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  • June 8, 2025

Richard West-Soley

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.

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02. Cameras go crazy: Tense press conference after Israel rehearses UPD

Israel's second rehearsal in Hartwall this morning was characterised by a lot of stage discussion, and little time for actual

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01. An elemental performance: Bulgaria starts the groove UPD

Bulgaria kicked off the day of rehearsals with some strong performances of Water in the hall. The press enclosure has

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Second chance for semifinalists today

After yesterday's second day of semifinalist rehearsals, all of the acts bar Iceland have had a chance to perform on

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28. Latvia wraps it up

After a long day of rehearsals in the Hartwall Arena, Latvia were the last up to perform the song Questa

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27. Daring to be different: Austria rehearses

There had already been a lot of coverage given to Eric Papilaya's proposed styling for the stage performance of Get

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26. R&B, Turkish style: Kenan rehearses

The hall had filled out in anticipation for Turkey's first rehearsal, and it was clear that expectations from singer Kenan

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25. Bringing down the house: Slovenia rehearses

Alenka Gotar was looking confident and sounding more than ready to take on the semifinalists when she rehearsed at Hartwall

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24. Love Power in the Hall: Belgium rehearses

Belgium's Krazy Mess Groovers were next in line to take to the Eurovision rehearsal stage, bringing a healthy dose of

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23. Elements of success: Estonia's final rehearsal

Estonia was the first country to complete its individual rehearsals today, after Gerli Padar performed in Hartwall this afternoon. The

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22. Lady sings the blues: Hungary rehearses

Hungary's comeback to the contest after a year's break is in the hands of Magdi Rusza, the big blues voice

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21. Cool hits Hartwall: Andorra's first rehearsal

Andorra prepare to send a wake-up call to voters as the fresh sound of Anonymous takes to the stage for

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20. High drama and passion: Malta rehearses

Malta's Olivia Lewis touched down in Helsinki yesterday, and after a night's rest she took to the Hartwall stage today

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19. Two cheeky strips : Norway rehearses UPD

After a short break for lunch, it was Norway's turn to recommence the day's rehearsal proceedings, and Norway girl Guri

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18. Playing with colour: FYR Macedonia rehearses

The rehearsal of FYR Macedonia was characterised by an ever-changing backdrop as the delegation played with different colour schemes, not