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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Germany has participated at Eurovision the most times out of any of the competing countries, missing only one year of participation due to not qualifying in the pre-selection round back in 1996. In their history, the nation has only won the contest twice, and hoping to make that three is Jendrik with his song, I…
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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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An expected staging for Poland, as we see the stage full of neon lights. RafaÅ‚ is dressed in all black, and the sunglasses are back for half of the performance. The staging is very similar to the music video, and the backing screens even feature clips from the music video. The dancers have neon lights…
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Austria is keeping things super simple this year with an intimate staging of Vincent Bueno’s song, Amen. The staging is dark, and there are spotlights vertically on either side of Vincent, running high up in the arena. Vincent moves further down stage throughout the song, but there really isn’t much movement in the performance. The…
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No half naked Greek Gods on stage unfortunately, but instead we get some interesting use of the green screens. The performance begins with Stefania on stage solo, and she is wearing the most stunning purple studded jumpsuit. She really looks incredible on stage. The lighting is pink and purple, and the way they use the…
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