{"id":31028,"date":"2026-05-04T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/31028\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:24:18","slug":"live-from-vienna-day-three-of-first-rehearsals-for-the-70th-eurovision-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/31028\/","title":{"rendered":"Live from Vienna: Day Three of First Rehearsals For the 70th Eurovision Song Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the first rehearsals for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest continue in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>First rehearsals continue in the Austrian capital today with the first half of Semi-Final Two taking to the stage.\u00a0First rehearsals see each country given a 30-minute slot on stage to rehearse their entry, allowing for multiple runs through of their performance.<\/p>\n<p>Delegations first submitted their staging plans to the contest organisers in March, with stand-in rehearsals taking place during the past week to enable some pre-first rehearsal changes. Unlike previous years, there will be no video footage released of the rehearsals. Instead, only three approved images will be released of each performance.<\/p>\n<p>The seven countries that are set to take to the stage for the first time are:<a href=\"https:\/\/eurovoix.com\/author\/eurovoix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec Bulgaria: DARA \u2013 \u201cBangaranga\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan: Jiva \u2013 \u201cJust Go\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Romania: Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu \u2013 \u201cChoke Me\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa Luxembourg: Eva Marija \u2013 \u201cMother Nature\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia: Daniel Zizka \u2013 \u201cCrossroads\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia: Sim\u00f3n \u2013 \u201cPaloma rumba\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland: Veronica Fusaro \u2013 \u201cAlice\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We will also see the first images from the following countries\u2019 performances today:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddea Montenegro: Tamara \u017divkovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cNova zora\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonia: Vanilla Ninja \u2013 \u201cToo Epic to Be True\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 Israel: Noam Bettan \u2013 \u201cMichelle\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium: Essyla \u2013 \u201cDancing on the Ice\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 Lithuania: Lion Ceecah \u2013 \u201cS\u00f3lo quiero m\u00e1s\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2 San Marino: Senhit feat. Boy George \u2013 \u201cSuperstar\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland: Alicja \u2013 \u201cPray\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 Serbia: Lavina \u2013 \u201cKraj mene\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To get the most out of our coverage of this year\u2019s contest in Vienna, make sure to follow us on all of our social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Eurovoix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\nGet all of the news straight to your X feed by following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eurovoix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eurovoix<\/a><br \/>\nWe\u2019re also on BlueSky. You can follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/eurovoix.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eurovoix<\/a><br \/>\nSubscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfxoTkLNgeiQP3egeDutelQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel for the latest interviews with the artists<br \/>\nWho doesn\u2019t love a nice picture? We\u2019ll be posting summaries of the news and ourselves in Vienna on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eurovoix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, the first rehearsals for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest continue in Vienna. 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