Bulgaria‘s Gabriela and Ivan sing of mixing colours, but they certainly weren’t mixing things up during their second rehearsal earlier. A giant rainbow still dominates the stage, while lights rain from the sky before a colour changing backdrop. Once again, the pair bring it. Their on-stage chemistry grows stronger with every run-through, and both are much more at ease with their surroundings, including the troop of rhythmic gymnasts behind them. The antics of the four are in danger of distracting from the two leads, but we’re confident that it’ll all work out on the night.
Junior Eurovision 2015: Bulgaria’s second rehearsal
WHAT WE THOUGHT OF THEIR FIRST REHEARSAL
In their song “The Colour of Hope”, Bulgaria’s Gabriela Yordanova & Ivan Stoyanov say they want “to mix in all of the colors and then paint the dusty towns.” They lived up to their word during their first rehearsal bringing a splash of colour — and a massive LED rainbow.
The song opens with Gabriella standing halfway down a runway while a cascade of lights fall down her LED. The screen moves from red to green to blue, all beneath said rainbow. As Gabriella belts it out, a series of rhythmic gymnasts work the ribbons and their rubber balls, bending and snapping with ease. We’re talking London 2012 flexibility gold medal realness. Things really come alive when Ivan emerges from out of nowhere. Gabriela seems even more comfortable on stage when he’s there and they bring it home with some epic harmonies that, despite needing a little work, hint at potential magic.
At times the stage seems a little crowded and very busy — stars falling, ribbons twirling, ballerinas extending legs above head. It all makes it a little difficult to concentrate on Gabriela’s voice. Hopefully the delegation will strip things back and, failing that, producers can tweak their camera angles to bring Gabriela into sharper focus.
Junior Eurovision 2015: Bulgaria’s first rehearsal
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Photo: EBU (Credit: Elena Volotova/Vladimir Dudakliev)
Looking at the staging is a pure joy ^^
Ivan trying to over-do it. His mom or dad or coach probably telling him to over-compensate his voice to outdo Gabriella.
Love it. Very beautiful vocally and visually.