AUSTRIA
The Makemakes who will carry the home country’s hopes next Saturday night are the second in today’s rehearsal running order. A very low-key beginning of just the singer/pianist in a purple & blue silhouette before the band are finally shown when the chorus kicks in. No stage props or dramatic backdrops here, although there is a lovely overhead shot where the stage goes to a flaming inferno, to break up a rather monotonous performances. The band members look a little bored at times and while this is a lovely song, I can’t help feeling it would have been better positioned in a contest from the late 1960s or early 1970s. This isn’t going to trouble the Top 10 next Saturday night although I think juries might save it from being bottom five.
For the last run-through a fire appears in the body of the piano and it looked like it got slightly out of control. I'm not sure that's a good idea to be honest.