Eurovision 2015: ORF announced 'Core-Team'

Conchita Wurst & Edgar Böhm
(© ORF by Milenko Badzic)

Last week the EBU (European Broadcast Union) and ORF (broadcaster Austria) had their 'Eurovision 2015 Kick-Off' in Vienna. Now ORF announced the members for the 'Core-Team' for the 60th Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in Austria after the victory from Conchita Wurst with her song 'Rise Like A Phoenix' on 10th of May in Copenhagen.

"We are in the fortunate position to have a high number of personalities with major experiences in hosting big TV events, who predominantly have also worked on the topic of the Eurovision Song Contest before. I am convinced that ORF, with this top team and together with the top partners at the EBU as well as further public and private partners from Austria, will make the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest a high-class event from the heart of Europe." said Dr. Alexander Wrabetz (General Director / ORF)

Members of the 'Core-Team' Eurovision Song Contest 2015:

• Executive Producer - Edgar Böhm (Head of Entertainment ORF)
• Show Producer - Stefan Zechner 
• Legal Adviso - Martin Szerencsi
• Line Producer - Stefan Wöber
• Technical Manager - Claudio Bortoli (had the same function already for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing)
• Head of Press - Roman Horacek

The Event Manager still has to be appointed. 

"With this team, ORF laid a professional foundation for the organisation of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. We are looking forward to working with them for the year to come." said Jon Ola Sand (Executive Supervisior / EBU)

Next week will be the next EBU and ORF meeting in Geneva. 

Sources:

• Die Presse
• Eurovision.tv