There’s less than a month left until the Grand Final, which means even less time until the rehearsals begin to kick in. This year, the first rehearsals will begin on a Sunday, which equates to the 30th of April this year. To see the full schedule, including times for the Press Meet and Greet, download the full document through the official website here. All times listed below are in Kyiv local time, which is an hour ahead of CET.
Sunday 30th April
10:00: Sweden
10:40: Georgia
11:20: Australia
12:00: Albania
LUNCH
13.40: Belgium
14:20: Montenegro
15:00: Finland
BREAK
16:00: Azerbaijan
16:40: Portugal
10:00: Serbia
10:40: Austria
11:20: FYR Macedonia
12:00: Malta
LUNCH
13:40: Romania
14:20: The Netherlands
15.00: Hungary
BREAK
16:00: Denmark
16:40: Ireland
Wednesday 3rd May
10:00: San Marino
10:40: Croatia
11:20: Norway
12:00: Switzerland
LUNCH
13:40: Belarus
14:20: Bulgaria
15:00: Lithuania
BREAK
16:00: Estonia
16:40: Israel
2nd Rehearsals of Semi-finalists
Thursday 4th May
10:00: Sweden
10:25: Georgia
10:50: Australia
11:15: Albania
11:40: Belgium
LUNCH
13:05: Montenegro
13:30: Finland
13:55: Azerbaijan
14:20: Portugal
14:45: Greece
BREAK
15:30: Poland
15:55: Moldova
17:20: Iceland
17:45: Czech Republic
18.10: Cyprus
Friday 5th May
10:00: Armenia
10:25: Slovenia
10:50: Latvia
11:15: Serbia
11:40: Austria
LUNCH
13:05: FYR Macedonia
13:30: Malta
13:55: Romania
BREAK
Big 5 + Host 1st Rehearsals
15.05: Ukraine
15:40: Italy
16:15: Spain
16:50: Germany
DINNER
18:35: United Kingdom
19:10: France
2nd Rehearsals for semi-finalists
Saturday 6th May
10:00: The Netherlands
10:25: Hungary
10:50: Denmark
11:15: Ireland
11:40: San Marino
LUNCH
13:05: Croatia
13:30: Norway
13:55: Switzerland
14:20: Belarus
BREAK
15.05: Bulgaria
15:30: Lithuania
15:55: Estonia
16:20: Israel
2nd Rehearsals for Finalists
Sunday 7th May
10:00: Ukraine
10:25: Italy
10:50: Spain
11:15: Germany
11:40: United Kingdom
12:05: France
LUNCH
13:30: Opening and interval acts
16:30: Lighting and video programming
From this point on, complete dress rehearsals will be taking place, as well as the live shows on Tuesday the 9th, Thursday the 11th and Saturday the 13th of May. To read the full schedules from the 7th onwards, download the official document here.