Eurovision rehearsals continue. I hate that Tiktok got the exclusive snippets, we have zero access in Hong Kong. Luckily some fans uploaded those snippets to other channels.
The stage consists of a huge structure, highly engineered, and automated. It is like a “dream come true” platform where highly creative work is made possible with LEDs, lighting, and enormous backstage manpower support.
The moving staging enables the performance of the song with diverging backgrounds. An upbeat song is made more energetic by the silhouette of the artist on stage. A white seashell mimics a cocoon where a singer is awakened by a strong dance beat. Golden, tight, shimmering jumpsuits gives an unexpectedly fresh look to the young band.
That is Eurovision’s amazing part. I once desired to be part of the team if I had stayed in the production field many years ago. Sadly, the pandemic put many production houses dormant or even destroyed them.
The first Eurovision rehearsal has just begun. Snippets of the performance were revealed on Tiktok, showing the artists’ costumes as well as the artists’ costumes, dance moves, and staging.
We, the fans, try to get hints of how the performance will look on all channels, and how the influencers feel about the rehearsals.
Eurovision audiences do not only judge the song by the quality of the voices, but by the energy, the melody, the high notes, and the lyrics. However, many times, the dance steps or backdrops are so memorising that can surprise us a lot.
Sometimes I was surprised by the fact that I like Gen-Z songs like “Breaking my heart” by Reiley, and “Samo mi se spava” by Luke Black, but then I gradually open up to songs with ethnic elements like “EAEA” by Blanca Paloma and “Soarele şi Luna” by Pasha Parfeni. It didn’t happen at all a few years ago.
This year’s Eurovision will be unpredictable due to the unknown nature of the jury votes till the grand final. Songs that are more artistic may have been eliminated in the first round already.
Will global public voting affect the result? Although the song contest will be broadcast outside Europe, fans may not be motivated to vote for the artists.
Will that be less obvious because of unfair jury voting? Let’s hope we won’t see Greece and Cyprus exchange the douze points again this year.
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