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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.

Cyprus – They’ve clearly killed the wolf for food

As on the first run through they were cutting the shots of the wolf in but back in the 2nd and 3rd rehearsals they...

Russia…. Still thinking there is too much

Too much money and too many technical things being chucked at this. Left, right and centre. This is still the one to beat though but I...

San Marino – mmmm Wordy…

Sir Hat now on stage in a lovely purple  suit and doesn’t at all look like making me an offer I can’t refuse!! He’s backed...

The Netherlands…. DANGER!!

There is a 13 second gap in this song where Douwe and his team have decided to get the crowd to sing along.  Stopping...

Croatia – Are you having a laugh, love!

Oh my actual god…. She’s wearing some sort of dress that is beyond silly.  It’s all feathers and silver and open backed so Nina...

Greece – Hmmmmm

Not really gelling together for me this.  It’s trying to be everything and nothing, which is a bad thing if we are honest.  You...

Finland – lacks attack

Finland are opening proceedings and Sandhja is mincing about in her powder blue cat suit with her mates but it still doesn't sound as...

Ukraine – 1944 = fifteen-love

Ukraine is one of the rehearsals I’ve been most looking forward to. The song has really grown on me from an initial sniffiness about...

Denmark….. I believe that we’ve heard this…

….song 4 billion times before and in every Danish National Final evah! Lighthouse X, pronounced Ten, clearly, are “Doing a Kate Ryan” with their light...

Modern Danish chic and cool – just not in this song

Denmark and time for Lighthouse X (which is a ten, you know, not just a simple X). As you’d expect from a band that...