Eurovision is here! Delegations have been arriving in Basel in the last few days and rehearsals started on May 3. After closing the first rehearsals to the press in 2022, the EBU has now done away with TikTok videoclips. They will instead release sets of three photographs a day after each rehearsal, as well as description of the proceedings on their official channels. As such, today, we cover yesterday’s rehearsals, and continue with Belgium, the second rehearsal of the day, with “Strobe Lights”.
🇧🇪 Belgium – Red Sebastian – First rehearsal
The following pictures have been published by the official Eurovision accounts. (Source: Alma Bengtsson, Corinne Cumming / EBU)
What happened on stage?
This description is sourced from indications given by the official Eurovision Reddit account.
- Red Sebastian has chosen an outfit similar to the one he wears in “Strobe Lights”‘ video clip, unsurprisingly still all red
- He performs with three dancers, wearing red outfits “with black accents” ; one of them will perform some breaking at the end of the performance
- The platform used in Eurosong has been discarded, and the entire performance takes place on the stage floor: it includes some “precision choreography” from Sebastian and his dancers
- The lightning and the LED screens (back wall and frame) will bathe the arena in a red atmosphere
- The floor LEDs will also be used for a special interaction between Sebastian and a reflection of himself on the floor
- The lightning rig hung over the stage will be lowered during the final part of the song
For this performance, the Belgian VRT delegation has chosen Yves Ruth as a stage director.
Stay tuned for further coverage today, with the rehearsals of yesterday, and for our live coverage on the ground starting on May 10, which will include (among other things) the full dress rehearsals and the live shows, live from Basel!
