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Rehearsal Blog

Eurovision rehearsal time. Practice makes perfect, if ever there was a time to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear, this would be it. Our reports come live from the Eurovision Song Contest host city – and sometimes from the actual venue. Photo and video reports to keep you warm until the big night.

Omar had better not come back without all his notes.

Omar had some back-lighting issues in the first run-through and, thankfully the cameras realised where he was on the second go, but he's not...

Armenia – I may have been doing something else.

The first time I heard this today I said "Who is this?" - Maybe I wasn't paying attention, maybe they didn't engage me, maybe...

Gravity you say Hovig?? – Is that your chances floating away?

As with so much today, this promised a lot. From a songwriting factory in Sweden should have come a Eurostomper in the old mode,...

Definitely a blank Czech

They might be calling themselves Czechia nowadays but Czech Republic - as I insist on calling them - still can't find that elusive thing,...

Paper? – Foolscap or A1?

This has all of the ingredients of a good song. It has a decent enough tune, a singer that has a lot of experience...

Sunstroke? – I don’t think they are lapping up the rays…

You might remember that I have said in a previous place that Moldova is only a one trick pony (Epic Sax you say?) and...

The Poles have made my words dry up!

Poland appears after a short hiatus for us to calm down after Demy.  Kasia and her very dodgy rhyming dictionary (Fire, desire, higher and...

I admit Tits and Teeth are a thing but Demy… NO

My first impression of this song is "Crikey there are more than 32 teeth in her mouth". Perhaps that's a little bit wrong of...

Portugal – Girl just wants to have fun

All good fans know that the guy who will actually sing this song next Tuesday won't arrive in Kiev until the dress rehearsals. Health...

Azerbaijan – My lovely horse

Dihaj is first up after a short break - and if you've been following the bookies, this song was fancied to turn in a...