Day 5: Svala completes second rehearsal for Iceland – PREDICTION & REVIEW

ESCXTRA are live from Kyiv for day five of rehearsals ahead of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest! For the first time, we can bring you live audio from the press centre television screens that show each rehearsal. The countries rehearsing today, in chronological order, are Sweden, Georgia, Australia, Albania, Belgium, Montenegro, Finland, Azerbaijan, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Moldova, Iceland, Czech Republic and Cyprus. Furthermore, read our handy guide for a more detailed look at this contest’s rehearsal schedule.

In addition, for our immediate reactions to every single rehearsal, you can follow our live stream from the press centre at the International Exhibition Center by visiting our YouTube channel. Also, you will also be able to listen live to each rehearsal as it happens and give us your opinions in our live chat.

The next artist to take to the stage for their second rehearsal is Svala from Iceland. We have just watched her first run through of Paper live from Kyiv and here is our reaction.

Staging overview

Svala has changed her costume for the second rehearsal. She is now in a white outfit with a large cape. The LED contains lots of blues and green, very reminiscent of the northern lights. During the middle 8, the stage darkens to reveal strobe lighting which looks very effective. Of course, Svala’s vocals are great – vocal issues are very rare amongst this year’s Eurovision line-up!

Qualification prospects

I’m really unsure about this one, Svala has definitely made this more accessible to a mainstream audience since the national final. I think she will still be relying on jury support to push her over the line and I’m not quite sure she’ll get enough. 40% chance. On the other hand, Wivian is convinced this is a certain qualifer!

Watch the rehearsal!

We will bring you video footage from this second rehearsal as soon as we have it!

Stay tuned for our reaction to Martina Bárta as she rehearses My Turn next for the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, remember to tune in to our live stream from the press centre. There you can see our instant reactions to each rehearsal and listen to live audio to judge for yourself!