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The stage will have to be up quite a bit before the actual show. Before the artists even arrive in Liverpool for their rehearsals, there are usually stand-in rehearsals to make sure that everything is working and to show the delegations how their plan works out on stage so that there is some time to make some amends before the final show. It will certainly not take that long to build, as it has to be ready for the first team of stand-ins even to move in.

And regarding the staging of the Swedish act Loreen, it is almost certain that SVT (the Swedish broadcaster) will have to amend the staging for Liverpool. In the Swedish national selection for Eurovision, Melodifestivalen, the top part of the "panini press" staging was hung from the roof and it is understood to be quite heavy. It appears that the EBU and organisers are not keen on letting delegations hang stuff from the roof like that, so they are coming up (or maybe have already come up) with an alternative staging proposal. It will be interesting to see how the song stands up with whatever new staging Sweden sticks on - although Tattoo is certainly a solid song from the song perspective, the live element is very highly dependent on the staging, which really gave it an edge in Melodifestivalen and stood to give her a solid edge in Liverpool too.