Alma is alone on stage with a very attention grabbing LED backdrop. The staging left me a bit underwhelmed and confused. For the 3rd run a lot of the camera work got tighter, so there was progress.

France will still need to fix quite a few things to ensure a return to the eurovision top10.

In comparison to UK slightly disappointing, but there is still enough time to work on it.

I quite like the visual concept of UK's staging this year. Lucie is in a multi-mirror constellation that creates an effect of infinity. As does the powerful supernova of golden stars in the backdrop that effectively creates moments of climax.

It is a bit cheesy, but certainly interesting to look at. And Lucie stared down the camera, singing for her life. UK are potentially in for their best result since 2009.

Wearing a yellow wrap around dress, Lucie looks great on stage. But then again she is used to this. The vocal will need some work but hey it's just checking the microphones today right?

Some sort of fan effect prop on stage with her, but from my angle in the press centre it's not too clear what this does other than provide some colour behind her

She is working the camera much better than we have seen her do before though. And when we get to the big notes at the end the camera pans out and the stage looks great.....

Levina starts lying on the floor in a mesmerizing shot from above. The look of the presentation is very modern, although not much happened after that opening shot.
She also gives much better camera than what we have seen in the German National Final, she also shows more stagecraft and confidence.
The Germans have been putting a lot of effort in this as they clearly don't want to finish last for the third time in a row.
For the third run there is a pyro curtain behind Levina which doesn't add anything really in my view.

With very low expectations we can actually call Germany a pleasant surprise.