ESC 2017 - TONIGHT: GRAND FINAL

[LeBomb]

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Meanwhile, I will wake up at... my usual time, and enjoy the rehearsals starting at 6pm Australian timezones can come in handy once in a while!

Isn't it at 5pm? I think it's 9am CET and 10am EET

 

[hijirio]

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Meanwhile, I will wake up at... my usual time, and enjoy the rehearsals starting at 6pm Australian timezones can come in handy once in a while!

Same here, from Japan. However, I don't know if I'd rather wake up and start my day with eurovision, cuz now it's 10:44 and I have no idea how to pass the time as fast as possible until the rehearsals start.

 

[ZoboCamel]

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Isn't it at 5pm? I think it's 9am CET and 10am EET

Oh, you could be right... I might have looked at the schedule and then assumed for some silly reason that all the times were in CET. That's even better, then!

 

[lavieenrose]

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Hitting the hay right now, and when I wake up, Eurovision 2017 will be well underway. Sorry for that inanely obvious statement; it's just so exciting

 

[TheAlexer]

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The first video got uploaded

 

[Kaz]

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Does anyone know why Albania performed before Australia?

 

[JonnyWest]

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I think because and share the same stage director

 

[ZoboCamel]

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To summarise some opinions I'm seeing from following a bunch of different streams and comments:

• Sweden is much the same as in MF, but: the backstage start feels a little more bare, Robin was very cold, and the vocals were weaker without the pre-recorded backing track. On the other hand, some of that probably comes down to the usual first rehearsal shakiness, and most are saying that the big stage makes things look impressive here.
• Georgia nails the vocals, but the staging feels a little lacking, and gives a bit of a vibe of 'that song the producers give mediocre staging to in X Factor to kill off its chances.'
• Albania had questionable vocals (though again, she's likely holding back for now, as we've seen she was great in preview concerts). Staging is quite similar to the music video, though people are giving very mixed feedback regarding how well it all comes together.
• Australia is a little weird - Isaiah's on a turntable sort of thing, rotating around as he sings. His face is tiled on the backdrop - kind of like Lisa Ajax from MF this year, but improved. Camerawork isn't great. Each run-through got better here, and apparently Isaiah seems confident both vocally and in terms of stage presence, but people are criticising his facial expressions. Opinions are split overall.

 

[Ezio]

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These visuals could not have been more generic and boring, at least so far. They look very much recycled. Maybe it's time to let these LED walls go and have something new.

 

[Ezio]

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Someone call the fashion police, my eyes got assaulted....

 

[DaFlo]

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Seems like > > > so far

 

[ZoboCamel]

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Seems like > > > so far

Yeah, that seems to be the general opinion. Though of course a massive amount can change between now and the finalised performances.

 

[lavieenrose]

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I kind of...didn't get much energy from that Albanian clip? It felt like she was, if not holding back vocally, holding back in other ways.

 

[Sean]

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We go live again any second now with ! Make sure to ask any questions about the rehearsals here!

http://escunited.com/2017/04/30/live-stream-blog-of-semi-final-1-rehearsals-day-1/

 

[estonia]

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I really liked Swedish song's clip. The background works really well with the song!

 

[lavieenrose]

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Wow, was Belgium really as bad as [MENTION=4364]Matt[/MENTION] said? :?

 

[joao]

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Wow, was Belgium really as bad as [MENTION=4364]Matt[/MENTION] said? :?

It was the first run through still. But I always though Belgium was going to flop. The song is great in the studio version but some songs don't work live. I'm predicting (as always) has the fan flop of the year.

 

[Ezio]

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I really liked Swedish song's clip. The background works really well with the song!

The epileptic backdrop perfectly distracts from the suits in proletarian combinaton with bare feet in white sneakers.

I was most impressed with Armenia, very dystopian.

However, overall quite underwhelming so far.

 

[Galandar]

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It was the first run through still. But I always though Belgium was going to flop. The song is great in the studio version but some songs don't work live. I'm predicting (as always) has the fan flop of the year.

It was always clear that Belgium is overrated. Song is nice but way too repetitive and monotonous for a live singing

 

[Ezio]

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It was the first run through still. But I always though Belgium was going to flop. The song is great in the studio version but some songs don't work live. I'm predicting (as always) has the fan flop of the year.

Poor Belgium. It was easy to foresee that this song would not work out well on the big stage. But I still hope for Estonia to become the fan flop. This song is such an abomination and is far away from the qualities of other fan flops like Israel 2014.