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!​

 

[jatojo]

Optimizing looks and singing abilities is what Sweden does best.

 

[Chrisiam]

Boy, I wish I could wake up in the morning feeling "Ooo-la-la". Now I mostly wake up feeling "Oh my knees!".

 

[soulm8]

Cyprus is really solid! Pretty solid vocals too! Will Q!

 

[Etanna]

wow this looked 100% better than I expected! The short clip was the worst part of the performance. I really liked the visual effects and the choreo was also pretty good for most of the song. Big thumbs up from me

 

[Citelis]

Average song with a good enough staging.

 

[Malagant]

Malin is a famous actress in Hollywood. I think she looks professional here too as presenter.

Cyprus entry, great! One of my favourites tonight.

 

[AliceEsc]

Oh I thought there would be way more pre-recorded backing vocals, kudos to her!

 

[Geborgenheit]

Cyprus will get points from Australia, I am pretty sure. And otherwise, yeah, it can pass to the final

 

[lasse braun]

cyprus was weaker than expected.

 

[HarryUK]

Such a fab opening from Cyprus

 

[gigi_copp3]

never fully convinced me

 

[Geborgenheit]

Serbia is such a nice, emotional song.

 

[jatojo]

Of tonight's boring ballads, Serbia isn't the worst. I prefer this to Portugal, although both are rather boring.

 

[cassio]

Serbia...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Bmbriga]

Tea Dora needs pointy ears

 

[Stargazer]

Serbia is one of my few favorites this year. It's not perfect, the verses are a bit weak, but I do really like it.

 

[Etanna]

the vocals in the first part weren't the best and the staging also doesn't look as great as it could imo (especially the fact that we can see the wheels of the prop). But overall a lovely performance

 

[lasse braun]

serbia ...

 

[Citelis]

Serbia please qualify!

 

[Gordon_Shumway]

Serbia is my favourite in this semifinal. Such a beautiful song.