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, the final nine countries taking part in Semi-Final Two will rehearse for the first time.
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13:05 CET // The second half of today’s first rehearsals will commence in 15 minutes time with KEiiNO from Norway.
Norway: KEiiNO – Spirit In The Sky
13:22 CET // We can hear KEiiNO in the press centre but we can’t see them.
13:25 CET // Tom and Fred both start on the walkway while Alexandra starts on centre stage.
13:38 CET // Tom and Fred then both walk to join Alexandra on centre stage for the second chorus.
13:42 CET // All three members are dressed in black.
13:48 CET // Dry ice has been added for the beginning of the song.
13:50 CET // Pyrotechnics have been added during Fred’s joik, with a pan out once it reaches the chorus for the full effect.
Netherlands: Duncan Laurence – Arcade
14:04 CET // The Press Centre goes silent for Duncan’s first run through.
14:05 CET // Duncan is alone on stage playing a piano.
14:06 CET // A globe of light is then lowered from the ceiling.
14:19 CET // The performance begins with a wide pan of the stage which slowly focuses on Duncan.
14:21 CET // Like Duncan’s outfit, the stage is almost completely blue.
14:22 CET // The lasers appear behind Duncan at the very end of the song.
14:31 CET // The camera angles are much sharper on this run through.
North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska – Proud
14:42 CET // Tamara is surrounded by six mirrors on stage.
14:43 CET // In the instrumental break, pictures of mothers and daughters are shown on the LED screen.
14:45 CET // The performance ends with a picture of Tamara and her daughter on the LED screen.
14:52 CET // Tamara has had to restart her second run through twice due to microphone problems.
15:04 CET // Tamara begins her third run through.
Azerbaijan: Chingiz – Truth
15:19 CET // Robots are projecting a laser heart on Chingiz.
15:20 CET // A beam of light comes up from underneath Chingiz and shows an LED version of Chingiz flies up to the ceiling.
15:24 CET // Chingiz got the loudest cheer from the Press Centre that anyone got for their first rehearsal.
15:32 CET // A golden heart is on the LED screen behind Chingiz during the first chorus.
15:44 CET // Chingiz starts the performance on a platform with a large upside down triangle.
15:46 CET // Chingiz spends the performance on centre stage.
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