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A dark sky with clouds in the background. Alessandro is sitting on a staircase. He is wearing his armor. In the pre-chorus everything turns red and the background is on fire. Two dancers have joined in and together they dance through the chorus. In the second verse they go to the front of the audience. In the second pre-chorus the flames in front of the stage are lit. The singing is powerful, but not always very "emotional", if you can put it that way. The dancing is natural. The dance break takes place somewhat in the dark. In the bridge Alessandro stands alone in the lighting tent. During the grand finale the sun rises in the background - but the flames also grow more numerous and higher.
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Kyle joins boy-scouts in a forest in Egnach for his postcard.
He begins his performance sitting on the steps of his MGP prop, with two dancers joining him in the pre-chorus. The LED goes from a night to a rocky landscape engulfed in flames as the chorus hits, and remains so until the bridge.
Kyle and his dancers join the frame stage for the second chorus, as the ligh bars descend on the main stage for it, before going back up for the dance break, which is more impressive than in MGP.
We have some impressive saltos from a third dancer, who ends up performing break dancing on the frame stage as the rest of the performers finish the song on the walkway.
A dark sky with clouds in the background. Alessandro is sitting on a staircase. He is wearing his armor. In the pre-chorus everything turns red and the background is on fire. Two dancers have joined in and together they dance through the chorus. In the second verse they go to the front of the audience. In the second pre-chorus the flames in front of the stage are lit. The singing is powerful, but not always very "emotional", if you can put it that way. The dancing is natural. The dance break takes place somewhat in the dark. In the bridge Alessandro stands alone in the lighting tent. During the grand finale the sun rises in the background - but the flames also grow more numerous and higher.
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Kyle joins boy-scouts in a forest in Egnach for his postcard.
He begins his performance sitting on the steps of his MGP prop, with two dancers joining him in the pre-chorus. The LED goes from a night to a rocky landscape engulfed in flames as the chorus hits, and remains so until the bridge.
Kyle and his dancers join the frame stage for the second chorus, as the ligh bars descend on the main stage for it, before going back up for the dance break, which is more impressive than in MGP.
We have some impressive saltos from a third dancer, who ends up performing break dancing on the frame stage as the rest of the performers finish the song on the walkway.
Onze zuiderburen (bron: ESCxtra en Eurovoix)
We’re back in Snowy mountains with Red Sebastian, at Jungfraujoch, described as “the top of Europe”.
He begins at the right end of the frame stage, and as he starts moving, triangles with a single red eye in them appear Under his feet and on the frame. As the first chorus (post-intro) begins, he kneels on the floor, which has turned white, and looks at the floor, as a red version of him appars on the back screen, as if he was filmed by the floor.
The routine we saw in the rehearsal footage has been kept, after which Red Sebastian joins the main stage, where the light bars are very low, and he concludes the performance with red everywhere.
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16:21 CEST // Red Sebatian’s postcard was filmed at the Jungfraujoch.
16:22 CEST // Red Sebastian interacts with his own reflection on the LED floor.
16:23 CEST // Three dancers join Red Sebastian on stage, mimicking his movement. We’re calling them the Red Sebastians.
16:25 CET // Thousands of Red Sebastians appear on the background LED screen for the final drop.
We’re back in Snowy mountains with Red Sebastian, at Jungfraujoch, described as “the top of Europe”.
He begins at the right end of the frame stage, and as he starts moving, triangles with a single red eye in them appear Under his feet and on the frame. As the first chorus (post-intro) begins, he kneels on the floor, which has turned white, and looks at the floor, as a red version of him appars on the back screen, as if he was filmed by the floor.
The routine we saw in the rehearsal footage has been kept, after which Red Sebastian joins the main stage, where the light bars are very low, and he concludes the performance with red everywhere.
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16:21 CEST // Red Sebatian’s postcard was filmed at the Jungfraujoch.
16:22 CEST // Red Sebastian interacts with his own reflection on the LED floor.
16:23 CEST // Three dancers join Red Sebastian on stage, mimicking his movement. We’re calling them the Red Sebastians.
16:25 CET // Thousands of Red Sebastians appear on the background LED screen for the final drop.
Italie (bron: ESCxtra en ESCUnited op Twitter)
Like Ziferbat, Lucio is in Basel for his postcard, and he is invited to ride on an old trammway. He was preparing for the Turquoise Carpet, basically.
The performance begins very much like it did in Sanremo, with the addition of the giant old radios/speakers we saw last Week. The lyrics are translated as subtitles, in a way that is very literal. Tommaso sings with him at some points, and their voices work very well together. It really feelks Sanremo-esque.
For the bridge, Lucio walks to the frame stage, followed by Tommaso. He then does his harmonica soo as Tommaso sings the backing voice of the chorus. It really feels like a live instrument, and it probaby is!
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Like Ziferbat, Lucio is in Basel for his postcard, and he is invited to ride on an old trammway. He was preparing for the Turquoise Carpet, basically.
The performance begins very much like it did in Sanremo, with the addition of the giant old radios/speakers we saw last Week. The lyrics are translated as subtitles, in a way that is very literal. Tommaso sings with him at some points, and their voices work very well together. It really feelks Sanremo-esque.
