Rehearsals are now well and truly underway in the city of Tel Aviv, which will be hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Today sees the third day of rehearsals, with the first half of the second semi-final evening taking to the impressive stage of Expo Tel Aviv.

Nine countries are all set to make their debut onstage, 10 days before their live performance at the second semi-final. Following their rehearsal, a Meet & Greet session will be coming next. These countries are ArmeniaIrelandMoldovaSwitzerlandLatviaRomaniaDenmarkSweden and Austria.

We’re now going north, namely to Denmark! Together with her giant chair, Leonora has arrived on the stage in Tel Aviv, ready to spread a very hopeful message: Love is forever!

As is fast tradition with Danish entries, Leonora’s outfit remains unchanged from her winning DMGP performance. She sings today wearing her trademark cropped trousers, short-sleeved white shirt and braces, with her hair neatly tied back.

Gallery of Denmark’s first rehearsal


Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.