What happened today in Kiev: Day Four

Every night around 23:00 CET, we summarize the events that occurred in Kiev. On day four, Bulgaria revealed themselves as a contender for a top position and team ESC Daily got news from Anja Nissen!

In What Happened Today we close off the day with an overview of the most important facts and videos. Have you been working all day? Or you did not have time to follow the rehearsals? Everything you may have missed – you can catch up every night in this article.

All the songs in rewind!

We start of this rubric every night by taking you back to all rehearsals that we have seen today. During the first round of rehearsals, we are not yet allowed to enter the venue and film the artists. We can however use the footage of the EBU and show you all songs of today in rewind.

Episode one from the ESC Daily Show now online

We are quite proud that our talkshow The ESC Daily Show is back once again. On the first episode we had Sofabet’s pro-gambler Daniel Gould and the Australian journalist Michael Polh. Of course, one of our main topics of discussion was Australia and the chances of Isaiah Firebrace:

Kristian Kostov could give Bulgaria another top result

Sacha Jean-Baptiste is the artistic director for Bulgaria this year. After the first rehearsal of Kristian Kostov, there were a lot of compliments for her staging, as Bulgaria revealed themselves as a candidate for a top result in Kiev.

Mixed opinions after the Croatian rehearsal

Croatia goes over the top. And at Eurovision, this always gives whole different sets of opinions. People that laugh about it, people that like it. Will the jury vote for the great vocals? Or punish the kitsch? Croatia will definitely be the talk of the evening next week…

Anja Nissen sends her dress back to Denmark

Anja Nissen sent her much discussed dress back to Denmark to be altered. She will have it back on Thursday, well in time for the next rehearsal of her Danish song ‘Where I Am’ at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev.