Simple staging is what France bring to Lisbon with Madame Monsieur and their entry Mercy. Will this simple staging have a big impact on the grand final stage? Or have other entries impressed more, that this early favourite’s staging may not quite be enough. Read more
The message Italy wants to portray with their 2018 entry will surely be understood by everyone as the duo mad sure to translate the song in various languages. It’s fair to say that Italy has a very good chance on continuing their good results with “Non mi avete fatto niente”. Read more
Despite singing a slow song, Germany didn’t dismiss a good staging that surely will give them a boost and maintain their 2018 song away from rankng last, something that has been happening too often. Read more
Imagine a live form of a Disney fairytale and you have Spain’s 2018 Eurovision performance. The love, the complicity and elegancy of the couple will make your heart melt and get caught up in the moment. Read more
After being at Eurovision twice before as a backing vocalist for Belgium in 2015 and 2017, it is now SuRie’s time to shine for her homeland – the United Kingdom with her song Storm. Read more
It may not be as touching as Salvador Sobral’s performance last year yet Cláudia and Isaura surely delivered a very intimate performance and a show stopping first rehearsal. With a few stage adjustments, they may do well in their home country. Read more
In the last song of semi-final two, we see a very theatrical stage performance. It’s created by Konstantin Tomilchenko, who also did Jamala’s winning performance at Eurovision 2016. And it brings drama and fire to Lisbon. Read more
Once the music went down, everyone stopped what they were doing to look at what was happening to Lea Sirk. Moments after, everyone at the press center was clapping and singing along to Hvala, Ne! That happened both during her first and second rehearsals. Read more
A very simple performance was all Vanja needed to sell his no frills Balkan ballad. The staging was simplistic and intimate and helped to sell the song very well Read more
We meet Benjamin here in Lisbon – go watch our Complete the sentence interview or his performance at Eurovision Village. Read more
There can be no doubt that Laura Rizzotto’s favourite colour is red – watch our interview from Lisbon with the lady in red. Or go to the gallery. Read more
As one could expect, Hungary brings a lot of energy to this year’s contest. Their first and second rehearsals revealed that AWS brings a lot more than that. This is definitely an entry that stands out. Read more
An intriguing and promising performance from Malta. The stage show was very similar to how she performed in the Maltese final. When its not broken though, there is no need to fix it. You can meet Christabelle in our complete the sentence interview below – and take a look in our gallery. Read more
Watching the rehearsals we now know how the Polish entry will be performed next Thursday. The staging is kept mainly in blue and pink colours with pyro twice during the performance – very Eurovision classic. Read more
It’s safe to say Salvador Sobral would be partially proud. Iriao keeps Jazz’s essence alive during their rehearsals but didn’t say no to fireworks. Apart from that, it’s a quite simplistic performance that focus mostly on the song. Read more
Jessica Mauboy didn’t need much to fill the Eurovision stage in Altice Arena. While her We Got Love first rehearsal wasn’t filled in with special effects, the singer only needed her voice to get attention. Read more
Turn around for just a second and you think you’ve been transported into some honky-tonk saloon in Tennessee. But no we’re still at Eurovision and we’re having a hoedown with The Netherlands. Read more
Moldova is bringing one of the most ambitious stages this year and they have completely changed everyone’s minds about their song after the rehearsals. Will they pull a Moldova 2017 again? Read more
Julia finally has arrived on the Eurovision stage after all last years controversies. A huge welcome to her, with the background of the poor vocals shambles in Moscow, the expectation on what she will deliver was high. Add to that, the pressure of Russia always managing to qualify – all eyes has been on Julia… Read more
The viking era continued during Rasmussen’s second rehearsal on stage. The staging of the entry is almost the same, as it was in the Danish national final, but now it stands out even stronger. Read more
The robots from 1in360 were not forgotten and are the main highlight of San Marino’s performance this year. They may not go anywhere this year but surely know how to entertain the audience, especially Eurovision fans. Read more
Get ready to travel to a whole new dimension as Serbia completely brought its own flavour to this year’s Eurovision stage. Take a look in our gallery. Read more
The Humans have a lot to live up to on stage this year, as Romania hopes to continue its 100% qualification record. Their rehearsals on stage have revealed that the band takes new technology to a whole new level not used before at Eurovision. Read more
With an amazing stage performance in the national final a few months ago, the 2009 Eurovision winner made it to the Eurovision Song Contest once again. And Alexander Rybak has more or less brought his performance from the Norwegian final to this year’s Eurovision. Read more
It suddenly got warmer in Lisbon after Eleni Foureira arrived in Lisbon as she literally set the Altice Arena on fire. Everywhere she goes it suddenly becomes warmer. Read more
A simple yet powerful performance where the vocals were spot on. That we have seen from Ireland at both the first and second rehearsals. Will that be enough to secure Ireland a good result this year? You can also take a look in our gallery. Read more