Posted April 24, 20214 yr Rehearsal schedule is out. My site have, again (I searched and I did the same in 2019 without remembering), done a very convenient schedule image to use for identifying any country you want to catch reactions to. Other fansites are available. Two weeks out today.
May 7, 20214 yr The delegations have been arriving all throughout today and will be kicking off rehearsals tomorrow - still doesn't really feel...real yet!
May 8, 20214 yr Author I guess we get into spoiler territory now if you are one of those who prefers to wait for the performances... but they won't be reading this thread anyway. The Russian clip looks like a moment, if they can straighten it out. Montaigne has some great style too (at least from the video submitted, as of course they're not in Rotterdam), Lithuania sounds like they might need a bit of practice.
May 8, 20214 yr North Macedonia have done their traditional overcooking of the stage show, despite there just being one person alone on stage. Never change <3
May 8, 20214 yr Ireland are not gonna qualify based on the rehearsal vocal that I just heard. I wouldn't rule out last place given that the least expected songs to qualify (Slovenia and N Macedonia) will have stunning vocals. Edited May 8, 20214 yr by Colm
May 9, 20214 yr I really hope the YT clip of Malta's rehearsal was intentionally bad and they're saving the big performance aspect for when she actually does it coz otherwise... that is not the winner! Disappointing. I am banking on the live performance properly selling it to me. GAH.
May 9, 20214 yr Russia, Ireland and Cyprus seem to be benefiting from the staging from the first rehearsal so I'm hoping to see something spectacular during the live shows!
May 10, 20214 yr Author San Marino sounds like they're putting pretty much everything they can think of on stage, everyone's really excited by them. They have a stand-in Flo Rida on stage 'in case' - and there's a graphic with his name...
May 10, 20214 yr Elena was much better live than I was expecting. Could very well be the top female bop this year!
May 10, 20214 yr Press Poll Results for Day 1 + 2: Missing Australia for obvious reasons. But surely that's good news for Ukraine, not quite a death sentence for Malta but not great for Israel/Azerbaijan/Romania. We all know that not all of the female bops will qualify so this could be telling for those three as opposed to Cyprus/Croatia. The massive influx of entries with similar setups (choreo + 4-5 dancers) could spell disaster for all but a handful of them. Surprised they gave Belgium such great reviews, the staging looked so dull from what I saw.
May 10, 20214 yr How do the press reviews compare to the final results from previous years does anyone know?
May 10, 20214 yr How do the press reviews compare to the final results from previous years does anyone know? I seem to recall the first time Eleni Foureira started racing up the odds was after the press gave her such rave reviews but I may be wrong.
May 10, 20214 yr How do the press reviews compare to the final results from previous years does anyone know? The one that sticks out in my mind is how Blanche tanked in the press poll in 2017 :lol: I've just looked up 2019, they had Hungary above Belarus/Slovenia on day 1, Estonia lower than Georgia/Belgium/Portugal on day 2, day 4 had Arcade 4th and KEiiNO 7th out of 9 countries...actually, Arcade also had a score of 45 as well so maybe Destiny is mirroring it They're fun but I take the numbers and positions with a pinch of salt really and prefer to read what the written reviews say
May 10, 20214 yr Apparently Moldova's performance is quite tame compared to the video which is disappointing. I'm wondering if any of these big pop numbers are hiding any elements of their performances for the live performance for maximum shock factor? If not, these pop songs will be quite hard to distinguish between for the audience I fear.
May 10, 20214 yr It seems like A LOT of the performance have similar pink and purple lighting, struggling to see stand out moments emerging. Iceland have gone down very, very well today though!
May 10, 20214 yr The problem seems to be a lot of the female acts have similar staging and are going for the Eleni ‘Fuego’ style with the dancers. Could result in them being anywhere between 7th and 12th in the semi?
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