The 4th day of rehearsals for Eurovision 2025 has just begun.
Taking the stage today will be the countries that will perform in the second half of semi-final 2 (besides Malta, Germany and France)
- 🇬🇪 Georgia: Mariam Shengelia – Freedom
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: Sissal – Hallucination
- 🇨🇿 Czechia: Adonxs – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le Son
- 🇮🇱 Israel: Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise
- 🇷🇸 Serbia: Princ – Mila
- 🇫🇮 Finland: Erika Vikman – Ich Komme
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. 🇬🇪 Georgia: Mariam Shengelia – Freedom
- Mariam wears a silver gown made of satin, and 4 dancers wearing traditional coats, headdresses, and black boots accompany her.
- The main prop on stage is a big rock, on which Mariam will stand. The rock has a unique structure, so it looks like it is united with her dress at a certain point. At the beginning, there’s a low fog around the rock. The dancers and Mariam come out of the fog.
- The dancers will wave blue and white flags during their complex dance routine.
- LED screens will show diverse views like the rising moon, mountains, red sun, stormy clouds, and neon circles and rings.
- The drama is conveyed by lighting and graphics.
- After the peak point, Mariam got out of the dress and revealed a red sequinned jumpsuit. In the final chorus, she steps towards the rectangular frame at the front stage, where the LED walls show mountain views.
#2.🇩🇰 Denmark: Sissal – Hallucination
- The whole performance has changed since “Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025”.
- Sissal‘s outfit has 2 parts, and the top is removed during the performance. She started the performance in a blue and white coat with hundreds of organza layers and sparkly blue boots.
- 4 dancers accompany her on stage. They wear
- The main prop is a central transparent curtain hanging in the middle stage. It starts from the ceiling and ends at the floor. This prop interacts with the wind machines. The curtain moves along the performance and creates movements around Sissal.
- She starts the performance standing on a black plinth in the middle of a tunnel of pulsing neon lights and strobes.
- In the second verse, she removes the top part of her outfit and remains with a long-sleeved leotard.
- The 4 dancers move around her like ghosts, their bodies wrapped in a blue fabric curtain, and they hold blue handkerchiefs.
- In the final chorus, she steps down from the platform and moves to the front stage, while the dancers lean forward.
#3. 🇨🇿 Czechia: Adonxs – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
- ADONXS wears a white vest with sleeves, white gloves, and silver wide-legged trousers.
- The performance showcases an elegant and classic line, which enables focusing on the singer, the vocals and the message.
- The staging is white, with bold black graphics on the LED walls.
- He starts the preference alone on stage, and before the dance break, he is joined by 4 male dancers in matching outfits. During the dance break, the LED floor is lit in white. Then the lights descend for an uptempo dance break bathed in red strobe lighting.
- He has a kind of black spider object on the microphone, and later on his hand.
- The camera work includes several close camera shots.
#4. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le Son
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle 
Laura Thorn rehearsing La Poupée Monte Le Son for Luxembourg at St. Jakobshalle
- Laura wears a pale peach-pink dress with corset-style lacing and silver thigh boots. Later she removed the top part and revealed another outfit.
- 5 male dancers accompany her on stage, they wear red velvet.
- The lighting is mainly blue and red. The dancers electrifying effect is kept
- The main prop on stage is a red and pink doll’s house, where she starts the performance. An effect of animated hands trying to reach her and control her position. It is a metaphor to the doll that other want to shape and move by their needs.
- In the second verse, she walks along the stage and gets out of the doll’s house. The dancers follow her.
- In the peak moment, she reveals the outfit beneath: a sparkly silver dress.
- She performs the last part of the song near the rectangular frame stage.
- We can see bold lights, graphic and neon effects along the performance, which feels more natural.
#5. 🇮🇱 Israel: Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise
- Yuval wears a tailored black trouser suit with square shoulders and wide sleeves. She is alone on stage.
- The main prop looks like a two-floor structure similar to a balcony or a golden cage. Each floor is circular and decorated with a glittering curtain of silver strands. This makes Yuval look like a bird in a cage.
- The prop is 5 meters height and with a curved staircase on one side.
- The performance starts with a shadow of blue light on the front frame stage.
- In the second verse, she heads back down the walkway. At a certain point, she walks around the structure where a single-shot camera follows her.
- Yuval’s sleeves resemble wings and create some beautiful moments with the LED screens.
- In the key change chorus, we will have a fireworks rain.
- In the Hebrew part, the LED walls show flowing water over black rocks – “Many waters cannot quench love”. The song ends with the whole set fading to a white light.
#6. 🇷🇸 Serbia: Princ – Mila
- The staging we’ve seen in “PZE 2025” has completely changed!
- Princ wears a red suit, accompanied by 5 dancers who wear black outfits.
- The performance commences with Princ in the middle of the main stage, while a low fog fills the floor. He sings the first verse while the staging showcases a play of lights and shadows.
- Thereafter, 3 of the dancers drag him along the stage in a contemporary dance.
- Two of his dancers are dragging him by his legs as the LED screen explodes with red lights and fiery graphics.
- The performance is a combination of precise vocals and challenging choreography
- A celebration of flames closes the show.
#7.🇫🇮 Finland: Erika Vikman – Ich Komme
- Erika wears a black latex outfit with thigh boots, with metallic studs and long black gloves. She is alone on stage.
- The performance is quite similar to the one from “UMK 2025”, but it was fitted to the scale of the Eurovision 2025 stage.
- Erika starts the performance standing on a golden circular platform and stays there during the first verse and first chorus. She walks along the stage and dance, while the camera angles makes the whole thing much bolder.
- The LED walls mainly present text like “Erika” and “Ich Komme”
- As the tempo gets higher, she goes back to the main stage and then rides on the big golden microphone.
- The performance ends with a smoke explosion on the walkaway.
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th, and 17th of May 2025.
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