Eurovision 2025: The Rehearsals (13 Viewers)

ADONK5 said:
I agree, I’m finding a lot of these clips quite underwhelming. No-one really knows what to do with that frame stage.
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The stage looks great for a 20-people performance - but not for 6 people max. E.g. Sweden was all about cosy little Sauna party in the woods during Melodifestivalen - it looks lost, eaten alive by the giant backdrop. And the dreaded wide-shots as mentioned by @THEY CALL ME GAJA hammer it home even more.

Mind, I'm sure there will be some fine-tuning but half the size of the stage would've sufficed.
 
Ha-lucy-nation said:
This is missing some of the intimacy and JOY of the NF performance for me, hoping the final thing comes together but the set feels a bit clunky to me. I’m confident she’ll be magnetic on the night but that’s lost on the wide shots.
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It’s still winning with all the twelves.
 
Ha-lucy-nation said:
I have a great idea, what if you looked like the Angel of DEATH?

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Germany sounds THRILLING :disco:
15:40 CEST: Rehearsal 1: 🇩🇪 Germany - Abor & Tynna – Baller

Are you ready for a German electro-banger as our first Big 5 rehearsal of 2025? Ja, wir auch.

Germany’s Abor & Tynna are our sixth (thank you commenters) on-stage siblings this year (see also: Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Ukraine, Portugal) – these two hail from a family of musicians based in Vienna, so Austrians representing Germany in Switzerland - never let it be said that Eurovision doesn’t transcend borders. This is the also first time Germany have fielded a song in German since 2007, and it happens to be an absolute bop.

So, let’s talk staging. This is another performance that’s had a huge glow-up since the national final – it opens with Abor playing a classical intro of Baller on cello in front of a floor to ceiling curtain, but it’s a very cool white electric cello that’s lit up with white LEDs. Then the curtain drops along with the bass, to reveal Tynna on top of a huge prop – an 80s-style boombox stereo, maybe 3 metres high, with a central platform where Tynna performs the first verse and chorus before descending to join her four dancers, who light her up with handheld spotlights while they freestyle around her.

Tynna is wearing an outfit that’s giving Lara Croft at a Berlin rave – black military-style hotpants and knee-high military boots, a black crop top and elbow-length ruched leather gloves. The lighting and graphics add to the gritty, industrial vibe – lots of pulsing white and blue strobes, BALLER in huge white letters on the black flashing LED wall, and a huge echo on Tynna’s vocal in the chorus that makes it feel like this party is in the biggest warehouse ever.

For the final verse and chorus Tynna dances on the walkway while Abor plays his cello on top of the boombox for the second half – worth noting that his are currently the biggest shoulder pads at Eurovision 2025, but we haven’t seen Italy yet. The cello-smashing at the end? Gone, but never forgotten.

Also 🔥 PYRO UPDATE - the boombox explores in the final chorus, and there's a big firework finish.
 
It could have been WORSE..

17:00 CEST: Rehearsal 3: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?

Next up it’s the United Kingdom and their vocal trio Remember Monday. Made up of Lauren, Holly-Anne and Charlotte, the group’s melodies have made them a hit on social media. We’ve seen them perform What The Hell Just Happened? several times over pre-party season, and now they’re bringing their unique brand of post-party chaos to the Basel stage.

And we’ve had some more staging notes! Here’s how the UK delegation describe the performance:

“It's the morning after the night before. We reveal Remember Monday in a Regency style boudoir reflecting on the events of the previous evening.

As the first chorus hits we pull out and with a burst of movement the girls progress down the catwalk taking us back to the chaos of the previous evening.

On the main stage is a giant chandelier that has crashed down to earth. The chandelier is a striking reminder of the chaotic antics of the night before. The energy then builds before the stage plunges into darkness – leaving the chaos in its wake, the lights return and the girls re-emerge in the safety of the boudoir for a final sweet moment.

So, to answer the questions we know you’re going to ask – the chandelier is maybe 2.5 or 3 metres high, with candles around the outside. It’s in the centre of the stage, slumped on one side, and it flashes and lights up in various colours through the performance. The boudoir is one one side of the stage - a vintage-style padded screen with a central heart cut-out.

In terms of costumes, it’s very much the Bridgerton-meets-Moulin Rouge corseted dress vibe we saw in the official video – Lauren in pale blue, Holly-Anne in pink and Charlotte in yellow, with lots of flounces and sparkles. There’s some really clever camerawork that adds to the chaos party energy – a swooping shot over the chandelier, and some nice overheads of the LED floor. There’s also a very cute final shot where they sing the closing notes through the heart in the boudoir screen.

The three-part harmonies take the roof off St Jakobshalle, but there’s also a really powerful connection between these three singers – at one point they all start to laugh as they sing, and it feels really warm and natural. Their west end stage experience really shows, but they're also best mates and that shows too. The whole thing is just a huge amount of fun, in the best possible way.

🔥 PYRO update - it wasn't featured in this rehearsal, but I'm told by the Head of Delegation that there will be pyro. We'll just have to wait..
 
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