Belarus starts the second round of today's rehearsals. Italian Jacopo Massa has done a great job generating a buzz in Italy for his participation as a member of the band and has managed to get into various medias and doing so spread the Eurovision in the country. One can only say "Grazie!" for those efforts! As for the song, I like it. I may have preferred the original rockier version like many others but I'm used to this discoed version of it. It's catchy, easy and ... I just like it. it's quite straight forward rock performance with a little gimmick with the microphone stands it seems, and some synchronized choreography at one point. The song keeps going like a train. The backdrop is some machinery or something. Simple and effective. More here.
Portugal next and a complete change of mood. The backdrop features a city on hills (Lisbon?) at night and we can imagine us in the narrow streets fado in the air and Filipa fills the stage with some lusitana paixao. It all looks beautiful, she sings beautifully and the song is beautiful if somewhat dull. But it's not bad, I'm not saying that. More here.
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