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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.

Macedonia and Malta dance and sing alone

I was so busy enjoying my lunch I forgot to blog about Macedonia. Well – meh. I love this song, it’s one of my...

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...

Belgium – This has lost all hope

There are people that thought that 'City Lights' was the one. They insisted it would be the best thing ever seen and would sail through...

It’s Day 2 in the East London Press Centre

Goedemorgon Oneuropeans from the RotterdEast Ham Press Centre. It’s Day 2, and it feels like we’ve never been gone. Lots to bring you today –...

If Tommy Cooper was still with us…

He'd be taking out a suit against the Croatians for breach of gimmick. They seem to have listened and/or realised that their first rehearsal was...

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...
Leonora at Eurovision 2019

Denmark – High flying adored

Leonora was dressed pretty much as she always has in shirt and braces. There had been camera issues in the first rehearsal, so everyone was...
Luca Hanni at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv

Switzerland – Hit me with your Cuba Libre!

First off, apologies about missing Lativa, It's not deliberate. I had a mountain of work to do, but did take advice from people at...

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...

Germany in actually quite good shocker!

Levina revealed to Eurovision.tv moments before taking to the stage that her performance was going to feature a surprise. It turns out to be...