The queen of the night is coming! Samanta is bringing the fierceness on stage while in a long emerald green dress. She has three backing singers/dancers on stage with her, also wearing the same shade of green. The visors that they used in the performance of Still Breathing last year are back, but lord knows…
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Finland have now cemented themselves as qualifiers. The rock performance was very similar to the national final, but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The group is spread out on stage, with the two singers at the front interacting well with each other. The camera work is good, with shots of the band members…
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Bulgaria is a hot favourite at this year’s competition, hoping to win with VICTORIA and her song Growing Up is Getting Old. VICTORIA is on stage on a raised platform that looks like a cliff face, and towards the front, sand is pouring down. It’s not a visual effect, as VICTORIA stands up during the…
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Portugal has kept things somewhat similar to their national final performance, with The Black Mamba performing in black and white for the start of their performance. The colour appears, and so does a live orchestra – well, at least on the backing screens! It’s a nice effect, and it does make the stage seem fuller.…
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The Albanian entry Karma has had a visual upgrade since we last saw it in the national final. Anxhela is on stage alone, but she manages to command the stage all by herself. Some of the longer camera shots did make the stage look empty, and that could have been remedied with smoke throughout the…
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Georgia is offering up one of the simplest songs this year, and they also have the staging to match. Tornike delivers his song on stage alone, wearing a white button up and black pants. The staging is dark and moody, especially in the first half of the song. Because of the darkness, it makes it…
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The Serbian team have arrived in Rotterdam with a good staging concept and strong vocals. Hurricane is a strong group with three powerful women who never take the shine off each other. Each of the girls has their time to shine in this song. The staging for most of the song is a classy black…
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Unfortunately, we had some technical issues with the stream from the arena, meaning we missed both run throughs of Iceland. Luckily, we have team members on site who did watch the rehearsals, so here’s the report from Rotterdam: ‘So it’s the gang in their usual clothing, three of the band members have keyboards with them.…
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No ice creams, no candy, no cupcakes – Just Natalia and her backing dancers. It’s a relatively simple staging for Moldova, who are jumping onto the neon light train with pink lights on the backing screens. Natalia and her dancers are on a rotating diamond platform on the main stage, the same platform a few…
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