It is the 8th day of rehearsals for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö Arena.
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You can find the full rehearsal schedule here
6 countries will take the stage today, for the 2nd time. These are the 6 automatic qualifiers: The UK, Germany, Sweden, France, Spain, and Italy
The schedule for today will be as follows:
1 / 6
| Country | Rehearsal Time (CET) |
| UK | 13:10 – 13:30 |
| Germany | 13:35 – 13:55 |
| Sweden | 14:00 – 14:20 |
| France | 14:25 – 14:45 |
| Spain | 14:50 – 15:10 |
| Italy | 15:15 – 15:35 |
Recap Video:
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Olly Alexander – Dizzy
- Olly is wearing a white sleeveless shirt and sparkly long red pants, which are made of various fabrics. He is accompanied by 4 male dancers who are wearing red boxing gear and chest-baring.
- 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 dizziness.
- The lighting will be mainly white, red and blue. 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 through 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 enables 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 into fire. Isaak interacts with 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 we can see the main stage with the backing singers.
🇸🇪 Sweden: Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable
- Marcus and Martinus are wearing a one-piece glossy black and blue suit.
- The performance is quite similar to the one from “Melodifestivalen 2024″, but with utillizing 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 backgrounds.
- The performance relies on flashing lights, which are also generated 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 sleeveless 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. He keeps himself distant from the mic, towards the end.
🇪🇸 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 brought 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 features a golden part in the middle.
- Mary is accompanied by her other half of the duo on 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 stayed 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
- At the first rehearsal, Angelina wore a sparkly red corset with print and elements of plants on her arms and legs. She was accompanied by 5 female dancers who wore a bodysuit with the same design as her (not red though).
- At the second rehearsal, Anglina changed her outfit: She is wearing black trousers and a hiny black shirt with separate sleeves. Her shirt is decorated with a print of ref roses and purple glitter
- 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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