Good morning Liverpool! The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is right around the corner, and rehearsals are underway inside the M&S Bank Arena.
Today, 15 artists take to the Liverpool stage for their second rehearsals. The countries competing in semi-final one — Norway through to Finland — will have another chance to run through their performances to make sure everything is perfect ahead of next week’s live show.
Later today, we’ll see a supercut of the rehearsals on the Eurovision YouTube channel. Stay tuned for our reactions.
Live in Liverpool: Eurovision 2023 rehearsals Day 4 (Wednesday 3 May)
Here’s the full Eurovision rehearsal schedule for Wednesday 3 May.
- 10:30 — 10:50 Norway
- 10:55 — 11:15 Malta
- 11:20 — 11:40 Serbia
- 11:45 — 12:05 Latvia
- 12:10 — 12:30 Portugal
- 12:35 — 12:55 Ireland
- 14:00 — 14:20 Croatia
- 14:25 — 14:45 Switzerland
- 14:50 — 15:10 Israel
- 15:15 — 15:35 Moldova
- 15:40 — 16:00 Sweden
- 16:05 — 16:25 Azerbaijan
- 16:30 — 16:50 Czechia
- 16:55 — 17:15 Netherlands
- 17:20 — 17:40 Finland
Team Wiwi is working all day from the LUSH Liverpool Lounge. Today, we’re joined by Poland’s Blanka and Romania’s Theodor Andrei. Come along and get your selfies!
Eurovision 2023 rehearsals live stream
Coming soon!
Kudos to Finland for staying consistent, and omg I’m so excited for Malta and Latvia, who seem to have a chance to make it through after all! 😀
True, Finland is consistent and improving. Who knows! #teamfinland
Also, I too believe Malta and Latvia will qualify. Latvia is too good to stay in the semi, and Malta is sweet and fun.
They might take the place of Serbia (looove the song but televote friendly? not sure yet) and Portugal (sorry, I can’t relate to the song, nor did I see something impressive on stage).
Yeah, when I made my top I realized that at least two songs that I liked will stay behind in any scenario. Though I wouldn’t count the likes of Czechia, Israel, Croatia and Switzerland in yet either
Noa’s dancing was so cringe, and it was awful to watch. Why dance when it doesn’t look good from any angle?
Alessandra has forgot to pack her biggest accessories with her to Liverpool: her charming smile and sparks in her eyes. They need to be flown in from Norway ASAP! 🙂 Loosen up girl, you can do it!
Well said, she did not look good and perform well. However, we must not be harsh on artists. eurovision is a great deal, months upon months of preparation, they are humans,too, who may get tired or have their ups and downs. Alessandra and Loreen looked the same to me, not well or enjoying it. I wish them speedy recovery and perhaps they save powers for the real thing!
Are we just witnessing a new trend with visuals? Artists appearing in the LED visuals. After Greece and Croatia, Czechia, Israel and Finland (shadow yes), too. Is that a new trend to make a connection with the artists?
Russia did it way back in 2009, then it was against the rules for a while.
Really? Wouldn’t know. Thanks for the info.
2017 was full of singers’ faces on LEDs too.
Soooo excited! Now, we are talking Eurovision! NORWAY something is off? Can’t tell what. —– MALTA this might actually qualify, sweet and fun ++ SERBIA dark as it should be, well done! ++++ LATVIA love it, well performed and staged! Not sure if it will qualify ++++ PORTUGAL no offence, don’t like it, looks empty —– IRELAND cute but not memorable + CROATIA my God, can’t decide if it will go through. It has catchy elements but many parts of the performance are cringy to say the least. —– SWITZERLAND cute and well performed, losing connection though. Reminds me of… Read more »
Where’s Moldova?
Same on me. Forgot it.
MOLDOVA they serve the folklore style they consistently invest in. As an end result, it does not look or sound like something impactful.Q probably but then lost in the final.
I think I have more hope for Latvia after seeing more performances with off things
1 Serbia
2 Finland
3 Latvia
4 Switzerland
5 Sweden
6 Norway
7 Israel
8 Croatia
9 Aserbaijan
10 Malta
11 Portugal
12 Netherlands
13 Moldova
14 Ireland
15 Czechia
Most of those entries (Israel, Serbia, Croatia, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Moldova…) forgot one simple sing: ESC is a SONG contest before all. You can have the craziest ideas in the world and use the most original staging you want. But if you can’t sing with it, you’ve got a lot of chances to fail. wait and see the final performances though. But I’m very disappointed by most of what is shown in this reheareals roundup. Portugal is a good surprise.
