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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The team will be on hand to cover everything going on in Malmö over the coming weeks, so make sure to follow ESC United on Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, and YouTube and Twitch to not miss a minute!

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

 

[jatojo]

what in a plastic surgery world is this

Yeah, and the backing audio tracks - the show gets more and more artificial.

 

[aef]

final performance was banned from YouTube because of her nails. What a shitshow this has become.

I didn’t even see anything, what did she have on it?

 

[GermanBango]

Voted 3x and 5x

 

[musicfan]

I think will flop but let’s wait and see

Possible, and I'm not bothered, never liked the song really

 

[Verjamem]

4x
2x
1x

 

[NeoTen]

So I'm stuck between taking revenge for all the non-EBU reasons Sergey Lazarev didn't win that one year and voting for a certain country with a star of david 20 times... or vote for my favourites and go

x 10
x 3
x 3
x 2
x 2

Watch the televote and find out how much and if the chosen people paid me enough

 

[mauve]

The results will be exciting ... no idea who the winner will be ... but probably a race between Croatia and Israel ... hoping for Croatia in this case.

 

[lacrymea]

I didn’t even see anything, what did she have on it?

No one even noticed it, hence the stupidity of it all. She had some Palestinian colors and the Palestinian scarf (don't know the name).

 

[Myrel]

 

[Gwendal]

My final unconventional bets for tonight:

• (my first one was Dons' "Hollow" turn into a "Snap" 2.0)
• (and my second one was Henri Piispanen winning in the five years with a powerballad in Finnish)
• I see Portugal finishing last. There are better ballads to be saved by the jury and I don't see public voting for it. Finland and Spain may flop with the juries, but I see lots of people voting for them)
• More than 100 public points for both Armenia and Finland
• Germany, Serbia and Slovenia in the bottom five. Last place for... Estonia?
• Latvia in the juries top ten
• Me still not into the top 40
• Two spokesperson making an illusion to the Netherlands. Can't bet who yet
• Sweden outside of top ten

 

[Zorjan]

Petra really is an icon

 

[hawadharma]

Petra's postcard is hilarious!!!

 

[aef]

No one even noticed it, hence the stupidity of it all. She had some Palestinian colors and the Palestinian scarf (don't know the name).

I don’t even get where they are drawing the line. What if she painted her nails randomly in colours for example?

 

[musicfan]

What did they say about Joost Klein at the start? Missed the opening.

 

[Etanna]

I would probably poke out my eye with nails like this

 

[jatojo]

Two 90's pastiche songs in the bookmakers' top 10 right now!

 

[aef]

What did they say about Joost Klein at the start? Missed the opening.

Nothing.

 

[slatka]

MOTHER LOREEN!

 

[SirPeterGriffin]

I don't know how much Slimane messed up in the jury show but this performance was staggering. Brought all the intensity in every note. I feel like it might become massive with the more traditional fans.

 

[Jupiter]

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