ESC United - Rehearsal and Live Show discussion megathread

[Sean]

It's time for the rehearsals to finally get underway for Eurovision 2024 at Malmö Arena! 37 countries will begin their preparations for this year's contest today, with over two weeks of coverage to come from the ESC United team on the ground!

The schedule for rehearsals is below (thank you Eurovisionworld! All times in CEST);

You can check out Matt's pre-rehearsal live stream below in case you missed it;

DAY ONE

Eurovision 2024 Rehearsals - Day 1 Round-Up Live Stream

Join Matt and his team as they discuss the rehearsals of the day and answer your questions. The first dress rehearsal is closed to the press so we'll be here...

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Please also use this thread for any rehearsal coverage and discussion, including for jury shows, dress rehearsals and the live shows!​

 

[AliceEsc]

My qualifiers and surprisingly
Wouldn't mind

 

[0scar]

Feels unfair to give an interview to Tali during voting but ok

 

[Zorjan]

I still don't think will qualify, but I really won't be as surprised as before the show tonight

 

[musicfan]

More Luxembourg promotion with this interview.

 

[JChan]

I voted for

 

[ayzelto]

My prediction for tonight’s qualifiers:

Cyprus

Serbia

Lithuania

Ireland

Ukraine

Croatia

Slovenia

Finland

Portugal

Luxembourg

 

[slatka]

Voted for!

 

[JChan]

they did a great job of making the Turquoise carpet not look like the total disaster class that it was.

 

[Sabrewulf238]

Voted 9 times each for Portugal and Slovenia.

and then 2 more times for Serbia.

 

[0scar]

My qualifiers
need
would like
fine with (lol)
to make it 10

 

[Gabor77]

Finland was horrendous

 

[aef]

Prediction of qualifiers:

 

[jatojo]

I can now conclude that I could never get into Slovenia's song nor their visuals. One of my least favourites this year.

 

[Paco Roca]

 

[Realest]

Prediction of qualifiers:

Same.

 

[aef]

vocals even weaker than expected btw

 

[Jupiter]

The staging was minimalist. I still thought she carried her song better than the Portuguese singer, she has such presence on stage.

Raiven is gold, super charismatic. But the song needed a different mood/lightning IMO, and probably more fog/dry ice.

 

[lacrymea]

Voted a few times for Lithuania

 

[Sabrewulf238]

My ranking after seeing the live performances:

1. Ireland
2. Portugal
3. Croatia
4. Ukraine
5. Slovenia
6. Serbia
7. Lithuania
8. Finland
9. Luxembourg
10. Australia
11. Moldova
12. Poland
13. Azerbaijan
14. Iceland
15. Cyprus

I thought Moldova was quite nice overall, I wouldn't be upset at it qualifying...

Luxembourg I had as a non qualifier (for me, not a prediction) but I thought the performance brought it together, feels more impactful and professional than Cyprus imo.

Poland felt messy to me so it dropped some places. Also she sounded very quiet vocally.

 

[daniels1000]

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