I agree. A good song with a mediocre or decent staging / performance can do well. A bad or not impactful song with great staging can’t go far.
Stood out: Israel (WOW! Mesmerising) Finland (I’m in love), Latvia (what a nice surprise!), Malta (they’re do good), Switzerland (impressive), Moldova (Pasha knows the job), Czechia (strange but memorable).
Disappointed: Norway (the magic is gone and her singing isn’t nice on the ears), Netherlands (zero chemistry, can’t look), Sweden (the biggest disappointment for me. I’m really sorry for her, it simply looks BAD, tired and angry).
Israel is a clear NQ with that “dance break”.
Next year try the eurovision dance contest. Maybe she will start singing then: WOW IMPRESSIVE and why is she making this L on her head, that we only use for Loser?
What do you want? Like, seriously, what is your problem?
L
You’re very toxic. I’m not interested in continuing this dialog with you.
Yes, I agree about Norway, something is really off. Loreen also looks angry and tired, indeed.
Honestly, I see Noa pulling a Ronela at this point
True.
Some more first thoughts: The girls from Czechia who aren’t singing are just… There? It seemed better in the preparties with the instruments. The staging itself doesn’t reassure me. It’s a good song, fantastic music video and if only they managed to replicate the feeling of it, they would be serious contenders. This staging seems creepy, but not artsy creepy. The singer from Ireland looks like he doesn’t want to be there. Azerbaijan is cute! They should qualify. The Dutch performance may actually end up being really beautiful, but the vocals aren’t very strong. Portugal’s staging feels really really empty.… Read more »
With Norway I feel like something is missing with the staging… Malta could surprise. It is a lot but it’s fun. Did Serbia add those growling sounds to the song? Idk, I’m not a fan of the clip – not the text on screen, not the sound. I love Latvka this year but I’m not sure if they need something more impactful to do well. Croatia is unhinged but I expected nothing less. The backing vocals were waaay too loud though. I still can’t decide if this will flop or do surprisingly well. Switzerland is… Fine. Israel… Idk it’s clearly… Read more »
I think you are pretty on top of it. What is sad: after preparties people complain about Netherlands, but compared to what we hear today, they are top 20% of the singers in semi 1. Even surpassing Loreen who is struggling. And then I am not even talking about the 1 that never sang a note during 30 seconds and some that have small voices but you hear very loud singers from a different planet on stage. Awkward.
I love the studio version of “Burning Daylight”. Too bad Mia & Dion can’t perform it convincingly, because it has great power. The new version is softer and lacks that impact of the studio cut, I think. I still hope they make it through.
Well said. Softer is the key word here. Hence less impactful.
I’m so proud of our Mia and Dion, after all the hate they got of my fellow countrymen. Hope they’ll qualify.
Malta surprised me. Portugal is stunning. Dissapointed in Serbia (bad lighting), Croatia (a mess) and Sweden (less spectacular than I’ve seen earlier, but still good). Israel was never my taste and will never be, but that dance break. I gotta admit, that was amazing.
Seems like Malta, Portugal and Finland will get my votes, but excited to see the full clips!
Damn I miss the camera work of Rotterdam. Maybe BBC has really lost it, or are all cameramen rehearsing for the coronation? It was really disappointing what I see here. So sorry. And next time show clips so we can hear them sing. Loreen is honest to show this, the Noa is a dancer but I fear for what we will hear…..normally you choose your forte
I’m sorry, but the entire Israeli performance made me cringe.
I threw up.
Noah’s face will haunt my dreams.
Nightmares may be?
The “do you wanna see me dance” line is so incredibly cringy, I can’t take it seriously even after repeated listens.
Combine that with that cringy unicorn hand gesture and gyrate, and you have a match made in hell.
I thought it was the L for loser? Why would one make a unicorn sign? What does it mean?
Don’t know, I guess it suppose to go with the thematic of the song?
I find it too loud and aggressive, albeit very professionally staged and performed. That last part of the song though with the dance is cringy, not needed.
Israel has the best staging and it’s not even close!
Finland shall be winning the whole thing AND IT SHOULDN’T EVEN BE CLOSE! <3
I’m surprised re the complaints about the camera angles. I was impressed with the rehearsal footage and thought the production looked great. Standouts for me from the footage alone were Norway, Finland, Serbia and Israel. Loreen was pitchy and underwhelming, as were Ireland. Also disappointed with Netherlands who were just a bit flat.
