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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.

Serhat rehearses

San Marino – Where’s the party?

Time for this year's guilty pleasure, Serhat (in his crop top) was back to dad dance his way through 'Say na na na'. Again, there...
Lake Malawi at Eurovision 2019 - Second rehearsal

Czech Republic – Running very late

So - Czechia (as no one calls them) should have been on stage at approximately five past the hour - it's now twenty five...
Esther

Romania – Drowned world

With lunch out of the way, we launched back into Romania's underwater world. Esther had toned down the severe look today: her hair was...

Georgia – at least she sings it well

Tamara Gachechiladze is next up at this first morning of rehearsals. The motif here is red and black. The staging has been kept simple, no...
Sarah McTernan

lreland – See Srbuk – Strip it back a bit

There were so many elements to the staging of Sarah McTernan's performance that it came across as overwhelming. Thankfully, and perhaps surprisingly, the vocal wasn't...
Tamara Todevska

North Macedonia – new name, new game

Tamara is either going to come on after Duncan's not looking at the camera and kill it (because by God, her delegation have it...

Georgia – underwhelmed

The preview video to this song is the visual equivalent of having a sniff of the barmaid’s apron, as it were, in that it...

Switzerland – He’s on the road… the road to Hull?!

I know what this is supposed to be: the angsty boy-type ripping his heart out and telling you that he is vulnerable and all...

If gays made Eurovision songs …

Then this would probably be the best song in the world!  Sponsored by the gay version of Carlsberg. You will read on Twitter that this...

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...