The first day of rehearsals of the countries who are directly qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest just kicked off with Spain's Ramon.

Sound problems were what Ramon had to face during his debut act on Eurovision stage, as he seemed unsatisfied with the level of sound on stage. The performance itself looked quite the same as Ramon presented his song in last week's Eurovision specials on TVE (Spanish broadcaster). ” I don't like it all” says Salva, a journalist from Spain who watched the rehearsal inside the venue. “Firstly, the song is not really Spanish, but very much south American, and the stage performance is not that good”. Stefanos from Cyprus shares the same feelings: “Ramon sings out of tune, the performance is dull. I think Spain had far better songs in the past”.

Ramon will have another rehearsal tomorrow morning, again as the first team of the day.