ESC United - Rehearsal and Live Show discussion megathread

[Sean]

It's time for the rehearsals to finally get underway for Eurovision 2024 at Malmö Arena! 37 countries will begin their preparations for this year's contest today, with over two weeks of coverage to come from the ESC United team on the ground!

The schedule for rehearsals is below (thank you Eurovisionworld! All times in CEST);

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You can check out Matt's pre-rehearsal live stream below in case you missed it;

DAY ONE

Eurovision 2024 Rehearsals - Day 1 Round-Up Live Stream

Join Matt and his team as they discuss the rehearsals of the day and answer your questions. The first dress rehearsal is closed to the press so we'll be here...

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Please also use this thread for any rehearsal coverage and discussion, including for jury shows, dress rehearsals and the live shows!​

 

[Gitte]

And the biggest sponsor being Israeli is... quite literally... an israeli company waving money at the EBU to make what they want happen.

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

Still all so confusing. Is it 100pc confirmed that he hit a female photographer? Not acceptable, if so.

 

[Sammy]

Still all so confusing. Is it 100pc confirmed that he hit a female photographer? Not acceptable, if so.

No, there are still no official details regarding what happened.

 

[NeoTen]

Everyone is singing better than this morning... except Tali, again, who sounds rather stressed. Up next. Mr. Alexander. So, prepare your ears. Which note is he gonna try this time after the bridge.
I really don't get Marina pants btw.

 

[crashworld]

I do love me some conspiracy theories. It's very charming and entertaining to read though you may also start to question the sanity of these people. Although I may have been guilty of spreading some. Oopsie!

 

[Fierro]

Gosh what a mess.
And yesterday i thought it could be one of my favourite Eurovision years.

 

[theditz83]

Everyone is singing better than tomorrow... except Tali, again, who sounds rather stressed. Up next. Mr. Alexander. So, prepare your ears. Which note is gonna try this time after the bridge.
I really don't get Marina pants btw.

Do you mean yesterday when you say tomorrow? Not having a go at all, but it's confused me a couple of times now.

 

[NeoTen]

Do you mean yesterday when you say tomorrow? Not having a go at all, but it's confused me a couple of times now.

Woops. I meant this morning. Thx. I'm tired

 

[shameless]

EDIT: Ignore plz, already answered above.

 

[aef]

Hey @aef , just watched Belgian, German and BBC news, and they all mentioned JK in a segment, most even opened with them. In fact, very little about the event itself. EBU must really be having lawyers on heart medication how to cover this up.

Yeah like I didn't think that this would be such a big issue that's covered by so many newspapers and tv channels...

 

[jatojo]

Still all so confusing. Is it 100pc confirmed that he hit a female photographer? Not acceptable, if so.

Yeah, a *female*. If it had been a man, who had cared ...?

 

[jatojo]

Gosh what a mess.
And yesterday i thought it could be one of my favourite Eurovision years.

I like the drama. But it still looks to be one of the most awful Eurovision years.

 

[NeoTen]

People in press room loved Italy. Perhaps may eat up some votes tomorrow from the jury.

 

[han-g]

That‘s tricky: if they ban him, the scandal will be huge and the conspiracy theories are already spreading (with the usual antisemitic undertone: jews rule everything with their money)
if they dont he might feel empowered to use tomorrow evening for some political speech on stage.

I'm fairly confident he was planning that anyway, if not before then the moment he found out he was right before Israel he would have planned something

 

[han-g]

Duplicate

 

[Teaisloveable]

Looking through social media of Eurovision accounts (and actually any article with a comments section about Eurovision)

The comments have shifted from Palestine & Israeli flags, to Dutch flags

What a wild year

 

[GermanBango]

I see I have missed absolutely nothing in my two hour absence

 

[NeoTen]

Ehm.... so still barely awake for this update: The Swedish production now reporting Malmö police has started an investigation on scene. Nobody filed a report as of yet. But they admitted to be on scene to "find out what has happened".

In other news. Everyone still singing fine. Silia a bit shouty, but he has great backing vocals. Franka-level (remember her backing with "Crazy"? That guy was awesome).

 

[aef]

Looking through social media of Eurovision accounts (and actually any article with a comments section about Eurovision)

The comments have shifted from Palestine & Israeli flags, to Dutch flags

What a wild year

But it's not even officially clear yet if there is a direct connection in the violence incident from what I understand.

 

[Preuss]

How did Italy do