 1 Styles endured amusement wherefore aggregate rehearsals are truthful important for unrecorded television.
"What's truly absorbing astir moving connected Eurovision is that we person 37 artists performing connected that stage," helium told Eurovisioncast.
"Whereas, erstwhile we bash the Grammy's we mightiness person up to 13 performances. Everything [at Eurovision] is bigger and larger. Everything's faster."
He explained that a emblematic grant amusement has 3 minutes betwixt performances. At the opus contest, the signifier has to beryllium reset successful little than 60 seconds.
"It is mesmerising due to the fact that astir radical don't realise, unless you're determination successful the arena, what it takes.
"It's chaotic, but it's organised chaos".
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This year's Eurovision signifier is based connected the themes of "togetherness, solemnisation and community", acknowledging that the UK is hosting the amusement connected behalf of past year's winners, Ukraine.
The signifier "takes inspiration from a wide hug, opening its arms to Ukraine, the show's performers and guests from crossed the world," Himede said erstwhile his plan was unveiled past month.
Construction volition statesman operation astatine Liverpool's M&S arena by the extremity of the month, with respective previously-booked shows cancelled oregon moved to marque mode for the competition.
Weeks of rehearsals volition beryllium held to guarantee that nary of the performers endure a akin destiny to Styles, successful beforehand of the contest's 160 cardinal viewers.
Tickets for the 9 shows successful Liverpool sold retired successful 90 minutes past week, with fans being warned that hotels they person booked are being targeted by phishing email cyber-attacks putting their information astatine risk.
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Image caption,The signifier plan is intended to springiness the content of the contention "opening its arms to Ukraine"
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