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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.

Phil’s Review of the day – Day..eerm..Three?

It lI feel I should start this round up with a "BONG!" sound effect but I don't know how to do that, so thankfully...

FUCK ME, what is she wearing!!

Nina seemed to be wearing a suit of armour on stage for at least the first there rehearsals, her final run through, she was...

Lithuania & Australia

Sorry, I thought I’d posted Macedonia ages ago but realised I hadn’t clicked the button – oops! I’ve also been off chatting and having...

Belgium – Is he holding back?

Rehearsals are just for that, rehearsing, and in the first run through where Jeremie has to hit the high glissando he fell off it...

and Spain to close – yay!

Spain draws it all to a close for the day. I couldn’t place this before the rehearsal; I could see this anywhere from first...

Iceland – knock on wood?

Iceland started with a false dawn here in the satellite press centre. They showed about 12 seconds of the girls singing and then moving...

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...

Belgium – In the event of an emergency …

Elliot needs some serious styling och consulting and bloody fast. He wore a black combat jacket with red pull chords on the bottom saying...

Yodel IT… or shut it… your call

Well that has the potential to be a glittergasm all over the stage. The cannons haven't fired yet, but we know what's going to...
Michael Rice

United Kingdom – Ain’t no big deal

Things didn't start well; the first run-through lasted seconds before the music stopped after a series of strangely planned camera shots. After one false...