Today the second semifinal's first half got to rehearse for the first time. Here we go when Latvian PeR took the stage. Glitter, LED guitar, bare belly buttons, that's Latvia 2013. San Marino follows and Valentina seems to reprising her video on stage. Why change it if it works? She has two backing singers doing syncronized flying on stage with her. and the infamous simil-Ikea lamp Vocally great but that was to be expected. She's followed by this year's odd couple, Esma and Lozano from Macedonia. Overlooked by fans, this blogger likes the song a lot. They didn't wear their actual outfits that will be red, black and white yet and it seems the Macedonian delegation is filled with some of Esma's 48 adopted children..... After that the fan community went into delirium: will he or will he not? Namely take of his shirt, Farid that is. He didn't. He just left it unbuttoned enough to stirr your imagination, placed another guy in a glass box and later a lady in hot red dress enters the threesome. Another delirium after him when Finland's Krista and her bridemaids took the stage and confetti was flying, bombs were exploding, windmachine was blowing and it all ended in a girl to girl lips action. Ding dong! More is more indeed. Malta's Gianluca sounded and looked like a Sunday school boy with his banjo band after that. Also they have taken inspiration from the video. Ethnic drumming from Bulgaria follows with watered down version of their song from 2007, fake Russian grannies and some strange masks.... To end today's rehearsals was Icelandic Eythor whose tender ballad is one of the finest in this year's contest, in a lullaby kind of style but it's not making you to sleep but to dream. He has four male backing singers and a lighthouse on stage. Did you read his interview?
That's it folks for today. Tomorrow alcohol is free right from the morning!
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