For the bridge, Lucio walks to the frame stage, followed by Tommaso. He then does his harmonica soo as Tommaso sings the backing voice of the chorus. It really feels like a live instrument, and it probaby is!
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Ben benieuwd of de mondharmonica van Lucio inderdaad live is zoals hierboven wordt gezegd/gedacht!
IT'S GREYSIE IT'S PARTY
Azerbaijan (bron: ESCxtra.com en ESCUnited op Twitter)
The performance is very much in line with the info we got from the rehearsals, with the band startin in and on the circle on the floor. The halo is lowered closer to them for the second verse.
We can't see all the camera shots, but Asef interacts with the camera a lot. Yesterday, on the Turquoise Carpet, he told us that this was very new for him and that he was getting used to it. It seems that it's working we for him!
He finishes the performance on a high note that gets some good applause from us.
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The performance is very much in line with the info we got from the rehearsals, with the band startin in and on the circle on the floor. The halo is lowered closer to them for the second verse.
We can't see all the camera shots, but Asef interacts with the camera a lot. Yesterday, on the Turquoise Carpet, he told us that this was very new for him and that he was getting used to it. It seems that it's working we for him!
He finishes the performance on a high note that gets some good applause from us.
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Aussievision:
quote:Can confirm there are some very average and awkward jokes for the hosts. 😬
IT'S GREYSIE IT'S PARTY
San Marino! (bron: ESCUnited op Twitter en ESCxtra)
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For his posctard, Gabry Ponte is also cooking some stuff with locals, a grandmother this time, from Bruzella in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.
The giant head of David we saw in pictures is actually chewing a gum for the entire first verse, before making a bubble. For the chorus, it is repaced by pink silhouettes of people dancing, with “Tutta l’Italia” written in a graffiti font. For the second verse, they are replaced by two marble statue dancing together.
The references we see by the end are the Trevi Fountain, the Coliseum, a statue of Atlas, the Vitruvian Man and some renaissance paintings.
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For his posctard, Gabry Ponte is also cooking some stuff with locals, a grandmother this time, from Bruzella in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.
The giant head of David we saw in pictures is actually chewing a gum for the entire first verse, before making a bubble. For the chorus, it is repaced by pink silhouettes of people dancing, with “Tutta l’Italia” written in a graffiti font. For the second verse, they are replaced by two marble statue dancing together.
The references we see by the end are the Trevi Fountain, the Coliseum, a statue of Atlas, the Vitruvian Man and some renaissance paintings.
(volgens songfestivalweblog)
Albanie! (bron: ESCUnited op Twitter en ESCxtra.com)
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Shkodra Elektronika join the Basel-postcard club, where they examine paintings in a sort of museum.
Beatriçe begins the performance on the walkway, but walks to the main stage during the first verse. For this first part, she is alined with Kolë at the centre of the stage (with him in the middle and her in front). They only get face to face before the spoken words part, on a beautiful overhead stage. A small issue meant we did not hear the first words of Kolë but the mic went up after a few seconds. The camera alternates between both faces for this part, before the big finale.
Incredibly lourd applause from our side of the arena for this!
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Shkodra Elektronika join the Basel-postcard club, where they examine paintings in a sort of museum.
Beatriçe begins the performance on the walkway, but walks to the main stage during the first verse. For this first part, she is alined with Kolë at the centre of the stage (with him in the middle and her in front). They only get face to face before the spoken words part, on a beautiful overhead stage. A small issue meant we did not hear the first words of Kolë but the mic went up after a few seconds. The camera alternates between both faces for this part, before the big finale.
Incredibly lourd applause from our side of the arena for this!
Klinkt heeeeel hoopvol! Ik gun het die mensen zo om een dikke score neer te zetten dit jaar (en wat mij betreft de winst, maar dat zal niet gebeuren).quote:Op maandag 12 mei 2025 16:47 schreef DevK het volgende:
Albanie! (bron: ESCUnited op Twitter en ESCxtra.com)
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Shkodra Elektronika join the Basel-postcard club, where they examine paintings in a sort of museum.
Beatriçe begins the performance on the walkway, but walks to the main stage during the first verse. For this first part, she is alined with Kolë at the centre of the stage (with him in the middle and her in front). They only get face to face before the spoken words part, on a beautiful overhead stage. A small issue meant we did not hear the first words of Kolë but the mic went up after a few seconds. The camera alternates between both faces for this part, before the big finale.
Incredibly lourd applause from our side of the arena for this!
The Only Thing We Learn From History Is That We Learn Nothing From History - Hagel.
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quote:Claude begint zijn lied heel klein met een close op zijn gezicht. Hij maakt gebruik van het hele podium en bij het gedeelte wat we eerder te zien kregen klinkt het nu in de zaal beter. We zien op het einde de jonge Claude uit de videoclip in een spiegel. Een repetitie waar Claude trots op mag zijn, maar er mag voor de tv show dinsdag nog wel een schepje bovenop.
All we got is this moment - Joost Klein, 9 mei 2024
