At the »Emaar New Year’s Eve« on 31 December 2012 in Dubai, more than one million people from all over the world celebrated the turn of the year 2012/2013. Another two billion viewers watched the spectacle live in front of their home TV screens. A special highlight was the 35-minute countdown to welcome the New Year.

As part of a spectacular multimedia show, the Düsseldorf pyro and effects specialist Lunatx SFX enriched the world’s largest New Year’s Eve gala on the Persian Gulf with a two-minute flame show. Special feature: The Lunatx SFX flame system had to be implemented in the already permanently installed water show as well as the entire multimedia concept of the event. According to the motto »The Show must go on«, the multimedia performance will be shown twice a day until 4 February.

The venue for the celebrations was the Burj Khalifa in central Dubai, the tallest building in the world. The organizer Emaar Properties Dubai thrilled the guests with an unprecedented interplay of several show elements. Afterwards, the brilliant multimedia spectacle started on Lake Burj.

With a planning period of two months and a subsequent pre-production phase of two and a half weeks, the team led by Creative Director Frank Lohse from Lunatx SFX realised the elaborate production. The show design for the fire show was in the hands of Frank Lohse, while the creative concept for the event was developed by Creative Director Andree Verleger from ABC Event Production. The setup consisted of 68 X-Flame systems installed on Lake Burj. The show equipment included 56 X-Flame C.1 flame systems, six swivelling X-Flame F15 systems and six X-Flame Giant systems. The impressive combination of fire, water and multimedia technology ensured an unforgettable experience for the event participants.