ESCXTRA.com are live in Israel at the Expo Tel Aviv press centre for day 7 of rehearsals ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! The countries rehearsing today, in chronological order, are Greece, San Marino, Armenia, Ireland, Moldova, Switzerland, Latvia, Romania, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Israel, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Below, you’ll see our written review of each rehearsal. If you want more, you can follow our live stream from the press centre at the Expo Tel Aviv by visiting our home page. There, you can watch our immediate reactions to every single rehearsal.
Furthermore, read our handy guide for a more detailed look at this contest’s rehearsal schedule.
Rehearsing right now inside the Expo Tel Aviv is Serhat, performing “
Say Na Na Na” for San Marino. We will continue to update this article as each run through takes place, so make sure to keep refreshing for the most up-to-date review!
Firstly, remind yourselves what happened in the first rehearsal:
And now here is what we’ve noticed in today’s second rehearsal:
For the second rehearsal, San Marino has made some changes. The performance opens with the dancers and backing vocalists dancing on front of the stage and unlike in the first rehearsal, this time they have an actual choreography.
Everyone on the stage, the three backing vocalists, the two dancers and Serhat himself, are wearing white. On the screens the colours are pink and gold throughout the performance. Mostly the screens show lyrics of the song.
During the first rehearsal, on the last chorus Serhat’s two dancers pulled out megaphones, but this time it seems that they have got rid of them.
Compared to the first rehearsal, Serhat seems to be enjoying himself on the stage even more. He is also dancing more this time. The backing vocalists also sound much better this time and the mixing seems to be better than it was on the first rehearsal.
Here is a reminder of the first rehearsal:
Stay tuned for our reviews for the rest of today’s rehearsals here at the Expo Tel Aviv. If you want to know what to expect for the rest of the day, check out our rehearsal schedule. Meanwhile, remember to tune in to our live stream from the press centre, via our home page, for instant reactions to each rehearsal!
