France 1st rehearsal. Simplistic staging that starts with a common linnets inspired camera swirl. Steadicam follows her over the bridge. Arena choreography will be ignited from centre of catwalk. #Eurovision

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Quite a big reaction in the press hall after the first run from Italy. Fabrizio and Ermal don't seem to be wearing their stage outfits yet. Their staging is mostly red and they have kept the concept of the video clip with (parts of) the lyrics on screen in many languages. For most of the song the two stand in the middle of the stage with the lyrics projected in different angles, but during the bridge they split up and each walk to one side where they stand on the bridges, to meet each other for the last lines of the song.

The camerawork looks pretty solid for a first rehearsal and so are their vocals.

Italy 1st rehearsal. On-screen lyrics in a dozen foreign languages. One for the linguists. #eurovision

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Ermal slightly off-key in the first run. Performance ends on the catwalk.

Germany seems to have also brought their own LED wall.

Michael Schulte stands on his own on stage - it's very very dark through most of the song we see white projections on a white wall, showing keywords and images of the song. In the second verse we get to see the pictures sent in by fans.

After the bridge we get psychedelic red-black circles going round which don't fit the song at all. Vocals seem to be better than at the national final, the second time already sounding even better, but I'm afraid I really don't like how it looks on stage.