I think may 4th the final 3 rehearsals may be wrong, unless Iceland is really getting 23 hours and 20 minutes to rehearse which would be glam *.*

Hehe good spot!

Stand-in rehearsals began today, here's one of a few images circulating:

 

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C99bipnXoAErj3X.jpg

 

And here's Azerbaijan's prop, going very Sia it seems:

 

That first one's Iceland I'm assuming? If that is Azerbaijan's prop then that checks out because I can only really see them being able to pull that off.

My initial thought was Iceland too, ESCForum are predicting Sweden or Belgium though but maybe they just have the favourites on their mind.

I mean it is literally an exact replica of the staging from Songvakeppnin. ESC Forum are probs just high on the fumes.

I thought that was maybe Norway's staging?

They revealed on their instagram that the stage would be pink and purple

If this is Svala's staging it would be amazing. Looks superb and fits with the song very well

Small clips of Belgium and Armenia's staging set ups have leaked here along with another picture of a backdrop of rainbows and sunflowers which people reckon is for Belarus.

Quite a few staging spoilers have been revealed via a behind-the-scenes video, no backdrops but how the people on stage will be placed:

 

https://www.escxtra.com/2017/04/25/spoilers...taging-secrets/

Scoreboard:

 

http://i.imgur.com/PW5dBcq.jpg

yay iceland won

What a fabulous result for Lucie *.

 

(seriously though, looks very accurate for Bulgaria)

Rehearsals kick off today! :cheer:

 

DAY 1 - SUNDAY 30TH APRIL

 

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Sweden_zpsnezpmv8t.png Sweden

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Georgia_zpsz2krdsa5.png Georgia

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Australia_zps5o2nr036.png Australia

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Albania_zpsdptvyrbq.png Albania

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Belgium_zpsgqlbvvca.png Belgium

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Montenegro_zps0neryit0.png Montenegro

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Finland_zpsarga4ohv.png Finland

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Azerbaijan_zpssqath9zp.png Azerbaijan

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Portugal_zps7vkbxaog.png Portugal

 

Full schedule of the next two weeks with times of each rehearsal can be found in the first post of this thread!

 

I spy Melfest flop Alvaro Estrella so that's 3rd place sewn up for Sweden! (He also did backing for Eric Saade and Sergey Lazarev).

Belgium is apparently a staging disaster, shock non-qualifier?

Belgium is apparently a staging disaster, shock non-qualifier?

 

I haven't been buying into its obvious success for a while, it's a bit low-key to be making a HUGE impact, although I was still on for it qualifying with ease if only because everyone seems to love it, but if there is nothing for staging, that could well sink it.

:o!

 

I am really liking Albania's staging. Georgia has basically stolen the UK's backdrop from the music video :lol:

 

Not too sure about Australia's