2011

With the first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest being only a few hours away you can now warm up with our videos from the dress rehearsal. This is the closest you get to seeing the show in advance.

At 21.00 it was time for the second dress rehearsal of the first semi final. It was another opportunity for the artists to tweak their performances and the organizers to get all the technical bits into place. Here are some reflections from this rehearsal.

This afternoon we saw the first dress rehearsal for the first semi final. It was the first opportunity for the artists to present themselves in front of a smaller audience. The rehearsal started with a delay of 20 minutes.

Düsseldorf the 9th of May 2011

Dear Diary,

What does StarWars have to do with the Eurovision Song Contest? And who puts a marothon together with a Eurovision Song Contest? And who thinks journalists should starve due to a football match? Aparantly the Germans do. 

Lena just finished her second rehearsal and left a very good impression. When it was announced that she would represent Germany again, nobody thought she could repeat her success of Oslo. But does she manage to convince the European audience once again?

Things went impressively smoothly in getting the stage set up for the Italian act who were next on stage after France. Raphael's white / transparent grand piano with steel trim looks fabulous on stage, especially when accompanied by a huge contrabass!