The Grand Final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest will take place on May 18th at the Expo Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. Forty-one artists will take to the stage over three nights to perform their contributions for the contest, fighting to become the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
Over the next week, all of the artists will have the chance to rehearse on stage and make any last minute changes to their performance before the live broadcasts. Today, nine countries will rehearse for the first time.
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14:45 CET // First rehearsals continue in 15 minutes time with Paenda from Austria.
14:58 CET // Welcome to the last rehearsals of Day 3!
Austria: Paenda – Limits
15:00 CET // The rehearsal has started but there is no video feed in the Press Centre.
15:02 CET // Paenda is standing on platform of LED poles.
15:11 CET // The performance begins in black and white.
15:13 CET // The triangles above the stage are also being used in Paenda graphics, in what seems to be a first for this year’s contest.
15:23 CET // The screen turns to colour again on the second chorus.
15:28 CET // The black and white filter has been removed for this run through.
Sweden: John Lundvik – Too Late For Love
15:42 CET // The staging begins the same as Melodifestivalen.
15:44 CET // The Mamas (the backing singers) are wearing silver sparkly outfits.
15:45 CET // John is avoiding the high notes on this run through.
15:54 CET // The second run through has started now.
15:56 CET // No major changes on the second run through.
16:06 CET // Another solid run through from Sweden.
16:08 CET // John was quite relieved to remove his in-ears.
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