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There is a stairs in the back part of the stage, Soraya and 5 dancers start there, She wears a little shiny white dress, the dancers are in skintight black suits. On the backdrops everything shines and glitters, in the end of the song they all come to the stairs again. The performance is quite energetic and is the only finalist with such a typical dance performance. A spaniard on the right of me says it is top-5 for sure, i wouldnt say so, because the performance still lacks something. Vocally it is quite ok, needs a little improvement.

Jade's just cheesy, it's completely banal and blind. You may call it "classy", but it's just super boring. Everything on stage is totally predictable, she goes here, she goes there, piano's on the stage, starry backdrops glitter again, lights grow brighter as songs advances to its climax.
So forseeable that it hurts. In France vs United Kingdom battle victory goes to Patricia over this
Disney movie soundtrack.
Sir Lloyd Webber won't save it - that's something I'm afraid of.

It's even creepier then one might imagined. Screens will now show static image of Anastasia growing older and older to the age of 70! O_o
Anastasia will be wearing dress and will be on high heels. She promised that this will be her stage image from now on.
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Lips-shaped sofa is the point of attention in German performance this year. Dina von Teese, person who everyone desperately anticipated was replaced by some less-reknowned female dancer during first rehearsal. At least we can say what she's going to do on the big night: she rides that sofa like if it was a bull ride machine (I have no idea how it's called, maybe natives will fix me).
Vocally perfect, visually catchy it's still not voting-friendly and lacks something.

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That in Svante's sack was that? Seriously, Anastasia stays in the spotlight in front of the huge image of herself probably begging for money or pretending to cry. Surrounded by five more puppy faces on small screens, Anastasia completely copies all movements from the national final with the only exception to the highest note that got slighty soften (read, she doesn't drop on floor anymore).
Vocally nice, but it's.... weird, I have a feeling they are saving the gimmick for tomorrow or maybe even for the dress rehearsal. Russians are either saving something huge for the next rehearsals or just came completely unprepared.
Anyway, we got all proofs that host country is heading to its worst results in its recent history.

I'm not sure if it remains same till the final, but during the sound check Russia showed us one of creepiest backrop graphics: every screen on the stage shows us Anastasia's beggin face and it scares us to hell.

As everyone expected, Patricia is just something completely outstanding and different from everything that happens to ESC in last decade. She presents, if it pleases you, old values to the contest. Song, the Name, country, lights - all these mix into some totally outlandish piece of art. This is just hard to judge but we applause France for that, performance is perfect in every bit of it. Well, you will see it on video.
Oh, and that dance she does at the end of the song is simply.... enchanting!
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As Im a fan of Patrisia, my description will be absolutely positive. She is standing in the middle of the stage, the backdrops show changing strips, the front displays show the text of the song in the refrain. Everything is just perfect for me, vocally very good, In the end of the song Patricia is dancing, it's just extremely charming and elegant. The camera work suits the song perfectly, there are lots of close looks, and Patricia is very emotional. The best performance of the day for me.