This month sees the return of the Eurovision Song Contest, taking place in Rotterdam following its cancellation last year due to you-know-what. Eurovision fans are already beside themselves with excitement after waiting 24 months for a contest, but here are a few curiosities that might pique the interest of the more casual viewer - or even the uninitiated - to tune in to this year s three live shows, May 18, 20, and 22. .
It gives us hope that big entertainment events could return
Eurovision is adapting this year to fit with current Covid restrictions - in fact it s being used as an official Covid test event by the Dutch government. Performers, their entourages, technical crew, press and audience members are all limited in number and face strict safety protocols and regular testing.
Slovenia’s Ana Soklič “Amen” Eurovision 2021 second rehearsal
Oliver: No huge changes for Slovenia, but a couple of subtle improvements here and there. Despite looking a little unsure of her initial movements, Ana kept her heels on the whole time! Also, the “sing it!” diva moment was missing from the first run. Instead, she strutted up the runway and let the gospel choir do their thing without any divine intervention. Unfortunately, it returned for the second run. This segment certainly needs something to maintain the momentum, but this encouragement seems forced. Perhaps getting the (eventual) audience to clap along would work better.
08 May 2021 at 17:18 CEST
It’s been an exciting first day of first rehearsals in Rotterdam Ahoy today, and for many of the stage crew watching in the main arena, it was the first time hearing live music on a big stage in over a year.
You can read the full Day 1 Live Blog here, and we re back tomorrow at 10:00 CEST for Day 2.
Today’s rehearsal schedule featured all the acts performing in the first half of the first Semi-Final on Tuesday 18 May, with each delegation required to adhere to a strict time schedule of half an hour. All of today’s acts managed to use that time to perform three times apart from Ireland, whose complex staging meant they could only perform twice.
This time two weeks, it will be the day after the night before. Of course, the night in question is that of semi-final one. Then we’ll be processing the aftermath, but, for now, all we can do is look into our crystal balls or examine the tea leaves.
Back in March, we asked y’all to vote for your
favourites in semi-final one of Eurovision 2021
before rehearsals. After counting a total of
19,655 votes for 16 acts, the results are in.
Poll results: Malta’s Destiny is your favourite to win semi-final one of Eurovision 2021… before rehearsals
She’s rating very highly with both the oddsmakers and fans, so, it’s no surprise to see Malta’s