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Rehearsal

Sweden - First rehearsal

Eran on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 14:49

John Lundvik brings his soulful tune to Tel-Aviv and brings the house down. The performance is quite similar to the one in Melodifestivalen. There's a LED structure that shines in gold above him and looks like a small version of the screen that was used at the Melodifestivalen. The stage starts off dark and is filled with lights towards the end of the song, with the 4 backing female singers stepping in, wearing shiny silver outfits. There's an additional male backing vocalist, which is hidden. Jon wears a black shirt and black leather pants.

Austria - First rehearsal

Eran on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 14:24

PÆNDA's performance starts off in black and white. She stands in the center of the stage, surrounded by LED pillars. In the 2nd chorus, the screen changes from black and white to color. The stage is dark throughout the entire song with a burst of light towards the end of it. The Video art is mostly in silver. PÆNDA dressed in black plain clothes. She's really giving it all, with amazing vocals from both her and the backing singers, that are actually complementing each other. I see a final in her future.

Denmark - First rehearsal

Eran on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 13:10

Leonora takes the stage for her first rehearsal. It looks almost the same as in the national final. She's wearing a buttoned-up white shirt with suspenders. She sits on that huge chair with two backing vocalists on each side. They sit down throughout the entire performance. In the last chorus, two men join them and on both sides. So we have 5 people sitting, moving their bodies from side to side. The video art is very bright and sunny; There are big rays of the sun and later on white clouds with clear blue skies. The atmosphere is very bubbly, light and happy.

Romania - First rehearsal

Eran on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:24

Ester Peony sits on a red chair, wearing a black dress with white collar. There are two semi-dressed male dancers, two backing vocalists, and a guitar player. The video art features a big blue gate in the middle of the forest. Some pyro fire is being used as well. She sounds good and looks very dramatic. Something in her mimics is very tough and I think she might need to soften it a bit. She interacts with the dancers and the general feeling is of a story being told. The colors in this performance are mainly blue, pink and purple

Moldova - First rehearsal

Eran on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:12

Anna Odobescu is up now. The performance is much like the one of Ukraine in 2011; it features Kseniya Simonova, a sand animation performance artist, that draws objects, shapes, and faces using sand. These are being screened on the background. On stage nothing much is happening; Anna is standing, in the middle of the stage, and the sand artist is behind her. There's a point where they interact for a brief moment. The camera moves from focusing on the screen and on the board the artist work on. On the board, there's two candlelights and a rose. Vocally Anna's on point, as always. She's wearing a sparkling white and silver strapless dress.

Switzerland - First rehearsal

Eran on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 10:04

One of the favorites to win this year, Luca Hänni, is taking the stage now! The Swiss performance is spot on. Luca wearing a sleeveless black shirt with 4 backing dancers dresses in red. The video art is mostly red with some nice effects. It's extremely polished, with intense choreography. It reminded me of Sweden 2018 in terms of camera angles and playing with the background. It sounds like a hit and looks very stylish.

Latvia - First rehearsal

Eran on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 09:23

It's Latvia's turn, which has replaced places for the rehearsals with Moldova. Carousel is taking the stage. White and bright yellow are the colors for this performance. All the band members are dressed in white and black, with the lead singer wearing a white dress. The video art is of a big wheel on a bright yellow background. This gives vibes of a performance at the American Country Music Awards. It all looks very clean and neat but might be too mellow for qualification. At the last part of the song, the video art changes and looks like a shiny starry night. Lead singer vocals are on point, she has a beautiful soothing voice.