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 on location live from the Wiener Stadthalle.

Loïc Nottet, Belgium’s selected representative, was third to rehearse on the Eurovision stage today. The performance itself is pretty similar to that of Loïc’s performance during last week’s episode of The Voice.

The stage background is simplistic, featuring black and white stripes across the LED screens. Five backing vocalists appear alongside Loïc on the Eurovision stage, all of whom wear white clothing whilst Loïc stands out wearing black.

The first impression of Belgium’s first rehearsal can be found below.

Following the Belgian rehearsal, we spoke to members of the press in the centre to find out what their initial thoughts on the performance were.

To find out more about Belgium’s 2015 representative, you can check out our Introducing 2015 – Belgium 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!