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It was Memorial Day in Israel yesterdat and everything fell quiet in Eurovision land. We’re back today as the second rehearsals start for many semi-finalists.
The organisers will be sharing video from the camera feed for the second timers, so you’ll get a better idea of how things will look and sound next week.
Click here for the Thursday timetable
We’re here bright and early to keep you posted with our regular mix of ill-informed bias and baiting (© Reddit).
In the meantime, here’s a recap of what we said about the first (technical) rehearsals:
First semi-final
| Country | Read what I had to say about it | Is it going through? |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 'Water cooler moments, but for all the wrong reasons' | Yes |
| Belarus | 'She couldn't pull it off' | No |
| Belgium | 'Half-arsed and messy' | Borderline |
| Cyprus | 'Eurovision by numbers' | Yes |
| Czech Republic | 'All decent stuff' | Borderline |
| Estonia | 'There remains a lot to do here' | Borderline |
| Finland | 'More meh and ouch rather than excellent' | No |
| Georgia | 'Pisses all over the chips of the songs around it' | Borderline |
| Greece | 'This song had literally everything.' | Borderline |
| Hungary | 'A downgrade of his entry from two years ago' | Yes |
| Iceland | 'Delivered everything I expected, really' | Yes |
| Montenegro | 'Messy, boring and repetitive all at the same time' | No |
| Poland | 'Four girls on stage shouting for three minutes' | Borderline |
| Portugal | 'The deafening silence in the Press Centre spoke volumes' | No |
| San Marino | 'A recipe for unbridled genius' | Yes |
| Serbia | 'Below standard Balkan plodder' | Borderline |
| Slovenia | 'Europe could confuse ethereal for boring' | Borderline |
Second semi-final
| Country | Read what I had to say about the rehearsal | Is it going through? |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 'Bloody bonkers' | No |
| Armenia | 'A lot of looking down the camera and being edgy' | Yes |
| Austria | 'Has this been hiding in plain sight?' | Yes |
| Azerbaijan | 'Chingiz can certainly do no wrong' | Yes |
| Croatia | 'This song could have been something' | Borderline |
| Denmark | 'Cheeky nods and winks and smiles' | Borderline |
| Ireland | 'The vocal wasn't the problem here' | No |
| Latvia | 'Forgettable was the mot du jour' | No |
| Lithuania | 'Flat and missing something' | No |
| Malta | 'Michela didn't put a foot wrong' | Yes |
| Moldova | 'It passed me by' | No |
| Netherlands | 'For me, there was a lot wrong here' | Yes |
| North Macedonia | 'No styling och consulting mis-steps this year' | Yes |
| Norway | 'Crumpled like a pack of cards' | Borderline |
| Romania | 'A nag set to music' | No |
| Russia | 'Russian television have thrown all their Roubles at it' | Yes |
| Sweden | 'Clearly one of the ones to watch' | Yes |
| Switzerland | 'Good Job Luca. Still top five' | Yes |
Image Credits: Andres Putting.
Croatia – Angels with a golden wings. If one wasn’t enough.
Malta – somehow they managed to worked it out and let it look fresh and fun.
Lithuania – still boring
Russia – a lot of Sergey’s on stage.
Albania – lame animated Albanian eagle.
Norway – spreading them all over the stage just make them even more disconnected from each other.
The Netherlands – piano staging is a wrong staging.
North Macedonia – they managed not to f*** up the staging and she sing it well, but using the same props as Russia, is this wise?
Azerbaijan – the surprise of the day. They managed to get the staging right and it add a dimension to the song.
That’s all folks
Croatia – Angels with a golden wings. If one wasn’t enough.
Malta – somehow they managed to worked it out and let it look fresh and fun.
Lithuania – still boring
Russia – a lot of Sergey’s on stage.
Albania – lame animated Albanian eagle.
Norway – spreading them all over the stage just make them even more disconnected from each other.
The Netherlands – piano staging is a wrong staging.
North Macedonia – they managed not to f*** up the staging and she sing it well, but using the same props as Russia, is this wise?
Azerbaijan – the surprise of the day. They managed to get the staging right and it add a dimension to the song.
That’s all folks