Final semifinalist rehearsals today

by Richard West-Soley 70 views

Today sees the final individual rehearsal spots for the semifinalists before the finalist countries take over tomorrow. After today, the next chance the 23 semifinal countries will have to rehearse on stage will be at the semifinal dress rehearsals later in the coming week.

Theperformers are now well into the schedule, which todayis as follows:

  • RUSSIA – 11:00-11:30
  • TURKEY – 11:30-12:00
  • UKRAINE – 12:00-12:30
  • FINLAND – 12:30-13:00
  • NETHERLANDS – 14:00-14:30
  • LITHUANIA – 14:30-15:00
  • PORTUGAL – 15:00-15:30
  • SWEDEN – 15:45-16:15
  • ESTONIA – 16:15-16:45
  • BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – 16:45-17:15
  • ICELAND – 18:15-18:45

Record attendance of the rehearsals is expected as more and more accredited journalists arrive in Athens to cover the event. Rest assured that your esctoday.com team are on hand to being you the latest breaking news from Athens!

Richard West-Soley

Senior Editor

Richard's ESC history began way back in 1992, when he discovered the contest could fuel his passion for music and languages. Since then, it's been there at every corner for him in some way or another. He joined the esctoday.com team back in 2006, and quickly developed a love for writing about the contest. In his other life, he heads the development team at the learning resources company Linguascope, and writes about all aspects of language learning on the site Polyglossic.com.