Opinion

German entrant Jamie-Lee Kriewitz is one of the youngest participants in the field this year. She's just finished her first rehearsal and vocally she's sounding very strong.

There isn't really much change happening from the project as we saw it in the national final. The same green laser beams are used, the trees are on the stage, Jamie-Lee is even wearing the same thing.

Perhaps a good choice... If it worked in the national final, why wouldn't it work for Eurovision.

Say Yay! Say Yay!

And we have a falling over moment......but do not worry it's planned :-)

More horns in the backing track, or at least it seem like it

Full use of the stage which is good, and effects on screen....split screen

I so want this to do well, it's such a lovely song, but there is something missing in this for me, and I think it's the lack of hitting the right notes....
Which is a total shame as we know he can sing from the promo tour

Stage is all blue and starry and Amir's in a casual suit and the whole thing is lit by his beaming 300 gigawatt smile....

Ok the DRESS
This is all
Nothing much else to be said really

Hungary;
Comes on, delivers the song, really showing his emotions today. Which is exactly what this song needs. That said I still get a very bored about halfway through. And it did not get any better for me by the third run though

Finland
Ok so this is kinda competent but that's all really. Nothing much else to say, the vocal could do with some work really, but in the arena it looks nice as an opener to the show. Still in the cat suit, still using the whole of the stage hope this works out for them

Greece
The big surprise for me so far, was never going to give this much hope tbh, but it looks really cool not he stage, and we have short ripping off moments so early in the show which is always a good thing

Moldova
Starting to come together for Lidia now, vast improvement on her first run through. Well done.

Eneda Tarifa from Albania is the penultimate artist to rehearse today.

Vocally Eneda is really standing out, she's getting more and more confident with each run. The backdrop and LED flooring is also looking very regal, with the blue and gold colours.

The song has grown on me an awful lot and as it's being played right after Georgia, it becomes a nice, relaxing moment before Belgium. Could work in its favour, and make it to the final.

I have a real soft spot for Georgia, even though It isn't considered as a favourite, much to my surprise.

The camera work of the first verse is a little bit strange, as part of the screen is being mirrored which leads to some very weird body compositions of the band. It reminds me a bit of the camera work France used back in 2008 with Sebastien Tellier. The second time round, the special mirror effect is dropped and it looks so much better.

So not a big fan of that bit, but what follows next is quirky, alternative bright, colourful and full of lights. Just what you need with an alternative song like this.

Many fans have this down at the bottom of their list, but in my opinion, Georgia has everything in power to qualify with much ease.

I like it very much!

Agnete from Norway is a very confident singer on stage. Her vocals are spot on.

There isn't much change from the national final in fact. The big box however which had the dancer in, has been ditched from the act. There is just two platforms on the stage, one for Agnete and one for her dancer.

The outfit has also stayed the same, and the backdrop remains within the Frozen theme too.

Very competent, through its three runs. I guess the outcame is hard to predict, will depend on whether the public will get the tempo change in the song.

Very impressive first rehearsal for Jamala.

Vocally and visually absolutely stunning. From the optic illusion of Jamal standing in toxic gasses, to the colours on the LED floor, which towards the hymn part are being pushed up by Jamala onto the LED backdrop.

Vocally also incredible.

Met with so much applause in the press centre. Will do very well.