Rotterdam, 8 May 2021 Time to take off those cloaks! Montaigne may not have been present in Rotterdam this morning, but we  were shown rehearsal footage from her live-on-tape instead. Country: Australia (#AUS) Act: Montaigne Song:  Technicolour Semifinal: First (18/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 05/16 If we’re honest, we weren’t given much from Australia. A mere 30 second clip (without …

Rotterdam, 8 May 2021 Gentlewomen and sympathizers, it’s time for our third Rehearsal update. This time we’ll be looking at Russia’s “Russian women” and whether these slavic girls knew how to use their charm and beauty. More details below. Country: Russia (#RUS) Act: Manizha Song:  “Russian Woman” Semifinal: First (18/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 03/16 Russia are going with a …

Rotterdam, 8 May 2021 Hallellujah from Rotterdam! The second country just took the stage. We’re now going to dish out all the relevant new info we have on Slovenia. Country: Slovenia (#SLO) Act: Ana Soklič Song:  “Amen” Semifinal: First (18/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 02/16 Slovenia’s staging carried on the backs of several good backdrops. It starts fairly humble, with Ana …

Rotterdam, 8 May 2021 Het is zover! Rehearsals have finally kicked off in Rotterdam, with Lithuania’s The Roop débuting on the Ahoy Arena stage. Country: Lithuania (#LTU) Act: The Roop Song:  “Discoteque” Semifinal: First (18/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 01/16. The same five people we saw in the NF version took the stage. The three members of The Roop, alongside …

Rotterdam, 8 May 2021 Can you hear them? We sure did, as Sweden become the fourth country to rehearse in Rotterdam today. Find out more below: Country: Sweden (#SWE) Act: Tusse Song:  Voices Semifinal: First (18/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 04/16 For this report, we will first point you towards the live from Melodifestivalen, and point out the differences: First …

[AdSense-B]   Good afternoon, Tel Aviv. Can you believe that in less than 36 hours, we will know the winner of Eurovision 2019? At 1pm CET, the 1st dress rehearsal of the grand final will begin. Although we’ve seen much of the acts, we will see the full show they have planned for Saturday evening, and we will be live …

Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU) [AdSense-B]   Good afternoon, Tel Aviv. What an exciting night Semi-Final 1 was!  But no rest for us in the press center, on stage, or behind the cameras as we prepare for the first full-length Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final 2. Today, we will see the first run-through of the show, including the postcards and the interval …

Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU) [AdSense-B]   Good afternoon, Tel Aviv. We are in the press center after taking the morning off to sleep off the late night at EuroClub and an early morning visit to the beach to kick off the very first full-length Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final 1. Today, we will see the first run-through of the show, including …

[AdSense-B] Yesterday afternoon, we saw the Big 5 (France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Germany) and our host nation Israel rehearse on the Tel Aviv stage for the first time, marking the occasion of seeing all 41 countries perform on the Eurovision stage! Since this is all new and exciting, we wanted to know which performances #YOU were impressed by …

[AdSense-B] On Tuesday, we asked #YOU which of the day four rehearsals impressed the most from Tel Aviv, and we have the result! Malta won the poll for day four, with 24% of the vote being awarded to Michela Pace’s inventive and colourful performance of “Chameleon”. Second place in our poll went to the current betting odds favourite, Duncan Laurence …