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Day 8: Saturday, May 9th, 2026
2nd rehearsal for Semi-Final 2 (Songs 11-15) , Big 4 and Austria
| Country | Rehearsal Time (CET) |
| Australia | 10:30 – 10:55 |
| Ukraine | 11:05 – 11:30 |
| Albania | 11:40 – 12:05 |
| Malta | 12:20 – 12:45 |
| Norway | 12:55 – 13:20 |
| Italy | 13:30 – 13:55 |
| Germany | 15:00 – 15:25 |
| France | 15:35 – 16:00 |
| UK | 16:10 – 16:35 |
| Austria | 16:45 – 17:10 |
1. 🇦🇺 Australia: Delta Goodrem – Eclipse
- A giant, sideways crescent moon will be the main prop on stage.
- Delta is wearing a custom couture gown, which is adorned with approximately 7,000 Swarovski crystals. Around 500 hours were invested in making it happen.
- Harpist will join Delta on stage.
- Delta’s performance follows a stunning evolution from a lunar landscape into a solar spectacle, building toward a climax that elevates the song’s concept to breathtaking heights.
- She’s debuting a specialized pyrotechnic effect that won’t be seen in any other act at Vienna 2026!
2. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: LELÉKA – Ridnym
- LELÉKA will be on stage together with the Bandura player Yaroslav Dzhus.
- LELÉKA is wearing a white dress over white trousers, with small strands of fabric layered and attached in a way that responds well to her movements. The fabric will support her movements.
- The performance starts with her stepping on a white catwalk to walk across and proceed to the Bandura player.
- After the first chorus has been performed, the staging becomes dark, with LELÉKA taking centre stage and shifting all the focus towards her.
- Thereafter, the staging becomes colorful again. We will see a special visual moment when the long high note is performed.
- The graphics will be quite dramatic, with a red theme at the end, like the closing of a theatre curtain.
3.🇦🇱 Albania: Alis – Nân
- Alis is wearing a black outfit with a shimmering gem finish and black sunglasses.
- The scene itself is dark and mysterious.
- At the beginning of the performance, Alis is on his knees before rising among clouds of smoke. The song starts with the dramatic instrumental introduction, where we can see his mother on the backdrop video.
- The backdrop LED video presents many women behind him. They symbolize Albanian women and mothers; some of them are wearing traditional Albanian costumes.
- Their appearances are interspersed with alternative graphics – the sons singing along to Nân, assuring their mothers that all will be well and that this is just how things are right now.
- His performance will feature English-language subtitles on screen to make the story more understandable to the viewers.
- Some elements will enhance the performance.
4.🇲🇹 Malta: AIDAN – Bella
- Aidan’s outfit is a blend of Western Americana and 70s rockstar style, featuring a mixed-media vest crafted from black denim and ornate, studded leather panels. The look is anchored by slim-fit leather trousers detailed with side-seam fringe and metallic conchos for a dramatic, elongated silhouette. Finished with gold-crested hardware and pointed-toe boots, the outfit perfectly captures a bold, “stage-ready” modern cowboy aesthetic.
- The performance features a massive prop: A giant arched construction that represents classic architectural design with a modern glow-up. This is probably the biggest prop of the year.
- In some part of the performance, the prop takes the form of a huge zoetrope with shots from above showing us the Bella subject of the song dancing around our performer.
- The tornado of red rose petals from the national final will be part of the performance as well. It is upgraded via the use of a steadicam.
- The final minute of the performance is delivered in one shot. At a certain point, it gives the illusion of partaking in a romantic dance with the viewers. The prop is engineered for construction, which means that AIDAN is rotating quite rapidly.
5.🇳🇴 Norway: JONAS LOVV – YA YA YA
- The performance remained quite similar to the one from the national selection.
- JONAS LOVV will be on stage with his band crew. He is wearing a pair of high-waisted pants with 90 diamond-shaped panels that the trousers, fashioned out of black leather and sequins in a patchwork technique. He will perform shirtless.
- The backdrop will show “YA YA YA” in big letters.
- A huge row of red lights is lowered and raised throughout to maximize the view of what’s unfolding on stage.
- The performance will focus on the singer’s charisma, and some light effects (including strobe lights).
- During the final 20 seconds of the performance, JONAS is pointing and posturing among the pyro, ending the performance in a triumphant pose in which the light behind him paints him as a revered rock god.
6. 🇮🇹 Italy: Sal Da Vinci – Per sempre sì
- Sal is wearing a white modern suit of Naples design.
- The performance is composed of 4 scenes.
- .It begins with a wedding preparation scene: a groom-to-be selects his attire with the help of his groomsmen, while Sal stands front and center, commanding the stage.
- As a grand chandelier descends, we are swept into an opulent ballroom where the groom celebrates with backflips and top-tier choreography alongside his best men. The narrative then shifts to the ceremony itself; as the bride makes her elegant entrance down the catwalk, Sal takes on the role of the marriage officiant in a charming twist.
- The show concludes with a vibrant Neapolitan wedding reception under the night sky, complete with lemon trees, fairy lights, and a digital firework display.
7. 🇩🇪 Germany: Sarah Engels – Fire
- Sarah is wearing a gold flame-inspired bodysuit. The corset part has been designed to look like roaring flames, while sparkling rhinestones dotted elsewhere resemble golden embers.
- The performance is built around a large cube prop. Sarah starts the performance lying down on this cube, with the camera angles above.
- It seems the songs was revamped, and now starts as a dramatic piano ballad.
- It ens with some pyro elements.
8. 🇫🇷 France: Monroe – Regarde!
- Monroe is dressed entirely in white for her performance, in a style that combines modern and traditional fashion of the French Romantic era.
- Her outfit is based on a bell-shaped skirt is tailored over a petticoat, while on top the singer is wearing a shirt, tie and waistcoat combo
- 5 dancers (3 females and 2 males) will accompany her on stage. They are all wearing black outfits.
- She appears among a thick cloud of smoke in the beginning, and performing on a small podium at the back of the stage.
- During the performance, she walks along the stage until she ends on a different platform at the very front of the stage.
- Part of the performance will be executed via a steady camera.
- Later on, the dancers will hold her back. The smoke intensifies as the battle progresses.
- Towards the end, we get fireworks in the graphics and pillars of smoke erupting from the stage.
9. 🇬🇧 UK: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER – Eins, Zwei, Drei
- LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER is dressed in his trademark boiler suit. It is dusky pink with silver zips and Doc Marten boots.
- He will be accompanied on stage by 4 dancers who are wearing a turquoise two-parts suits
- The concept of the performance is similar to that of the video dlip.
- In the beginning, we see rows of desks on the stage, to demonstrate the office structure.
- The dancers (co-workers) with him are wearing computer monitors for heads, to enhance the message of the song.
- During the performance, he escapes from the office,
- The office desks become a choreography centre-piece as LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER and his co-workers transform their space.
- The stage transforms into LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER’s signature synthesizers and keyboard. Those musical props were build by the signer himself.
10. 🇦🇹 Austria: COSMÓ – Tanzschein
- The performance starts with COSMÓ and his crowd of animals lying down on the stage floor.
- COSMÓ is wearing a black leather trousers, a black rhinestone shirt and a mirrorball-inspired breastplate with matching disco armour
- During the performance, COSMÓ and his team will perform their choreography on the center stage.
- They will perform their dance routine in line or atop the huge climbing frames that are lowered from the arena ceiling onto the stage floor,
- We will see the description “Dance away your inner animal.” on the LED.
- Club strobe lights will light up around his at the final scene.
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