With the Eurovision Song Contest preparations now well in swing in Hartwall, the second day of rehearsals begins this morning with the second half of the semifinalists.

Today's schedule is as follows:

  • Serbia rehearsal 9:30 – 10:10
  • Serbia press conference 10:55 – 11:25
  • Czech Republic rehearsal 10:10 – 10:50
  • Czech Republic press conference 11:35 – 12:05
  • Portugal rehearsal 10:50 – 11:30
  • Portugal press conference 12:15-12:45
  • FYR Macedonia 11:30 – 12:10
  • FYR Macedonia 12:55 – 13:25
  • Norway rehearsal 13:10 – 13:50
  • Norway press conference 14:35 – 15:05
  • Malta rehearsal 13:50 – 14:30
  • Malta press conference 15:15 – 15:45
  • Andorra rehearsal 14:30 – 15:10
  • Andorra press conference 15:55 – 16:25
  • Hungary rehearsal 15:30 – 16:10
  • Hungary press conference 16:55 – 17:25
  • Estonia rehearsal 16:10 – 16:40
  • Estonia press conference 17:35 – 17:55
  • Belgium rehearsal 16:40 – 17:20
  • Belgium press conference 18:05 – 18:35
  • Slovenia rehearsal 17:20 – 18:00
  • Slovenia press conference 18:45 – 19:15
  • Turkey rehearsal 19:00 – 19:40
  • Turkey press conference 20:25 – 20:55
  • Austria rehearsal 19:40 – 20:20
  • Austria press conference 21:05 – 21:35
  • Latvia rehearsal 20:20 – 21:00
  • Latvia press conference 21:45 – 22:15

Undoubtedly, there will be surprises over the day as different songs begin to be noticed and particular performances start to stand out. As ever, the esctoday.com team will be on location at Hartwall, bringing you coverage of the rehearsals, press conferences, plus interviews with the artists and lots of exciting multimedia direct from Helsinki!


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.