ISRAEL
Arms!
Imri is in black (or rather translucent), singing just about adequately. Not as much choreography as I was expecting. Two dancers and some backing singers.
More literal graphical interpretation for the 'walking on stars' and 'hour glass' parts. And Imri on the back LED breaking into pieces.
It's rather underwhelming. Nowhere near as much impact as Golden Boy. Someone here even mentioned a word to send fear into all Israeli supporters: "Tooji."
The jury final will be quite key here. If he sings like today, he will be punished.
ESTONIA
Staging is a mix of the Eesti Laul performance and Stig & Elina. Koit was a tad lost with some of the choreography on the first run-through.
Koit's acting skills haven't improved but I really don't think he's trying. It is a rehearsal after all. This should be fine once it all comes together.
Better for each run through. Laura in particular was very good.
LITHUANIA
Essentially the NF performance here, in red and black with some pyro graphics at the end.
Very grating vocals.
Poor things don't even have Georgia to vote for them.
BULGARIA
More blue lights, but with some rain effects. Kristian in black with white shirt.
Actually no, it's mostly black and white and he is swishing his hands about, so think there will be more stuff happening that we're not seeing yet, a la Dami Im. At one point there are a few squiggles. It's still a work in progress.
Vocals fine.
Hmm, I think we were all expecting to be wowed and it's...just nice. Should be safe for a top 5 finish though.
BELARUS
The return of white clothes and blue lighting. They are standing on a boat. Not really sure why.
Shots of various buildings on the backdrop, giving the effect they are flying slalom on their boat. Maybe it's a plane?
They dance a bit towards the end, distracting from the repetitiveness. Vocally solid.
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The after-lunch session. Let's see how much they show us in the press centre...
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