Today, the first rehearsals for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest commence in Vienna.
The Eurovision Song Contest is officially back in Austria for the first time since 2015, as first rehearsals commence in Vienna this morning. First rehearsals see each country given a 40-minute slot on stage to rehearse their entry, allowing for multiple runs through of their performance.
Delegations first submitted their staging plans to the contest organisers in March, with stand-in rehearsals taking place during the past week to enable some pre-first rehearsal changes. Unlike previous years, there will be no video footage released of the rehearsals. Instead, only three approved images will be released of each performance.
Seven countries are set to take to the stage for the first time, they are:
- 🇲🇩 Moldova: Satoshi – “Viva Moldova!”
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: Felicia – “My System”
- 🇭🇷 Croatia: Lelek – “Andromeda”
- 🇬🇷 Greece: Akylas – “Ferto”
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: Bandidos do Cante – “Rosa”
- 🇬🇪 Georgia: Bzikebi – “On Replay”
- 🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen – “Liekinheitin”
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