ESCXTRA: Live from Lisbon

Day 4: Christabelle stuns with innovative staging and exceptional rehearsal – REVIEW

ESCXTRAย are live fromย Lisbon for dayย 4 of rehearsals ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018!ย The countries rehearsing today, in chronological order, are Georgia, Poland, Malta, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden, Montenegro, Slovenia and Ukraine.


Weโ€™re streaming live from the press centre

Furthermore,ย read our handy guideย for a more detailed look at this contestโ€™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 Altice Arena byย visiting our YouTube channel.
The first artist to rehearse is Christabelleย forย Malta. We have just watched theirย first run through ofย Tabooย live on screen and here is our initial reaction.

Staging

Christabelle has brought four double-sided screens with her! The opening shots focus on Christabelle stood in the centre of the four screens which surround her, positioned at diagonal angles. They’ve recreated the people in the box from MESC by putting videos onto the screens of people in the box. There’s also an augmented reality heart being used too which appears over her chest.
In the second verse, Christabelle comes out of the screen cube and a dancer takes her place in the middle of the screen cube instead. Lasers are used in the second chorus and instrumental break.
The stage lighting is set up with a mostly blue background but all the focus light on Christabelle herself AND the dancer which joins later are in red.

Vocals

There is no doubt about it, her vocals are exceptional. An amazing rehearsal from Christabelle today.

Costumes

Black turtle neck, long sleeve tight fit and a black leather skirt with an uneven hemline showing off some leg but not too much.

Watch the rehearsal!


Stay tuned for our reaction to AWSย as they rehearseย Viszlรกt nyรกrย next for Hungary. If you want to know what to expect for the rest of the day, check out our rehearsal scheduleย here.ย Meanwhile, remember to tune in to ourย live stream from the press centreย for instant reactionsย to each rehearsal.

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