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 finish with Lithuania, the last rehearsal of the day, with “Tavo Akys”.
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Katarsis – 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.
- The whole performance is very similar to the one that brought Katarsis victory in Eurovizija, and their outfits are the same
- Most of the changes come from the camera angles, and from the movements allowed by a larger stage: the members of the band are more spread out, and Lukas walks to the frame stage during the “second verse”, accompanied by Alanas and Emilija (the guitarist and bassist, respectively).
- Once on the frame stage, Lukas faces a wind machine which adds more epicness to the performance
- The light bars descend on the stage in the final section, their configuration looking like a pair of wings above the main stage, with strobe lights accompanying the “Tavo! Tavo!…etc.” part, with the performance concluding on a flash of white light
- The LED screens are apparently using the same graphics we saw in Lithuania, but bigger
And since the performance is close to the one shown in Eurovizija, don’t hesitate to watch it again below.
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!
