Rehearsals

[EvNickGR]

And my impressions after rehearsals are:

1.Slovenia
2.Denmark
3.Sweden
4.Ukraine
5.Estonia
6.Bulgaria
7.Austria
8.Bosnia & Herzegovina
9.Ireland
10.Cyprus/Israel

 

[aletem]

10. Macedonia - I don't like other countries trying to make fun of other nationalities, and especially Russians has been done so many times before.

:? He doesn't make fun of anyone. :shock:

 

[aletem]

The Irish choreography looked nice and interesting to watch. Their vocals are not good (they have to work on that), but they are better than Dana. Denmark looked too plain on stage. That shirt of the lead singer is awful. A Greek member here mentioned that the Danish song is like the Swiss entry from 2009. I think I might agree with him. Although, people tend to vote Denmark over Switzerland most of the time.
I believe that Latvia had a good rehearsal. Belarus - I have mixed opinions. I liked the performance with the fireworks. I think she really needs to work on her vocals. And the performance is too much - "Dreamgirls", rather than something traditional as I would have expected. Estonia was ok, but vocally a bit weak. Romania and Slovenia were both vocally strong, but nothing was going on. Romania looked more interesting. Dana - had the worst rehearsal today. She better step up in her next rehearsal!
I think Macedonia and Bulgaria did a good job with their first rehearsal. Macedonia needs to polish the performance a bit. The choreography and the background look fantastic!

 

[Elize]

After see the rehearsals im sure we are chanceless.

I love Denmark, dont know why.
Still hate Ireland, not my type of music and i find it annoying.

 

[aletem]

After see the rehearsals im sure we are chanceless.

I don't think so. You have a chance! I think you have much higher chances than Austria.

 

[erick]

Estonia will end like Sylvia Night from iceland before few years

 

[Bojan]

:? He doesn't make fun of anyone. :shock:

lol
but yeah he's making fun of the Russians??
I love how people who don't understand the lyrics come up with this conclusions :?
he's is singing about his love with a Russian girl Adam, not making fun of the nation called Russia

 

[eerik]

 

[alca]

My thoughts of today's rehearsals! http://alca-gr.blogspot.com/2011/05/esc-2011-rehearsals-day-4.html

 

[Schlagerman1]

@ Bojan and Aletem

I know that, but it is a feeling I get when I try judging the preformance like a normal ESC-song. The Kakalink part is just hilariously poor that it feels like he is joking about how russians are Still I find the preformance way chaotic and I never liked the song in the first place and it didn't getter better now.

 

[Scooby]

The best on first rehearsal (in my opinion) are: Switzerland, Cyprus, Ukraine, Ireland, Slovenia.

The worst by far was Portugal and Belorusia.

 

[94ayd]

My ranking of day 4's rehearsals:

1. Ireland - what a big and pleasant surprise
2. Bulgaria - only minor problems with vocals but it's amazing
3. Latvia - very well-sung but something's lacking
4. Romania - pretty good
5. Estonia - Singing could be improved
6. Slovenia - well-sung but boring
7. Belarus - not perfect but very good
8. Macedonia - it's OK
9. Denmark - pure boredom, not to mention that horrible shirt
10. Israel - nothing positive to say about this

 

[sannerz]

Denmark's rehearsal was the best today by far.

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

Best today - Ireland without a doubt!

 

[QwaarJet]

Today's best : Bulgaria and Slovenia
Today's worst : Israel and Ireland

 

[Grinch]

Today's best: Ireland (can't believe I'm saying this), Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia. It was best day so far for the rehearsals. Most of them were good.

Today's worst: Israel

 

[FallenAngelII]

Oh fantastic, they were brilliant!! The only rehearsal that imo has been good!! They've clearly outshone nearly all the other participants in singing too - all except a very few have been out of tune and Jedward were actually in tune!! JEDWARD FTW!!

Too bad their voices are pretty mediocre even when in tune. Not everyone is cut out to be a singer. You can train your voice to be technicaly flawless (not that Jedward are), but at the end of the day, if your voice was not made for singing, you're no going to be a great singer.

You can still be a great entertainer, though. Jedward need to sack their backup vocalists and get some competent ones (how hard can it be?) and the one twin needs to synch with his other twin better. The one on the left (from our point of view) was out of synch at times and just plain forgot some of the choreography at others. I guess he was either nervous, tired or just getting used to the stage. You could see him scanning the stage at times if he was looking for the cameras.

Surprisingly, Jedward's rehearsal was pretty subdued. I was expecting more over the top shennanigans with a more flamboyant stage show, like a giant stick of lipstick or something. Also, more homoerotic twincest undertones. It just doesn't look very Jedward. Maybe they're saving most of it for the dress rehearsals and the big show(s).

I don't like other countries trying to make fun of other nationalities, and especially Russians has been done so many times before.

When was Russia last (or, really, ever) made fun of in Eurovision? Also, it's a love song about how he's in love with a Russian girl, but they cannot understand each other due to the language barrier (she can only speak Russian and he can't).

 

[Steffan]

Is it just me or did Ireland have an extremely nice rehearsal... perhaps in the top3 so far o.o

Slovenia was amazing... Belarus was good too

 

[croboy82]

I don't get why the floor on the main stage is always in violet? They should change the color sometimes

 

[adnar]

- 2nd rehearsal

I love their clothes