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They look really good. They use those same graphics for the qualifiers announcement, my favourite so far is Iceland's :wub:

So I totally took a selfie with Sergey on the red carpet today and I am DYING

Having seen it live let me throw my 2 cents in Semi-Final One 01 ► Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away 02 ► Greece: Argo - Utopian Land 03 ► Moldova: Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 04 Q Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer 05 Q Croatia: Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse 06 Q The Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down 07 Q Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave 08 ► San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know 09 Q Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 10 Q Czech Republic: Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand 11 Q Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego 12 ► Austria: ZOË - Loin d'ici 13 Q Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann - Play 14 ► Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle 15 ► Montenegro: Highway - The Real Thing 16 Q Iceland: Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling 17 ► Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala - Ljubav Je 18 Q Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water Semi-Final Two 01 Q Latvia: Justs - Heartbeat 02 ► Poland: Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life 03 ► Switzerland: Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind 04 Q Israel: Hovi Star - Made Of Stars 05 Q Belarus: IVAN - Help You Fly 06 Q Serbia: Sanja Vučić ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) 07 Q Ireland: Nicky Byrne - Sunlight 08 ► Macedonia: Kaliopi - Dona 09 ► Lithuania: Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night 10 Q Australia: Dami Im - Sound Of Silence 11 ► Slovenia: ManuElla - Blue And Red 12 Q Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime 13 ► Denmark: Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love 14 Q Ukraine: Jamala - 1944 15 ► Norway: Agnete - Icebreaker 16 Q Georgia: Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold 17 ► Albania: Eneda Tarifa - Fairytale 18 Q Belgium: Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure :ph34r:

It works reallt well for Bulgaria. It's an unusual and simple performance but it works brilliantly. It reminded me a bit of Cheryl's FFTL X Factor performance, which can only be a good thing.

It's a borderline qualifier if they sort out his styling. His hair and all three of his jackets were all very off putting. And the jump is cheesy as. It's not a good performance at all.

Lithuania has a horrid styling and the staging is quite on the meh side. Also the trampoline jump is just awkward. Definite DNQ for me.

Haha I couldn't resist! I thought I'd make her laugh :)

Spain just had a very good rehearsal, she has a bit when the music stops and she falls to the floor for dramatic effect but it works very well. Also you can see me asking Gabriela a question at 12m53s here: I should've probably said "Hi I'm Walter for Buzzjack forums" but nevermind :lol:

Oh I didn't know he always struggled with them. Colour me worried then. Such a shame because everything else is coming together for them, it'll be such a big embarrassment if he struggles on the live broadcast.

There's something really wrong about his voice at the moment, second run through and he struggles so much with the high notes he completely and awfully botches it. I'm hoping it's down to a cold or maybe he doesn't want to strain his voice but he's not sounding very good at the moment. The staging is stellar though. I expect France to fall down the odds but I'm pegging it to the win out of everything I've seen so far.

Yeah the reaction here was very muted. I think that was the problem, they've seen all of the other rehearsals twice and everything is so impressive, I don't think they were expecting Amir to stand there alone but I think that's a genius move. I'm actually tired of all the gimmicks this year, everyone has projections and video walls and holograms, to see him just there singing and letting his charm take over is a genius move and it'll contrast greatly with everything else. Kinda like Frans but without the smug face. I couldn't see past a Russian win but France reallt turned it to their favour IMO.

Iceland looked amazing at the Arena. France was just on. Shaky start with missed angles and a shaky vocal but the staging is super simple and charming. Reminded me of Alexander Rybak and gave me winner chills. Put a tenner on it!

Bosnia is a hot mess on stage. The girls are oversized candy paper and Deen is dressed like a member of Gestapo. I CAN'T at this mess!

Armenia had my least favourite song but after that performance they really turned it around. Also, I've asked Gabriela a question in the Press Conference! Such a journo now :lol:

So after an afternoon in the Press Area and a picture taken with Greta Salomé (who is super nice and super talkative) I'm now attending the 2nd open rehearsals, obviously, as I need to see the Russian in person with my own two eyes! Also, already found two celebs on Grindr lol, Anton Hysén and Eddie Razaz... They didn't reply though :(

Haha not this time! Serhat passed by in the Press Conference Room though! :lol:

Only caught a little bit from Laura's rehearsal but from what I saw she'll easily qualify. Such a great little number to finish the show on. Currently sitting in the Press Conference area, uuh! Haha

Thank you! I'll report back anything out of interest. Gonna try and get in to see the Belgian rehearsal now! 😁

On my way to collect my Accreditation card and just walked past Minus One in front of Globen! 😁

ooh, I shall be confirming live from Stockholm. :cheer:

Preach!

f*** me, that was impressive enough in cam phone version, imagine how impressive it'll look during the actual broadcast. I still maintain Russia is winning this easily.

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Ditto. This Belarus 2007 meets Sweden 2015 staging looks incredibly effective if anything, and together with the song it's all very meta. Meanwhile here's San Marino: Pj_BmGy-TV8

I see what they (kinda) mean: http://www.eurovision.tv/save-files/resizes/cb/75/2e/f3/3b/66/40/ee/6e/ee/06/c3/6c/46/23/17/TH0000123_1.jpg http://www.eurovision.tv/save-files/resizes/34/66/47/4e/fe/fa/88/9d/f1/2a/ee/f8/73/f1/3a/22/TH0000123_7.jpg http://www.eurovision.tv/save-files/resizes/32/f0/1b/50/7e/db/84/c2/87/b6/d2/5f/11/e2/19/6b/TH0000123_16.jpg