Norway

Tomorrow we see who are the next 10 countries to qualify for Saturday's final of the Eurovision Song Contest.  Here we go with the second full dress rehearsal for semi final 2.  

Last night we found the first ten qualifers for the final on Saturday. Tomorrow evening another 18 songs will compete for the last ten spots. This afternoon it was time for the first dress rehearsal for the second semi-final show and thereby time to tell who stands with the best chances. 

Today was the final day of delegation rehearsals and press conferences before the focus moves on to the shows themselves and included the opportunity to meet some of the 'Big 6' for the first time..

"I don't know what I'm doing tonight" Tooji sings. Well, we got a completely diffferent impression in the hall, as Tooji turned in an extremely confident and impressive rehearsal. But would the moves affect his vocal performance?

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.

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.

Local and foreign dance groups, singers and DJs will perform during the opening ceremony and interval acts during both semi-finals and the final. Today it was announced that the previous five winners of the contest will perform at the interval act show in the second semi-final.

Sibling rivalry between Sweden and Norway each year at the Eurovision Song Contest is nothing new. This year however, developments have taken a rather unexpected path.