Albania’s Klesta mixed cute and diva-liscious. Sofia Rol worked an umbrella. And Bulgaria exploded with colour. And that was just three of the nine countries that had their first rehearsal on day two at Junior Eurovision 2016. But who among today’s acts — Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Armenia, Georgia, Serbia, Australia — won the press centre and the fans over most?
You can watch our reviews of today’s first rehearsals below. Then vote in our poll. You can vote for as many countries as you like, but you can only vote one time, so make it count. Be sure to click the box next to each act you want to support before pressing submit.
First Rehearsals: November 16
Russia: Water Of Life Project “Water Of Life”
Ukraine: Sofia Rol “Planet craves for love”
Albania: Klesta Qehaja “Besoj”
Belarus: Alexander Minyonok “Musyka Moih Pobed”
Bulgaria: Lidia Ganeva “Magical Day”
Armenia: Anahit & Mary “Tarber”
Georgia: Mariam Mamadashvili “Mzeo”
Serbia: Dunja Jeli?i? “U La La La”
Australia: Alexa Curtis “We Are”
Poll: Who had the best rehearsal on November 16?
[polldaddy poll=9579375]So, who impressed you today? As usual, you can let us know in the comments below!
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Photos: Andres Putting (EBU)
I starting to think that Russia is a little overrated…
My top 17 1 Armenia 2 Malta 3 Russia 4 Bulgaria 5 Albania 6 The Netherlands 7 Australia 8 Italy 9 FYR Macedonia 10 Poland 11 Georgia 12 Serbia 13 Ukraine 14 Ireland 15 Israel 16 Belarus 17 Cyprus
YLE has revealed in Twitter that they will also reveal the competing songs in UMK in Wednesday, not only the artists.
Top 9 1 – Australia | Sounds Amazing! 2 – Belarus | Love the song, the staging, everything! 3 – Ukraine | Staging was great but still not convinced on the song 4 – Bulgaria | Good Song, Great Staging, could win 5 – Serbia | Love the song so much, but the staging is empty 6 – Albania | Amazing Vocals, Ok staging 7 – Russia | Amazing Song, Sofia is the best, but staging is random and their is no chemistry between the girls, biggest letdown 8 – Armenia | Playback, I think will be biggest flop of… Read more »
Bulgaria, Albania and Ukraine got my votes.
@DenizNL: Armenia’s song was on playback, because Anahit was sick…. I think that it should have been excluded from the poll althogether. The main point of the rehearsal performances is to see if the live vocals are point on. Without live singing, it is hard to evaluate the choreography too, because it is easy to do it when you do not really sing these high notes…
Australia and Bulgaria were the best vocally and act wise. Russia was really boring and disappointed in many ways. Sad… But sundays gonna be a great show overall!
Don’t vote for Armenia…They used playback because Anahit was sick!
For me the best today were Bulgaria, Ukraine and Albania. Georgia was quite nice too, however I am still not convinced by the song. Serbia was alright, Belarus and Australia still meh. Russia was the biggest let-down – the song is good, but I don’t feel the chemistry between the girls and the staging seems quite random
Sofia FISENKO The Best
After today I believe that Bulgaria and Lidia have the best chance of winning 🙂
Sofia FISENKO – Russia
Belarus was the best.
Australia was best. Serbia biggest let down. Ukraine worst.
Armenia and Serbia
Georgia was the best <3
In my opinion:
1. Belarus
2. Ukraine
3. Georgia
Ukraine is a lot better package live! Russia kind of disappointed. But the winner is Bulgaria. Clearly amazing voice and enchanting LEDs. The whole thing is giving me major Bulgaria 2014 vibes now that I’ve seen it live. Lidiya needs to be a little bit more relaxed and it will be pure perfection.
Belarus, by FAR. That kid was born to perform, and what a voice! Not a flaw spotted there.
Georgia Was The Best!!!
Bulgaria and Serbia
*Also Albania along with Russia and Serbia
For me
1. Ukraine – biggest surprise. This package will sell out <3
2.Belarus – he is natural on stage. It is close to his other performance but even more magnificent
3. Bulgaria – I was split between Bulgaria and Armenia but I will give more points to Bulgaria thanks to Lidia's voice. Even low quality it sounded so good!
4. Armenia – great performance but it was exactly what I expected. It should be a tad more sassy!
5. Russia
6. Australia
7. Albania
8. Serbia
According to me,
*Rehearsal better than official video= Belarus and Georgia
*Rehearsal at par with official video=Armenia Bulgaria and Ukraine
*Rehearsal not as good as official video=Australia(slightly worse); Russia and Serbia(didn’t do justice at all)
Georgia and Australia surprised me a lot. Russia, Ukraine and Armenia were boring (at least I know when I can have my toilet pause on Sunday) and the other performances were perfect (as I expected)
Albania, Georgia and Serbia were by far the best! Armenia… well, I can’t really judge until I hear their live vocals. But their song remains my favorite.
Armenia was very awesome.