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 Armenia, the fifth rehearsal of the day, with “Survivor”.
🇦🇲 Armenia – Parg – Survivor
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.
- With Kyle from Norway keeping his armour, it is only logical that Parg from Armenia would part with his own. Instead, he is wearing a black fishnet tank top, and loose black leather trousers.
- The staging has been completely revamped compared to Depi Evratesil. The ligh bars/rigs from the roof are lowered, with half of them “barely above head height” and the other half some 2-3m above. They form a sort of tunnel of light when the spotlights are focused around Parg
- Parg himself performs most of the song on a treadmill, in the middle of the frame stage, running during the chorus and slowing down for the middle-eight
- The light bars strobe in sync with the bassline of the chorus, and rise up to the ceiling at the end for the final chorus
- In terms of pyrotechnics, flame jets are used in the chorus beofre the middle-eight, and in the final chorus. At some point, the treadmill will produce some smoke too, as if on fire.
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!