Loreen is so disappointing, yikes. Nothing compared to her peak Melfest performance. Looks like a parody tbh
Perhaps she is saving strength and powers? Can’t explain why she looked like that, tired and angry.
I don’t judge artists vocals during rehearsals, since most of them are indeed saving their voices. But Loreen’s staging went from iconic to plain boring. They obviously had to sacrifice a lot just to keep the Melfest staging, but now I’m convinced that they needed to change EVERYTHING for Liverpool. It’s just not working.
I think Finland is winning
How the turn tables
That’s why i love eurovision, everything can change
I think this would be my personal top ATM. What’s yalls?
I did not hear Israel sing one note. Did you? How can she be nr 1?
This entry is a mess.
Sweden looks bad ? The magic of the Melodi performance is gone. So underwhelming. I’m sorry for Loreen.
I knew it was a bad idea for her to come back. If it’s gonna be like what we saw just now, she’s not winning. Far from it.
I fear she might pull an Alexander Rybak in the final, and I had that same thought of her coming back being a bad idea too :/
So it was all about her staging, not so much about her song. I feel sorry for her, she seems like a nice person.
They really need to turn up the volume for most of the vocals and just stop it with all these wide angels for performances with little to no props on stage. What kind of impression do they even try to convey with that?
And Loreen really needs to focus and calm down with her voice, that was one of the worst vocals I’ve ever heard from her. Maybe too much pressure making her try too hard in the end?
Many backing vocals were also very loud. Perhaps she saves the best for the real thing.
I’m going to say it as it will trigger negative votes and the truth hurts .
Luke black cannot sing . I like his song . Listen to the studio version many time but the live is a mess
What aboud dutch duo?
The Dutch duo is singing very good and on key in this snippet. Don’t keep hanging in the past or be biased.
They improved a lot and were not out of tune!
Israel’s stage show feels desperate and contrived, while poor little Kaarija is just drowned by a wall of prerecorded backing vocals… Come at me, eurofans, ahaha.
Very true.
I agree especially about Israel.
I surprisingly enjoyed very few of these. The one that stood out to me the most was Serbia. I can’t wait to see the full performance. Norways seemed strangely static? Malta and Latvia were very promising as well as Finland being the clear winner here. Sweden for me just wasn’t working very well tbh
Time for the annual rehersal clip panic.
What is Sweden doing?
Ok, the led sandwich is smaller, that isn’t an issue with good camera angles. But there’s not enough smoke, there’s no dreamy atmosphere as in Melfest and the camera angles make the prop look incredibly cheap. To me it really doesn’t look good at all at the moment.
The thick bezel on the top LED screen is quite awful. At least add a ton of smoke.
Well said about Sweden. Magic seems lost. Not enough smoke, props look somehow cheap. Vocals are a bit weak. She looks angry and tired.
BUT the song itself is amazing! A really good and powerful song can go really far! Let’s see!
loreen seems to be struggling 🙁
Her staging choice is a big big mistake.
I just saw the rehearsals. loreen is clearly worse than the selection. we seem to see only the brown box. finland is great but the voice will penalize it. amazing israel dances but she is smart showing the dance part haha. czech vocally leaves something to be desired. I feel there will be surprises in this first semi-final
camera angles seem off for most of them
British X factor camera angles
After seeing rehearsals I’m sure (and i know this won’t sit right with many), that Malta will qualify and kick someone we thought was safe qualifier. I also feel like Ireland’s song really did come to life with the performance.
Little disappointed in Croatia’s performance tbh, i don’t know why, something’s off. Maybe their energy was little off in this clip. And also Moldova’s clip was meh.
Norway and Finland looked the best to me. Finland the best thus far.
This might be my finalized prediction before the semi?
1. Sweden
2. Finland
3. Israel
4. Moldova
5. Serbia
6. Norway
7. Portugal
8. Croatia
9. Czechia
10. Netherlands
11. Malta
12. Latvia
13. Switzerland
14. Azerbaijan
15. Ireland
Ooh look at them minuses oh lovely : D
People here are obsessed with downvoting comments. Dfukim barosh.
these rehearsal clips seem like poor quality in a way i’m confused ?
