It is the 6th day of rehearsals for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö Arena.
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You can find the full rehearsal schedule here
15 countries will take the stage today: 9 countries from semi-final 1 (From Malta to Latvia) and the 6 automatic qualifiers (the UK, Germany, Sweden, France, Spain and Italy)
The schedule for today will be as follows:
| Country | Rehearsal Time (CET) |
| Malta | 10:30 – 10:50 |
| Albania | 10:55 – 11:15 |
| Greece | 11:20 – 11:40 |
| Switzerland | 11:45 – 12:05 |
| Czechia | 12:10 – 12:30 |
| Austria | 13:35 – 13:55 |
| Denmark | 14:00 – 14:20 |
| Armenia | 14:25 – 14:45 |
| Latvia | 14:50 – 15:10 |
| UK | 15:40 – 16:10 |
| Germany | 16:20 – 16:50 |
| Sweden | 17:00 – 17:30 |
| France | 17:40 – 18:10 |
| Spain | 19:20 – 19:50 |
| Italy | 20:00 – 20:30 |
Recap Video:
The video include the semi-finalists only (those who had their 2nd round of rehearsals today):
🇲🇹 Malta: Sarah Bonnici – Loop
- Sarah Bonnici wears a sparkly silver bodysuit with some sequins.
- The LED screens will show some graphics, while the lighting will be blue, green and purple
- The performance will feature a dance break, and we can even see her lying on the floor.
- As in “MESC 2024”, we can expect a bold dance routine, as Sarah will be accompanied by 4 male dancers wearing black leather outfits. We can also recognize some salsa moves and shoulder lifts.
- The flip movement will be kept, and this time the dancers will lose their shirts.During the flip they will cover their eyes with blindfolds
- We can expect some pyro: Towards the big note in the last chorus, fireworks will take the energy higher. The performance will also be finalized with a big firework.
🇦🇱 Albania: Besa – Titan
- Besa wears a 2 part outfit, which is a different one compared to the outfit from the first rehearsal. It is a long sleeved jacket with suitable pants, both in a glamour disco ball design.
- Besa will be accompanied by 2 backing singers and 3 female backing dancers, who will dance around her in a contemporary style. The dancers are wearing gray bodysuits, while the backing singers are wearing gray dresses
- The LED screen will present people dancing.
- The lighting will be red, blue, yellow and peach orange.
- The floor will show big hands, and pre-recorded video of dancers. It will create a visual of Besa haunted by them.
- The dancers characters are duplicated through the videoart on LED screens
🇬🇷 Greece: Marina Satti – Zari
- Marina Satti is wearing a purple short sparkly skirt, a light purple top and black heeled boots. She also has a silver necklace with orange and red decorations, and suitable earrings.
- Marina will be accompanied by dancers: 3 male and a female. They will create a demanded ethnic atmosphere. They will make some street dance with Greek elements. The dancers are wearing black outfits with white decorations. They will also wave white napkins.
- At some point, she will lie on the floor with the dancers around her
- The majority of the performance will be filmed in a one-shot technique. The camare will focus on Marina at the beginning, and this is how she will communicate with the audience
- We will have the word “Zari” printed in neon pink on the cubes LED.
- The LED floor will be designed with colorful dots.
- The LED wall will present some urban graffiti. Lighting will be diverse: From purple to blue and even tourquise.
🇨🇠Switzerland: Nemo – The Code
- Nemo are wearing a short peral-peach short dress, with a long jacket made of pink and white fur (looks like pink fluff) and fur boots.
- The main prop is a huge white circular platform with a diameter of 2-3 meters. It is moving around its pivot.
- During the performance we can see Nemo climb this platform, slide it off, jump on it and dance on top of it.
- This performance can be described as a very challenging one, as one should be on time with the rotations of the platform while singing.
- The scene is quite dark, with neon white and blue lighting
🇨🇿 Czechia: Aiko – Pedestal
- Aiko is wearing a black outfit, where the top part is like a half transperent net.
