The team at ESCToday.com have arrived in the host city of Vienna, ready to bring you the latest news live from the Eurovision scene. Today we’re here at the first Eurovision 2015 rehearsals, ready to bring you the latest updates live from the Wiener Stadthalle.

The first set of rehearsals begin today with Moldova along with their representative Eduard Romanyuta. Eduard performs alongside 3 backing dancers and 2 female backing vocalists, all of whom are dressed in police uniform, similar to that of the I want your love music video. One of the dancers performs on a provided stair prop.

The LED background includes graphics of a red skyline along with a helicopter landing pad. Before the start of every chorus, fireworks are released around the stage.

The first impression of Moldova’s Eurovision performance can be found below.

Following Moldova’s first rehearsal, we spoke to some members in the press centre to find our their reactions and first impressions of Eduard’s performance.

To find out more about Moldova’s 2015 representative, you can check out our Introducing 2015 – Moldova article.

First rehearsals schedule: Day 1

Below is a list of the countries whose first rehearsals take place today. A more detailed schedule has also been provided.

  • 12:00 – 12:30: Moldova
  • 12:40 – 13:10: Armenia
  • 13:20 – 13:50: Belgium
  • 14:00 – 14:30: The Netherlands
  • 15:50 – 16:20: Finland
  • 16:30 – 17:00: Greece
  • 17:10 – 17:40: Estonia
  • 17:50 – 18:20: FYR Macedonia

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for the latest Eurovision news live from the Wiener Stadthalle!


Jessica was born and raised in the United Kingdom. Eurovision has been a huge part of her life for a number of years, getting to see the contest live for the first time in 2015. Jessica joined the ESCToday team in November 2013.