Eurovision 2024: Rehearsal Week (1 Viewer)

I'm pleasantly surprised by Australia's clip, I think it will be quite a joyful moment after Azerbaijan (why the hell is their staging so dark?).
 
Sorry girls I’m IN HEAT at the moment I don’t know what happened.
 
Kratz said:
Do we get R OLLY tomorrow?
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Correct! Disgusting fashion klaxon is ready to go.

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Did we get any Czech clips from the first rehearsal? Was it as bad as the national final perf? I still really like the studio version.
 
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Greece is fine! It’ll work better with a live audience.
 
I find Switzerland cringeworthy but nevertheless it would be exciting to have someone win who hasn't done it in years or a first timer - so I'd be happy with Switzerland/Croatia or France. Going back to Italy or Netherlands again so soon would just be....UGH.
 
bypass said:
I find Switzerland cringeworthy but nevertheless it would be exciting to have someone win who hasn't done it in years or a first timer - so I'd be happy with Switzerland/Croatia or France. Going back to Italy or Netherlands again so soon would just be....UGH.
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Sorry but I'm voting for SONGS not my next VACATION DESTINATION.
 
Oh good LORD
Rehearsal 1: United Kingdom - Olly Alexander - Dizzy

First up today is the UK’s Olly Alexander, singing his song Dizzy. He’s a very well-known and long-established performer in the UK, as well as an award-winning actor.

Very helpfully, we received some staging notes from the UK delegation for this performance – here’s how they describe what we’re currently watching:

Olly Alexander's Eurovision performance transports viewers into a post- apocalyptic dystopian boxing gym locker room, aboard a spaceship hurtling toward Earth through a black hole in 1985!

We’re not making this up, we promise. Essentially there’s a big room set on stage, lined with dirty tiles and shower heads – this whole thing feels like a grittier version of George Michael’s Outside, so very much the vibe of the official video. Olly’s four male dancers are wearing (the bare minimum of) red boxing gear, and the camera angles keep changing so it feels like the room is rotating, backed by a spinning black hole graphics on the LED. It really does feel like they’re in a dirty locker room hurtling through space.

In short, it’s VERY ambitious and mind-blowing bit of staging, with a gym bag full of special effects that mean it only really comes to life on screen.

Also a note on the song arrangement – to our ears, there’s a new middle eight with extra strings, and the build to the final chorus is different. Pyro update and photos coming soon!
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Now that READS like a fucking serve
Let’s see how it sounds
 
🧨 PYRO UPDATE! Loads of sparks and fireworks at the end, which make it feels like the set is malfunctioning, then a final big bang. Photos coming soon!
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Rehearsal 2: 🇩🇪 Germany – ISAAK – Always On The Run

It’s time for Germany’s ISAAK now, with his power ballad Always On The Run. Like lots of singer/songwriters, ISAAK honed his craft as a street musician - he put on an impromptu street performance before the Pre-Party in Madrid, so hopefully we’ll see him out and about on the streets of Malmö over the coming week too.

This staging has had a major overhaul since Das Deutsche Finale back in February – ISAAK is also in a room, but rather than a filthy gym it looks like a very stylish living room, made from a black metal framework that means he can still be seen from all sides. It also has an open fire - and from the first chorus, all three sides of the room burst into flames, like the house is burning down. Hard to capture the atmosphere in words, but it's really impressive.

The set sits under the middle cube, which has descended from the heavens to create a ceiling, but during the middle eight the whole set is wheeled away and it’s just ISAAK in the middle of the stage, wearing a black suit and flanked by four backing singers.

Watching both on screen and on the stage, it’s a really impactful three minutes – ISAAK’s interaction with parts of the room, the flames, and the dynamic change of set halfway through really elevates what is already a powerhouse vocal.

We’ve see SO much great staging over the past week – still four more performances to go, but it’s shaping to be a VERY good year.
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