The performance from Malta is also largely the same as a few days ago during the first rehearsal. The backdrop starts with a waving piece of fabric, that is later revealed to be the dress Claudia wears on the backdrop. The visuals seem to be largely the same which means her chest is visible for quite some time in the hall, more than on screen where I already noticed it last time. This makes it all very tempted to give this song a new title (obvious?) but I will resist for now.

On stage it's still the same dress as we saw a few days ago.

During the first chorus some kind of chandelier comes down from the ceiling (Malta has done things with candles before so it's not a completely new thing for them)

As the song continues towards the second chorus the backdrop shows more and faster movement, in line with the added instruments in the music.

The vocals are just excellent every time, and gather the largest applause of the day so far. Goosebumps.

Claudia with another passionate, heartfelt and vocally flawless rehearsal. Unfortunately it feels like very long three minutes, as the song is just a little too predictable and doesn't provide any layers of depth like other Ballads we heard from Finland, Portugal etc.
But those are in the other semi final, which might help Claudia out a bit. She would deserve it.

Some changes for FYROM in today's rehearsal. The outfit, in contrast to Serbia, is not a desaster. The sexually suggestive parts of the choreography got toned down a bit. But Jana still struggles with parts of the choreography.

Jana Burceska is wearing a different outfit than we saw in her first rehearsal, but very similar. Instead of dark green it is now black. Not much has changed in the performance itself, but the backdrop has now added panels (like billboards) that show - among different things - images from the official video clip. The city by night idea is still there, but a lot less obvious than a few days ago.

She's still alone on stage, makes sense of course, but with the choreography during the chorus it almost looks more like a workout ...

Vocally it still sounds ok and the whole performance is very nice to look at.