The first day of rehearsals for Eurovision 2025 has just begun.
Taking the stage today will be the counties that will perform in the first half of semi-final 1:
- 🇮🇸Iceland: VÆB – RÓA
- 🇵🇱Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja
- 🇸🇮Slovenia: Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have Left
- 🇪🇪Estonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
- 🇺🇦Ukraine: Ziferblat – Bird of Pray
- 🇸🇪Sweden: KAJ – Bara bada bastu
- 🇵🇹Portugal: NAPA – Deslocado
This year, the format of the rehearsals will be different.
Therefore, images might be available later on.
However, the ESBEAT team will do its best to supply all the required information and coverage.
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IMAGES CREDIT: Corinne Cumming, Alma Bengtsson and Sarah Louise Bennett
#1. 🇮🇸 Iceland: VÆB – RÓA
- The staging will resemble the one we’ve seen in the “Söngvakeppnin 2025”.
- The brothers will wear silver outfits labeled “VÆB” on top. They will be accompanied by 3 backing dancers wearing silver overalls with jumpers and hats. The dancers wore white shirts with blue and red prints beneath the silver jumpers.
- The main prop on stage will be a wooden boat; this time, it will be painted white.
- The LED screen will present geometric shapes, landscapes, and sea elements. The lighting is mainly blue and red
- Towards the end, we see “VÆB” written on the LED walls in huge white font.
- Just like in the national final, there will be smoke jets to elevate the performance.
- They end the performance by dropping their microphones
#2. 🇵🇱Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja
- The performance begins with Justyna descending from 2 ropes of the ceiling.
- She is wearing a black catsuit with exposed shoulders. She is accompanied by 4 backing dancers: one female and 3 males. They are wearing black outfits, with skirts and high heels. The dancers have black fabric extensions over their arms, which create a wing effect.
- The performance features a complex and bold dance routine.
- The LED screens will present elements related to GAJA (the mother of Earth): Spinning planets, Lava, water, and neon lights.
- Towards the end, Justyna is lifted back up, while the LED walls show elements like Heaven, breathing dragons, and fire.
- The performance features some pyro elements: From low smoke on the floor at the beginning, to fire jets in the choruses and the final note.
#3. 🇸🇮Slovenia: Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have Left
- Klemen changed his outfit compared to the one from “EMA 2025”: He is wearing a black elegant jacket with shiny dots and a white shirt beneath.
- The concept of the performance is quite similar to the one from “EMA 2025”.
- The LED wall and front LED rectangle frame present shiny stars, whose color changes from blue to red and vice versa.
- Klemen sings the middle part of the song upside down, supported by two backing dancers.
- The performance is quite simple, intimate, and emotional.
#4. 🇪🇪 Estonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
- The performance is quite similar to the one from “Eesti Laul 2025”.
- Tommy is wearing the same outfit as in the national final: a dark blue, elegant suit, a white shirt beneath, and a long red tie. The performance opens with a dark staging, while he is holding a cup.
- In the majority of the performance, Tommy is accompanied by 2 bodyguards with black outfits. During the chorus, we see the famous “spaghetti” dance moves, and then he is accompanied by 4 backing dancers in total.
- The LED walls show an alpine landscape that matches the mountains on the stage. The graphics are quite similar to the ones from “Eesti Laul 2025”: floating coffee cups, a table map, and some shapes in the colors of blue, beige, red, orange, etc.
#5. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Ziferblat – Bird of Pray
- Ukraine will fully utilize the 6-person limitation on stage: The three Ziferblat members will be accompanied by 3 female backing singers.
- The performance from “Vidbir” has changed before landing in Basel.
- The costumes are in shiny bright colors (pink, blue, and turquoise). The outfits, as in the song, are influenced by the 1970s: wide-legged/puff shoulders and lots of sparkle.
- The backing singers wear golden pantsuits.
- The island of forest from “Vidbir 2025” is no longer part of the performance. The LED walls present pink and green graphics that pulse and swirl along with the song.
- The performance isn’t static, as the lead singer will walk through the stage.
- There’s low smoke on the stage from the beginning. In the electric guitar part, the staging features fireworks.
#6. 🇸🇪Sweden: KAJ – Bara bada bastu
- The KAJ trio will appear on stage in the same brown suits (with green/yellow/orange shirts).
- They will be accompanied on stage by 3 dancers (2 female and 1 male). This is a decrease of one dancer, due to the 6-person limitation.
- The basis of the performance is quite similar to that one from “Melodifestivalen 2025”.
- The fire pit, which looks like a bonfire, will be one of the main elements. The sausage that is “cooked” in the fire is much bigger.
- Behind them, we can see a log store which is converted into a sauna mode.
- The backdrop LED walls present a forest-like view, including deer. Towards the end, it is replaced by neon light graphics and laser effects.
- The staging features pyro effects as well, from flames in the fire pit to flame jets in the middle eight. The performance ends with smoke jets that accompany the lasers.
#7. 🇵🇹Portugal: NAPA – Deslocado
- The performance is quite similar to the one from “Festival da Canção 2025”.
- The 5 band members changed their outfits: They wear long-sleeved jackets or shirts in muted colors, like: white, red, purple etc.
- The LED wall features views like floating clouds and animated skyscapes that change colour in sync with the front LED arch.
- The whole vibe is of emotional Fado music.
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th, and 17th of May 2025.
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