The final rehearsal today was Denmark's.  Some change had been made to the stage show from the one we saw several days ago.  And it has improved.

Europe is falling in love with La La Love. The second rehearsal on stage in Baku confirmed that everbody is in love with Ivi from Cyprus.

Valentina Monetta gave a lively performance today at the second rehearsal for San Marino.  She is sending the message to say she means business about making it to the final.

After the technical issues plaguing the first rehearsal on Monday, Izabo were hoping that things would run smoother today.  Would they get the wish?

Finland hope to reach the final of the Eurovision Song Contest with Pernilla's När Jag Blundar (When I Close My Eyes) in Baku this year. She started her second rehearsal hoping the background LED image would be changed. So did that happen?

The Belgian girl Iris had her second rehearsal on stage at the Crystal Hall in Baku. She seemed a bit unsecure and the question is, will she make it to the final?

If you still haven't sung to yourself Zaleilah by Mandinga, you have to listen to the second rehearsal by Romania and dance.

Switzerland's young duo Sinplus came back to the Arena today for a second rehearsal.  A large amount of Swiss journalists were willing this on to be good and they were not disappointed.

Rona Nishliu provided another faultless vocal performance of Suus at the second rehearsal for Albania. She was alone on stage but was very confident.

Today Latvia was on stage for their second rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. For the first time we saw a glimpse of the dress Anmary is going to wear in the semi final next Tuesday.

Eleftheria Eleftheriou was back on stage today, hoping to put the vocal problems from Sunday firmly behind her.  What would her second rehearsal tell us?

Greta Salome & Jonsi gave an excellent and dramatic performance of Never Forget at Iceland's second rehearsal in the Crystal Hall in Baku today.

Our countries are now starting to rehearse for the second time today.  First on was the interesting entry from Montenegro.  How hadthings changed since Sunday?

Today it is time to kick off the second and last round of rehearsals. It is now last chance for the delegations to make the changes that might required in order for their participant to stand out from the crowd.

By the end of the day, all the acts competing in the second semi-final next Thursday had had their first rehearsal and had also faced questions from the accredited journalists.

Love is blind sings Donny Montell during his rehearsal, showing that he believes in the fairytale of his melodic love ballad. We would however recommend you not to listen to Donny's words but to listen to this belter of a performance.

Slovakia and Norway sped the tempo up, so it was down to Maya Sar to slow it down a little.  This change of pace may make Europe vote it into the final.

Tooji gave a slick and energetic performance of Stay at Norway's first rehearsal at the Crystal Hall.  The final run through included some pyrotechnics.

Slovakia's song is in complete contrast to the previous rehearsal.  Whereas before we had a strong ballad, we now have a powerful heavy rock song.  MJM gives it everything to convince the press that this is a contender.

Ott Lepland delivered his first rehearsal of Kuula at the Crystal Hall today.  He had some technical issues but gave a simple but effective performance on stage.

Can Bonomo is this year's representative from Turkey. Can his song "Love Me Back" make it to the final after last year's failure? 

"I'm a joker", sang Anri Jokhazde in his rehearsal at the same time, hoping that his performance wasn't a joke and journalists will take him seriously.

The first much awaited rehearsal of Sweden took place today.  A packed press pit in the Crystal Hall wanted to see whether the hype was justified.

After a period of three years without qualifying from the semi-finals it is time for Croatia to call upon a very experienced and well respected artist to try and change that streak and with the sort of big-voiced and dramatic ballad that everyone expects from a Balkan country.