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Two days of rehearsals down and we’re now on to day 3! Since Sunday, rehearsals have gotten underway in the Eurovision 2018 host city of Lisbon with artists from across the 43 competing countries taking to the stage for the very first time. The semi-final 1 participants have completed their first rehearsals, meaning today we move on to the second semi-final participants!

It’s day 3 of rehearsals at the Altice Arena, the official host venue for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, and the arena is already packed with teams from across the 43 participating countries. From Portugal across to the other side of the world in Australia, the artists are ready with preparations truly underway!

Today we move on to the semi-final 2 participants of the competition, in which we will see the 9 participants from the first half of the show taking to the stage for their first rehearsals. Every country has 30 minutes onstage today, followed by a meet and greet afterwards.

Day three of rehearsals: Schedule

All of today’s times will be listed in WEST (Lisbon) time; +1 hour for CEST time.

01 | Norway

Alexander Rybak – That’s how you write a song

  • First rehearsal: 10:00 – 10:30
  • Meet & greet: 12:25 – 12:45

02 | Romania

The Humans – Goodbye

  • First rehearsal: 10:40 – 11:10
  • Meet & greet: 13:10 – 13:30

03 | Serbia

Sanja Ilić & Balkanika – Nova deca

  • First rehearsal: 11:20 – 11:50
  • Meet & greet: 13:55 – 14:15

04 | San Marino

Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening – Who we are

  • First rehearsal: 12:00 – 12:30
  • Meet & greet: 14:40 – 15:00

05 | Denmark

Rasmussen – Higher ground

  • First rehearsal: 13:40 – 14:10
  • Meet & greet: 16:05 – 16:25

06 | Russia

Julia Samoylova – I won’t break

  • First rehearsal: 14:20 – 14:50
  • Meet & greet: 16:50 – 17:10

07 | Moldova

DoReDos – My lucky day

  • First rehearsal: 15:00 – 15:30
  • Meet & greet: 17:35 – 17:55

08 | Netherlands

Waylon – Outlaw in ’em

  • First rehearsal: 16:00 – 16:30
  • Meet & greet: 18:25 – 18:45

09 | Australia

Jessica Mauboy – We got love

  • First rehearsal: 16:40 – 17:10
  • Meet & greet: 19:10 – 19:30

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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.