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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.

Latvia – Justs in time??

Well Day 3 opens with something decent! – Not a lot has changed from the national final to be honest and Justs emotes the...

Hungary – Now then Freddie…. do your best

Still in the tan jacket, still in the good looking boy mode, Freddie has been and gone (it appears) in TWO rehearsals….  There has...

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...

Eurovision 2003 – Final Dress Rehearsal

This is NickD standing in from the press centre - Phil is in the hall watching Karmen Nanana just now. I'm not sure what was...

Greece – They’ve got it going on

And by it, I mean everything. Because that's what the Greeks had on stage today. Literally everything. It was like fire sale at the...

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...

Armenia’s Love Wave is splashing all over me

Armenia is one I’ve really been looking forward to. I had no idea how they might stage this, especially the frenetic cranking up the...

Azeri horse head in all its live glory, you say?

First up, here's some video live from the hall through the magic of Facebook. She's still shouting at me on screen and that's a problem...
Nevena Božović

Serbia – a right little belter

Well this has been hiding in plain sight for a long time, hasn't it? Serbia came on, all guns blazing with an old school Balkan...

They have never had a relationship at all have they?

It seems that the delegations are limiting what run-throughs the press centre sees today (can't think why eh Jacques...) because again it seems that...