Marija �erifovic, the hotly tipped Serbian participant is well underway with her first rehearsal, the esctoday.com team are busily preparing in the press conference whilst the team at the arena are already preparing the first report of the day. The standards for the day have already been set at an incredibly high level, Marija is putting in a near-perfect vocal performance. (Full report to come as soon as her first rehearsal is complete).
Once again today, a full 13 hour programme is in place, with the first rehearsal kicking off at 9:30 local time and the last press conference due to be completed at 22:30 tonight. The esctoday.com team remains the only international website to cover the event around the clock from the press working area, whilst our friends at eurovision.tv bussle away behind the scenes.
There are several further interviews coming up today, as well as our full rehearsal and press conference coverage, videos and more, so stay tuned to esctoday.com for day three and the second half of the Eurovision Song Contest semi final partipicants' first rehearsals and chances to meet the media in Helsinki.
CHECK OUT ALL THE REHEARSAL COVERAGE FROM THE 2007 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST HERE