My thoughts too! Camera angles seem odd with almost all performances, vocals also pretty meh with several acts :/
The camera seems off to me and Croatia & Finland’s audio didn’t seem right. The back vocals were far too loud.
why does the camera work seem strange in most of them?
Right? Like way too zoomed in.
Also stage looks awful, this circle in front of this rectangle it’s just i don’t know… it appears so small, claustrophobic and weird
People are having issue with Croatian’s performing in their underwear as if Chanel, Albina and Eleni didn’t perform with their whole butt out. I guess it’s fine if you’re skinny woman… people will really go to extend to defend their ignorance
Never liked Chanel, Albina , Eleni or Ronela.
The rehearsals are coming out slower than still water in a glass.
Portugal really surprised me in a good way… She is so beautiful and today she had really good hairstyle
Are rehearsal clips going to be posted today or not?
Croatian dudes are so desperate. This is going to crash and burn in the final.
It’s getting more and more scandalous with every photo they post…
It was funny at first. Now, it’s just bad taste and lame provocation.
What happenned?
Some people are mad cus Let 3 get in their undies in their performance at one point. Some people go out of their way to find stupid things to be upset aoubt seriously.
We’re not upset or outraged, we’re just afflicted, which is way worse.
By Let 3 running around in their underwear? Google them, they are always like this.
It’s only allowed if you look like Chanel.
Exactly.
No way I’m upset about it. Just think they turned the tables from Q to NQ
I liked it at first and was planning to drop a vote for it as I’m voting in the SF1. Now I won’t. They could do it less provocative and easily qualify. By «less provocative» I mean that this white underwear is unecessary to show.
I better vote for some artists who might need my votes as I see them more or less at the possible border of top 10 : Serbia, Switzerland and Latvia.
Croatia NQ
Ya’ll are funny. ahh…this site is something else.
Voting for Switzerland is… a choice
There will be no clips
They said goodnight at the Eurovision site and aee you tomorrow.
No mention for video
Calmly waiting for the clips. Would have preferred them being posted throughout the day rather than all at once but I am still excited.
At ESC youtube channel?
Yes that’s where they will post them as far as I know
Thanks
where r these getting posted?
The video is up
Yes, semi 1 is brutal, but I have a strong feeling Malta will easily qualify. It surprises me so many people are writing them off. It’s televote only and the song is insanely catchy and memorable.
i am starting to believe now that they have more chances. It sucks that they perform on spot 2.
The competition is fierce and we can easily imagine 10 performances that will be better than theirs in SF1. But with the 100% televote we could indeed be surprised and see them again on Saturday night. Who knows.
Yeah, I don’t know, if I imagine a televote-only result, I can much more easily see Malta advance compared to, for example, Switzerland.
Everybody is complaining about the lack of videos etc but I think it’s better this way. There will be a surprise element in the actual show and that’s something I personally miss here. No point watching when you know from before what to expect.
Had a giant migraine all day so only just got around to seeing the pictures from today… Azerbaijan still look great, I can’t believe I’m saying this but I am rooting for them. Actually most look great – I’m slightly concerned about Czechia but obviously can’t predict anything just yet. Eagerly awaiting the round-up of the clips!
I am too. It’s such a great song and I fear that if it flops, Azerbaijan will just go back to generic pop songs produced by Swedes. This year is such a welcome change and feels genuine.
Yeah, that was pretty much how I was feeling in my review. It’s so refreshing to hear a charming song from Azerbaijan and I’d be gutted that if it fails to qualify, the country’ll go back to their usual shtick. Too bad I can’t vote in SF1, because I’d definitely give them a vote.
I also can’t vote 🙁
I fear they are not likely to make it, I’m not optimistic. But I’m rooting for them!
Interesting other eurovision sites are saying ireland is visually stunning and a dark horse whereas here it’s all doom and the usual down with Ireland fan club
I think the TV recordings of the rehearsals are supposed to come out any time by now, one by one, once everyone today has finished with their work.
No, it will be a roundup similar to the roundup (recap) of all songs, not individually posted clips. So they will probably come out an hour or a bit more after Finland has finished their rehearsal.
How come nothing is being released? Getting worse and worse..
More surprises for later!
Croatia will show a striptease! Not sure how to react… They are on the edge now. Public will love or hate it, there is nothing in between…
Love it. How else:)
Are you allowes to put sometimes some other picture except Loreen on articles that’s not specifically about her and Sweden? If you check it, on literally all articles is her photo, like always… even when the topic is not only about her… I mean, try to at least act neutrall…