- She is accompanied by 4 female dancers, with sparkly mesh face coverings and black outfits. In the 2nd rehearsal, their haircut is identical to the one of Aiko, making them 4 doppelganger of her
- The staging will convey the message of 5 morning/grief during the breakup stages, each one of them will be represented by one of the dancers or Aiko: deniel, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
- The Czech delegation chose to utulize the LED cubes, putting it very close to Aiko’s head at the first shot, helping to convey the intensitity derived from the text.
- The lighting is mainly red, blue and black strobes.
- Towards the end, the 4 dancers are lifting her up over their heads.
- The LED screen will present various video artwork, among them one that looks like a pop-rock concert.
- During the choruses and the bridge, we will have fire jets. They will return at the end of the performance as well
🇦🇹 Austria: Kaleen – We Will Rave
- In the first rehearsal, Kaleen wore a a silver sparkly leotard outfit with lots of sequins.
- Kaleen changed her outfit for the 2nd rehearsal: It is a glittery silver outfit composed of one part with some black and transparent decorations. The outfit will enable her expose her legs.
- She is starting the performance wearing a white coat with a train, but this will be removed as the bass kicks in. Kaleen has 2 options for the white coat, the second one is more fluffy.
- Austria brought a prop to the stage: an inverted pyramid made of metal scaffolding hanging that shoots lasers. This pyramid hangs about the middle of the stage. This will create a visual similar to the warehouse from the video clip.
- Kaleen is accompanied by 4 male dancers, wearing black cargo pants, sleeveless jackets and oversized wraparound shades.
- The performance is based on a lot of dance moves, including a very contagious swirl move alongside the “rum-de-dum-dum-da”.
- There will be a use of pyro through smoke and steam jets
🇩🇰 Denmark: SABA – Sand
- Saba is wearing a simple white sleeveless-outfit, while her arms are covered with white fabric. It is a kind of pant-suit with pockets.
- She is standing on a low rectangular platform. The lighting is mainly blue and white, but in some cases it will warmer: yellow, bronze and orange.
- The staging is revealed a layer after layer, from simple lights to more flashing ones and graphics.
- Saba is equipped with sand in her pockets, and she scatters on stage while performing armography moves.
- You will see a mirrored version of Saba presented on the LED wall.
- During the performance, the floor will be filled with smoke
🇦🇲 Armenia: LADANIVA – Jako
- Jako is wearing a long white shirt with a suitable skirt, her outfit also features red fabric and some decorations. She is also wearing a retro belt and silver jewelry. Louis is wearing gray pants and a white shirt with retro silver belt. Louis is equipped with 2 wind insteruments.
- The experience might be similar to a live concert. They will be accompanied by 4 players who are wearing gay pants and jackets (one is gray, another is light blue, the other two in white).
- Louis and the 4 additional players played on different instruments during the performance: flute, drums, electric guitar, trumpet, bouzaki and more.
- The middle of the stage features a brightly coloured plinth island, which is based on like a tiny stage on stairs.
- In the second half of the performance, we can see rick video artwork, including chickens and Armenian motifs.
- The lighting comes in hot colors like yellow, gold, red and orange.
- During the performance, Jako is coming really close the camera lens and interacting with the viewers..
🇱🇻 Latvia: Dons – Hollow
- As expected, Dons is wearing a royal blue sleeveless pantsuit
- The staging includes a huge vertical circular prop with a diameter of 3-4 meters. This prop isn’t dymanic.
- Dons is standing on this prop at the beginning of the performance. Behind him, we can see an eliptical white and purple shape created by the LED. When you look at these combinations, it looks like a sar in galaxy.
- The LED walls show pulsing lights and circles behind him.
- In verses, the lighting is more intimate, coming through circular, slow-moving blue lights. In the chorus, we can see brighter and white lights.
