Eurovision Song Contest

For Sam Ryder's 2022 Eurovision performance of "Space Man", Black Skull Creative delivered the creative direction, staging concept, production design, and movement direction, creating the iconic space-inspired performance that helped secure the UK's best Eurovision result in over two decades.

When Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision 2022, the UK stepped in to host on their behalf - a first-of-its-kind challenge delivered in just three months less prep time than usual. As Lead Creative Director, Black Skull worked with the BBC and Ukrainian creative partners German Nenov and Oksana Skybinska to build the show around a single idea, "United By Music," a theme so resonant it became Eurovision's permanent slogan. Across three broadcasts we wove Ukraine's story, the UK's, and host city Liverpool's into performances designed for genuine emotional impact, from a refugee's story told through the eyes of a child to Duncan Laurence's "You'll Never Walk Alone" uniting the arena with Kyiv. The result: four BAFTA awards, an audience of 200+ million, and proof that creativity can carry meaning and unity even in the world's most divisive moments.

Black Skull Creative brought Delta Goodrem's Eurovision 2026 entry "Eclipse" to life as a celestial origin story, tracking her transformation from a moonlit silhouette into a radiant, fire-commanding goddess. As she moved from main stage to catwalk, night gave way to a golden sunrise, then a screen eclipse plunged the stage into darkness for an intimate piano bridge, before flame bursts and a rigged, mirrored piano lifted her skyward into a blinding golden crescendo. The result turned pop performance into physical myth, with every lighting, fabric, and pyro cue built to make the sun-and-moon metaphor real.

For Malta's Eurovision entry "Bella," Black Skull Creative brought Aidan's story of falling instantly, irrevocably in love to life through an intimate, theatrical staging built around a rotating archway and zoetrope. As Aidan sings, dancing silhouettes of his memories flicker around him, and a Steadicam becomes his constant companion, circling and spinning with him until artist, camera, and set merge into a single swirling vortex of red rose petals and old Hollywood elegance. The performance closes as it began, in perfect stillness, leaving Aidan transformed by a memory he can never quite reclaim.

For Mae Muller's "I Wrote a Song," Black Skull Creative built an immersive trip through her own mind, staging heartbreak turning into power. She's revealed atop an LED riser fused with zany pop-art content that shifts and reacts to her every move, four dancers joining as the world around her grows louder and more chaotic. A stripped-back middle eight sees her walk alone down a lit catwalk to a central oval stage, before the finale reunites her with the dancers for a pyro-lit, wide-shot climax - Mae reclaiming herself as a force to be reckoned with.

For Italy's "Due Vite," Black Skull Creative staged Marco Mengoni's performance as physical poetry alongside Yoann Bourgeois: two mirrored staircases and a trampoline, with performers in constant motion between fall and flight. It turned the song's search for balance between dream and reality into something you could watch unfold in real time - quiet, acrobatic, and unlike anything else on the Eurovision stage.

For "SNAP," Black Skull Creative built Rosa Linn a paper house on stage - a fragile structure she tore apart piece by piece as the song built, revealing handwritten statements beneath the walls. At its climax the house rotated and fell away entirely, leaving her exposed and alone in warm gold light, turning heartbreak into a performance that went on to outlast Eurovision itself.

For "Never Give Up on You," Black Skull Creative set Lucie Jones on a golden, mirror-lined stage built around a sweeping light show - a simple, elegant frame that let her powerhouse vocal carry the emotional weight of the song, and delivered the UK's best Eurovision result in years.