We’re halfway through the first week of Eurovision 2021 rehearsals. Now, it’s time for the remaining nine semi-final two acts to take to the stage for their first rehearsals.
Today, we’ll see the first run-throughs from Georgia, Albania, Portugal, Bulgaria, Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark. Will the favourites live up to everybody’s expectations, or will the odds come tumbling down?
May 11: First rehearsals at Eurovision 2021
Here’s who’ll be taking to the Eurovision stage today. All times are listed in CEST (BST + 1).
- 10:00 – 10:30 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani — “You”
- 10:40 – 11:10 Albania: Anxhela Peristeri — “Karma”
- 11:20 – 11:50 Portugal: The Black Mamba — “Love Is On My Side”
- 12:00 – 12:30 Bulgaria: VICTORIA — “Growing Up Is Getting Old”
- Break
- 13:40 – 14:10 Finland: Blind Channel — “Dark Side”
- 14:20 – 14:50 Latvia: Samanta Tina — “The Moon Is Rising”
- 15:00 – 15:30 Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears — “Tout l’univers”
- 15:40 – 16:10 Denmark: Fyr og Flamme — “Øve os på hinanden”
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As always, we’ll have individual posts for each rehearsal here on wiwibloggs. You’ll be able to read our thoughts on the rehearsal and find out how each country chose to stage their entries.
And of course, our team on the ground in Rotterdam will be livestreaming reactions to the first rehearsals over on wiwi.tv, so make sure you’re subscribed and keeping an eye on our YouTube channel!
Eurovision 2021: Press Meet & Greet times
Shortly after their rehearsals, each act will be available for their first press meet and greet. Things will look a little different this year with social distancing in place. But we’ll still be on hand to chat with the stars from a safe distance to get their thoughts on the rehearsal.
Here’s the list of times for each act’s Meet & Greet:
- 11:55 – 12:15 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani — “You”
- 12:35 – 12:55 Albania: Anxhela Peristeri — “Karma”
- 13:15 – 13:35 Portugal: The Black Mamba — “Love Is On My Side”
- 13:55 – 14:15 Bulgaria: VICTORIA — “Growing Up Is Getting Old”
- Break
- 15:35 – 15:55 Finland: Blind Channel — “Dark Side”
- 16:15 – 16:35 Latvia: Samanta Tina — “The Moon Is Rising”
- 16:55 – 17:15 Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears — “Tout l’univers”
- 17:35 – 17:55 Denmark: Fyr og Flamme — “Øve os på hinanden”
Whose first rehearsal are you most excited to see? Will the favourites live up to the hype? Sound off in the comments below.
If Tornike takes his shirt off, I MIGHT look at Georgia in a completely different way.
Probably will be the weakest day of rehearsals, but I am curious to see what Albania, Bulgaria, Finland and Switzerland will do
Only interested in Portugal (realize I’m in a minority – never mind) – love the song!
I like Portugal!
This really is going to be a lacklustre half of a semi… thank God for Finland!
I can’t wait to see VICTORIA.
This day of rehearsals will have several surprises it seems! My favs are Albania, Switzerland, Finland, Portugal. Also curious for Latvia and Denmark’s shows. Basically excited for all of those.
So guess its a good thing that I‘m at work in the morning because the afternoon is it for me.
Bulgaria, Finland, Denmark and of course my country Switzerland (hope he‘ll do a great staging).
i’m not working this afternoon either. …..Fingers crossed
My support to Finland! Hope they will bring heat to the contest.
hehe?, with a lot of fire and flame? good luck finland
Interview with gjon: i’m going to do something on stage that nobody expects “…….. i’m really excited and hope that gjon will lead the odds tonight.
GO GJON, GO SWITZERLAND
After seeing all the negative comments for Malta’s staging, I’m a bit worried about this statement.
Samanta is in a very tight vise grip; and given what I think she will bring to the stage (I may need only one guess), that vise grip will get even tighter. On one side of the clamp, Blind Channel is sure to bring the heat, and will almost certainly qualify with a stage performance that befits their sound. On the other side, Gjon (who is my #1 yet again) is going to bring tears and class; and like I said before, if his stage director sets it up the way I imagine it, he is going to be very… Read more »
This is the most exciting one for me – mainly because of Switzerland, but I also want to see Bulgaria and Finland. Good luck to all of them!
I’m looking forward to the Black Mamba. So severely underrated and every bit the sophisticated quality that the competition needs in terms of diversity. I’ll be rooting for them.
Also hoping to see Gjons Tears and Fyr og Flamme do well
I’ll be on a bus heading to work while Switzerland is rehearsing. With all the vibrant pinks and purples in many of the other performances, I know Gjon’s team will bring something unique and special to the stage and knock it out of the park. I’m nervous, but at the same time I’m quite confident that they’ll pull it off
Excited to see Bulgaria since Victoria’s stage director told her to choose ‘Growing Up Is Getting Old’ as it had the most staging potential.
Latvia’s qualification depends solely on staging – so I’m nervous.
ALSO, Switzerland’s win depends on solely staging too – double the nervousness!
Most excited about Bulgaria and Finland! I think Switzerland will live up to the hype although I hope they bring something different to what Duncan did. I feel like Albania might be the surprise of the day though!
It wasn’t the surprise of the day .
Finland , Switzerland and Bulgaria are my Top 3 in this half. However ,I’m most nervous for Latvia and intrigued about Switzerland.