The esctoday.com team has arrived in the 2013 Eurovision host city and is ready to report live for one more year from the heart of the contest.

Today we will see the rehearsals of the countries that will compete in the 1st half of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest semi-final 2. You can watch the performances and the first impressions of the first set of countries that have rehearsed today in the videos below:

Latvia: PeR – Here we go 

San Marino: Valentina Monetta – Crisalide (Vola)

FYR Macedonia: Esma & Lozano – Pred Da Se Razdeni

Azerbaijan: Farid Mammadov – Hold Me

Finland: Krista Siegfrids – Marry Me

Iceland: Eythor Ingi – Ég Á Líf

Malta: Gianluca Bezzina – Tomorrow

Bulgaria: Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov – Samo Shampioni