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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.

Tulia

Poland – oh do try, for God’s sake!

Reassuringly, some things never change ... and this song is one of them. The girls from Tulia were dressed in the same costumes as...
Srbuk at the second rehearsal for Eurovision 2019

Armenia – Who’s that girl?

We move onto the second semi-final with Armenia taking to the stage for their second Eurovision 2019 rehearsal. Srbuk was dressed differently today - in...

Hello? – Rotherham Grand? – Your lounge singer has turned up…

... Omar looks like he has a ten-year residency at said hotel, and is lazily singing his way through this song. But no amount...

Desire… Fire… Liar… Tryer… Deep-fat fryer…

Now you see, love, I'm not the only one that can rhyme fire with desire in about 95 different ways. I also must remember that...

FYR Macedonia – I’ve seen the future

Imagine, if you will, Emmerdale in the near future. I’ve looked into my Crystal Ball and seen that Moira will move to Stockholm and...

Estonia – the good and the bad, but he ain’t ugly

As predicted by Stefen himself in his presser sometime earlier in the week, he has indeed changed his outfit to the beige one… I...

San Marino – What nightmares are made of

In a land far away from this one live the Eurovisionistas. Their fantasies fuel contests filled with Carola (or anyone else Swedish). One cold night,...

It’s good and it’s right – Welcome to the Final Belarus

Belarus is the right song at the right time for so many reasons. The shadow that Jacques Houdek cast over proceedings will have long...

Greek silence

Quite a delay for Greece as we have the sound turned off in the press centre. The band appeared on stage in white t-shorts,...

Romania – what’s that smell?

As we have come to expect - things are running late. They don’t seem to shorten breaks to catch up though, must be a...