- The camera angles are quite sophisticated and we can see a neon purple tree with a lot of branches flickering on the LED wall.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Olly Alexander – Dizzy
- Olly is wearing a white sleeve-lese shirt and sparkly long red pants, which are made of a various fabrics. He is accompanied by 4 male dancers are wearing red boxing gear and chest-bared.
- The scene is designed as a locker room with lit ceiling and dirty walls (white walls with an effect of sooty and dirty bricks) and shower heads.
- The performance is based on a lot of camera moves and camera angles, that were meant to demonstrate the dizziness.
- The lighting will be mainly white, red and blue. The LED walls will present fire effects, as well as galactical views. The experience from the LED should be like a spaceship hurtling toward Earth though a black hole in 1985.
- Some of the effects will only come live though the screen.
- Through the performance, the dancers will interact with each other.
🇩🇪 Germany: Isaak – Always on the Run
- Isaak is wearing a black elegant suit.
- The performance starts with Isaak located in a stylish living room, made from a black metal framework. This enable us to see him from all sides. The room also has an open fire.
- Starting the first chorus, the 3 sides of the room burst in fire. Isaak interacts with the different parts of the room, during the performance
- Isaak is accompanied by 4 backing singers
- The set is located under the middle cube (which has descended from the ceiling). During the performance, the whole set is wheeled away and
🇸🇪 Sweden: Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable
- Marcus and Martinus are wearing a one-piece glossy black and blue suits.
- The performance is quite similar to the one from “Melodifestivalen 2024″, but with utilization of Malmö Arena.
- They are accompanied by 4 backing dancers (2 females and 2 males) who are wearing black leather body suits with cape/robe.
- The atmosphere is quite dark and mysterious.
- The cube and the LED screens present pieces of code, on both colorful and black background.
- The performance relies on flashing lights, which are also generate through the cubes. The performance starts behind the cubes, and thereafter they split and twins move to the front stage.
- The performance created the impression of a video clip.
🇫🇷 France: Slimane – Mon amour
- Slimane is wearing a quite elegant and pure outfit: White pants, white sleeve-less shirt, a thin white half transparent jacket and white shoes.
- He is sitting and kneeling on a white rectangular object that is located on the stage.
- The scene is quite dark, obtained by black and blue lights.
- One of the main elements is white smoke. He expresses his emotions through different movements and facial expressions.
- We also have wind machines to increase the drama.
- He is singing the final chorus of the song acapella (with no melody) within a cloud of smoke.
🇪🇸 Spain: Nebulossa – ZORRA
- The lead singer is wearing a a sheer lace catsuit with flared trousers and giant puffy shoulders
- The lighting is orange, red and yellow.
- The performance starts out within the middle cube, which is brough down and gives a view of inside the box. We can see a shadow of a woman with hills.
- The familiar red sofa from the “Benidorm Fest” is part of the staging, but this time it feature a golden part in the middle.
- Mary is accompanied by her other half of the duo on the Keytar, and and a female drummer. In addition, she is accompanied by 2 male dancers.
- The dancers are wearing elegant black suits and thick gold collars in the beginning. Later on, they stay with thonged corsets and PVC thigh boots. They remain chest-bared.
- Floor smoke and fireworks (during the choruses) will be part of the package.
🇮🇹 Italy: Angelina Mango – La noia
- Angelina is wearing a sparkly red corset with print and elements of plants on her arms and legs.
- She is accompanied by 5 female dancers who are wearing a bodysuit with the same design as her (not red though).
- The performance starts with 4 of the 5 cubes lowered down to the floor. An artwork of branches is presented on them and it creates the visuals of enclosing the dancers
- The scene is designed like a forest of naked trees.
- Trees, flowers and plants are the main design line here and it also featured though the LED screens.
- The prop on stage is a huge throne made of interwoven twigs and branches with some red roses.
Tomorrow, an additional 7 countries will participate in the rehearsals: Those are the remaining countries from semi-final 2: San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, Norway an The Netherlands.
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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