First rehearsal, first meet'n'greet, first EuroClubbing

Yesterday Aarzemnieki had their first rehearsal at the B&W arena and it was the first time the press was given an impression of the staging for their song. It looked very nice and had a nice garden party atmosphere about it. These first rehearsals are mostly for cameras and technicalities, so there could still be changes made, we guess. Here's the clip Eurovision.tv made:



After the rehearsal the band met the large group of journalists and photographers at the press centre and politely answered all their questions. You can watch it here:



This Monday night was also the opening of EuroClub, which is held at Vega. There were several of this year's performers there - among them of course Jöran! Happy as ever and chatting to everyone. He also had a chat with our friend DQ who represented Denmark in Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and they already made plans about performing together in the special "Champagne Lounge", where DQ will be entertaining accredited press, artists and fans every night for the next weeks. To conclude: a great first day!

More first impressions

"Here we go, here we go
So alive in the sky we can fly"

Composers: Ralfs Eilands, Arturas Burke
Writers: Ralfs Eilands

Thanks to eurovision.tv

First impressions last

PeR's first rehearsal is in the box - and what a box! PeR is singing in the second semi-final on May 16, but had their first stage rehearsal today. It was a closed one and not open to the press, but showed for the press via big screen @ Euroclub. They had great energy on stage, looked and sounded great!

Their performance is kept similar to the one from the national pre-selection - but had it polished it up with help from Swedish choreographer Adrienne Åbjörn.
Here We Go = Party, happy and inviting!













Thanks to Dennis Stachel (EBU) for taking these great pics! See them all at eurovision.tv