Refresh the page for live thoughts on the evenings rehearsals. On stage are Denmark, Ukraine, Norway, Georgia, Albania and Belgium.
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[/tw-parallax]Belgium is last up with a fun bit of energy to end the semi final. Laura Tesoro takes to the stage with “What’s The Pressure”. Belgium is a refreshing change of pace after the previous two songs, Laura sells the song well and this should make the final on Saturday night.
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[/tw-parallax]Albania have revealed the oufit that Eneda Terifa will be wearing for the performance. Vocally it’s a good performance but there’s just nothing in this performance that makes it very memorable for the audience at home.
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Georgia || Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz- Midnight Gold
[/tw-parallax]Georgia could be the surprise of semi final 2 and make their way to the final. Nika Kocharov and the Young Georgian Lolitaz offer a great piece of Brit Pop and a memorable stage show. The camera work has been toned down from the first run through.
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[/tw-parallax]Agnete returns with the same dress she wore in the national final and an almost identical performance; slight vocal arrangement alteration toward the final bars of the song strengthens how the closing of the song, and in that the song over all, will be perceived by television viewers.
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[/tw-parallax]UPDATE: Ukraine now take the lead over France in the bookmakers’ odds, only shadowed by the constant favourite; Russia. The strength of the final chorus line following the song’s bridge will be powerful both in the arena and on televised screens, in a similar way to Polina Gagarina’s final chorus reprise toward the end of the song in Vienna last year.
Ukraine’s Jamala has taken to the stage with a corridor of light, a long black dress, and strobe lighting. Oh, and of course the obligatory wind machine.
https://twitter.com/DennshR/status/728865937676455936
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[/tw-parallax]DENMARK || Lighthouse X – Soldiers of Love:
LED microphone stands, staging reminiscent of a Danish national final, plenty of camera pans and rock solid vocals – Denmark have just performed ‘Soldiers of Love’ on the Globen stage
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Generally the response on Twitter regarding Denmark’s entry remains positive, however does appear dated and very similar to previous entries from the nation.
Let’s also not forget the mass pyrotechnics that make this cheesy and loveable performance so typically Danish.
Whilst waiting to hear from Denmark’s Lighthouse X, Sanja from Serbia took to the press conference stage in Stockholm to discuss her entry ‘Goodbye’, saying her second rehearsal is “much better than the last time, because when you have your music on and the costumes on you can express your emotion much more vividly”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS7opUBFsZI
