The 44th Eurovision Song Contest will be held at the International Convention Centre, Binyanai Hauma, Jerusalem, Israel on May 29th. For those going, the Centre is close to the new bus station on the Western gates to the city. The official hotel is the Holiday Inn, and at the time of writing (May 13) flights and accomodation (well probably not at the Holiday Inn, but elsewhere) are still available to get there, so join the party. The BBC web site has some details of rehearsal tickets for sale, so there's no excuse! Anyway, Itamar Barak in Israel has made an early visit to the Conference Centre and has sent me these pictures of the focus of the week May 23-30. Thanks Itamar!

The Presenters look at a model of the set

Closer look at the model of the set for the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest The set design is a simulation in gold of the solar system,and in the middle there's the sun itself that will shine sometimes during the show

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