William: At the end of her first run-through, Latvia’s Aminata Savadogo let out a sigh of relief. Well baby, you have the right to relax: Your first rehearsal at Eurovision was amazing! Wearing a red dress with seashell-esque breast cups, Aminata channeled a heady mix of Queen Amidala, Amazon Princess and American prom queen. The stage is bathed in red light with bright white strobes. Miss Savadogo stands centre stage on a platform that gives her major height. She makes good use of the LED floor which lights up with what appears to be red flower petals and she deploys the wind machine to give her dress and hair life — but not in the windswept over-the-top way.  This is sophisticated, chic, memorable — the best Latvian staging EVER. PS Her vocals were perfect as ever. 

Latvia’s first rehearsal at Eurovision 2015

Chris: A reassuring performance from Aminata, if nothing else. I love the dress, I love the backdrop, the camera work…it just felt like the killer edge was missing. I do think that there’s more to the staging that we’re not seeing and I have a feeling that Aminata was holding back in a few of the run-throughs, which may be why I’m not as in love with it as I was hoping. I’m not underwhelmed or disappointed by this as I still enjoyed it, but it didn’t send the shiver down my spine I was hoping it would.

Padraig: The beguiler in red. Aminata the enchantress has me under her spell, and I ain’t resisting. The whole performance was spellbinding. From Aminata’s stunning gown, to the lighting, to the camera angles. It all worked perfectly. Ok, so she was definitely not on full power in the vocal department, but girl needs to rest those chords for the real thing. The cathedral-esque background is appropriate – take me to the church, because I need to worship at the Shrine of Savadogo.

Aminata: Reviews and Reactions

Loving Aminata’s#eurovision rehearsal. Amazing #latvia

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paco
8 years ago

Si hay un problema,hace daño a la vista y es muy Miss Venezuela Universo.LOL

Huh
Huh
8 years ago

No problem with the dress. It doesn’t have to be edgy or what.

paco
8 years ago

Vestido antiguo,buena voz,concion…Mmm ni frio ni calor.

Mar
Mar
8 years ago

That’s a pretty awful choice of dress, it looks like she’s going to a rural high school prom. Something more avant garde would fit better with the song and the atmosphere. Maybe it’s the sound quality, but it seemed as if the backing vocals were overshadowing Aminata, that needs to be fixed.

PP
PP
8 years ago

Latvia in final thanks to points from Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Poland, UK, Ireland, Sweden. In final from 15 to 20 place in final .

Steven
Steven
8 years ago

This support is yikes.

Maya G
Maya G
8 years ago

Amazing, my favorite. Go Latvia!

Daniel_2015
Daniel_2015
8 years ago

BEAUTIFUL in every way!

Diane
Diane
8 years ago

Stunning song. Stunning performer. Stunning dress. I prefer more alternative outfit but this one is also looking great.

Allen
Allen
8 years ago

http://www.oddschecker.com/tv/eurovision/winner

Latvia is all blue after rehearsal. No surprises, this girl is going high.

ct
ct
8 years ago

The tutu dress is all wrong. It may be eye-catching, but she needed something to fit the modernity of her song. She looks like some Hollywood b-movie actress in the red carpet.

The background and the lighting is appropriately grand and impressive but the voice is not there – not in this video anyway.

Otna
Otna
8 years ago

I agree with Jack there – she works her body so well with the song and I worry it could get lost in the huge dress a little bit…

Jack
Jack
8 years ago

I want her to win but
1) I can’t believe she brought the horrid backing vocalists
2) I like the dress but it isn’t right for this edgey song… Bring back the edgey! That is what made her stood out, not a pretty girl image.

Adam
Adam
8 years ago

If this doesn’t make the final I will KMS (jk dont take it seriously)

Im so impressed by this rehearsal! Her vocals are amazing, I didnt think she was underwhelming at all. I think her backing vocalists sound fine, if anything they are just a little loud. Her dress is beautiful and the background really fits. If there was ever a dark horse this year, then this is it! Last time Latvia won they werent one of the favorites, so now maybe itll happen again 🙂

Leo
Leo
8 years ago

Congrats to AMINATA for her Fascinating RED DRESS.

Wow

sweety
sweety
8 years ago

wowwwww absolutely the best

Otna
Otna
8 years ago

She sounds incredible but gosh those backing vocalists sound TERRIBLE in that particular clip………. I hope that 30 seconds is not the best we will see from Latvia.

Leaf
Leaf
8 years ago

BUT she has the best performance so far out of all the rehearsals !!!

kblomkvist
kblomkvist
8 years ago

i like this. best ballad in the contest.

wozzeck
wozzeck
8 years ago

Dark horse alert!

Leaf
Leaf
8 years ago

She looked more like a glamazon with that blue skirt and coral top in Latvia.
Poor girl they made her look like a witch

jr esc nl
jr esc nl
8 years ago

Perfect! She was my number two (behind albania) but latvias rehearsal is much better so she’s my new number one!

Mario My Vision of Gay Love
Mario My Vision of Gay Love
8 years ago

Aminata has serious chances of qualifying if she delivers a Bjork themed inspired live performance on stage… {Now it came to my mind when Bjork performed in the opening ceremony of my country’s Olympic Games in 2004… <3 She owned the whole stadium & she was the queen of the show <3 } If she owns it spreading her (gay) love to whole Wienner Stadhalle arena transmiting to all of us her cool vibes of energy she will gonna see the light of the final…Her song really has potentials 4 a great performance.. 🙂 The odds will work in benefit… Read more »

Deniz@TurkNL
Deniz@TurkNL
8 years ago

This was great!!

davve
davve
8 years ago

I hope she makes it to the final.

Latvia has not been in the final for soooo many years.