Time for Georgia to rehearse, with Nutsa Buzaldze singing her dance track Firefighter. She’s competed in a singing competition or two, including American Idol in 2023, where she made the final. Yes, actual American Idol. She did a duet of Can’t Get You Out Of My Head with Kylie Minogue. This feels ...

Have we had enough coffee this morning? Not yet. Does it matter? Also no. Because Megara from San Marino are waking up the whole arena with their rock anthem 11:11. Their rehearsal started at 11:13, which is one of those things we will all just have to learn to live with. Megara are still in the pi...

First up today is Latvia’s Dons – he’s a musical icon in his home country, so he’s no stranger to a big stage. His soulful power-ballad Hollow swept up both jury and public votes at Supernova, and its position in the running order (sandwiched between an Armenian folkbop and a San Marino rock anthem...

It’s the last rehearsal of the day – are we ready for an Armenian pop/folk fusion? The Jako of the title is the little-girl version of singer Jaklin, who along with French instrumentalist Luke, make up Ladaniva. Sung in Armenian, Jako is about rejecting negative stereotypes, being free and being yo...

Saba from Denmark is up next, rehearsing her song Sand. This power ballad builds from the soft, low-key start to the huge crescendo finish, and the staging does the same - using lighting and glittery graphics to add layer upon layer until Saba’s vocals fill the whole arena. It’s very similar to the...

Time for Switzerland’s Nemo to rehearse now - they are a musician, singer and songwriter with a big following in Switzerland. The Code is a mix of rap, drum ‘n’ bass and opera, and we’ve seen over pre-party season that Nemo has the vocal range to deliver all three. The video for this track gave us ...