It is the 2nd day of rehearsals for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö Arena.
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You can find the full rehearsal schedule here
8 countries will take the stage for the first time – those are the countries that have been allocated to perform in the second half of semi-final 1:
The schedule for today will be as follows:
| Country | Reheasal Time (CET) |
| Iceland | 10:30 – 11:00 |
| Slovenia | 11:10 – 11:40 |
| Finland | 11:50 – 12:20 |
| Moldova | 12:30 – 13:00 |
| Azerbaijan | 14:10 – 14:40 |
| Australia | 14:50 – 15:20 |
| Portugal | 15:30 – 16:00 |
| Luxembourg | 16:10 – 16:40 |
🇮🇸 Iceland: Hera Björk – Scared of Heights
- Hera Björk wears a golden sparkly dress. The dress is considered to be a heavy one (6 kilograms).
- She starts the performance standing on a low black platform (kind of a few stairs)
- The graphic package which is reflected on the LED screens is mainly in gold. We can also see silhouettes of dancers.
- She will be accompanied by 5 backing singers in black elegant outfits with golden decorations.
- Overall (besides the outfit) the performance is quite similar to the one from “Söngvakeppnin 2024″.
- The lighting will be mostly blue and orange
- Pyro won’t be part of the staging.
🇸🇮 Slovenia: Raiven – Veronika
- Raiven wears a dark silver bodysuit, while underneath she wears a black transperenet outfit with silver leaf decorations.
- She is accompanied by 5 backing dancers, who wear “nude” bodysuits. They dance around her in the genre of contemporary dance. In some parts, they will perform a complex routine of intertwining bodies
- Raiven starts the performance on the floor and she will communicate with the LED graphic though movements.
- The general atmosphere is dramatic and mysterious, just like in the video clip.
- The LED will show elements like water and sky
- Vocally, Raiven sings the opera parts live and she nails it as expected.
- The performance will also feature low fog and wind effects.
- The lighting will be mostly blue and white.
- Towards the end, the male dancers will carry Raivan as she gives the very last high note.
🇫🇮 Finland: Windows95man – No Rules!
- Windows95man wear brown sandals with white socks, a very tiny underwear in body color (may we add: too provocative), while T-shirt with blurred Windows logo and a very long colorful wool coat (with the Windows colors: red, yellow, blue and red).
- Henri wears the same outfit as in the “UMK 2024″ performance: Blue jeans rectangular torn fabric.
- They start the performance by focusing on the hugs Jeans-egg, where Windows95man will get out from.
- The performance will feature a cloudy LED wall.
- They will be accompanied by 2 dancers: Jesse Wijnans and Matti Myllyaho. They wear wide blue pants and light blue shirts. At some point, they will be chest-bare. while covering their face with the shirts.
- The performance is quite similar to the one presented in the national selection.
- Handheld fireworks and smoke will be part of the staging as well.
🇲🇩 Moldova: Natalia Barbu – In the Middle
- Natalia wears a white dress, with a brown belt. The upper part of the outfit will expose parts of her body. She also has a golden decoration over one of her shoulders.
- She will have a white violin with her.
- Natalia will be alone on stage, unlike in the national final.
- Static routines, including hand claps and armography, will be part of the staging.
- The backdrop will feature natural views: flowers, butterflies, trees and sea.
- During the instrumental part, the LED walls will show huge wings, which will make the impression Natalia in an angel.
- As always, we can expect her to hit the notes.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – Özünlə Apar
- Fahree wears silver shiny pants and a black silver jacket with some geometrical features. Ilkin wears black pants and a kind of elegant jacket with sparkly glitter sequins.
- For most of the time, Fahree is standing alone in the center of the stage. Fahree will perform while expressing himself with body movements.
- The LED screen shows an animated figure emerging from the water.
- In the second half of the performance, we can see a couple of huge black cupped hands on the stage Fahree stands between them.
- The lighting is quite shadowy. The artwork and lights are mainly blue with a dark scenne
🇦🇺 Australia: Electric Fields – One Milkali (One Blood)
- Zaachariaha Fielding wears a white dress with head coverage and a kind of free cut of a garment. Michael Ross wears a shirt and suitable pants: White with purple. gold, black and silver paints.
- The LED screens create a rainbow effect over Zaachariaha’s dress. Michael Ross will be in his natural place – the keyboards.
- The duo will be accompanied by 2 backing singers. The didgeridoo instrument will also be part of the show.
- The performance will give an uplifting cosmic world exploration experience: plenty of colors will be presented through LED and floor graphics. During the chorus, we will see the text “Milkali la” on the LED screens in a pink font.
- They will also move on stage during the performance.
🇵🇹 Portugal: Iolanda – Grito
- Iolanda kept the white and clean kind of outfit for her performance, however it isn’t the same outfit from the national festival. She wears a silver necklace and her nails are colored black.
- The staging is quite similar to the one from the “Festival da Canção 2024″.
- She will be accompanied by 5 backing dancers wearing white outfits with covered faces. They will move around her and behind her in a contemporary dance.
- Iolanda hit a long high note at the end, as expected.
- The middle cube (out of those on stage) was lowered down to increase the intimate experience.
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Tali – Fighter
- Tali’s final outfit will be kept a secret for now, and will probably be revealed during the 2nd rehearsals. The braided look from the video clip will be the one for Malmö.
- For the first rehearsals, she will wear a black outfit.
- Tali will be accompanied by 5 backing dancers, wearing different red outfits.
- The Luxembourgish delegation added some cubes to the stage to create a frame over the people on stage.
- The performance is said to be energetic and sparkly. The LED screen will show a tiger, colorful swirls and fire.
- Towards the end, we will have some fire jets
Tomorrow, an additional 8 countries will take the stage for the first time. Those are the countries which will participate in the first half of semi-final 2: Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark and Armenia.
Eurovision 2024 will be held in Malmö, Sweden.
The semi-finals will be held on the 7th and 9th of May 2024, and the grand final will be held on the 11th of May 2024.
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