What happened today in Kiev: Day Two

Every night around 23:00 CET, we summarize the events that occurred in Kiev. On the second day, we saw Armenia confirm their status as top favourite and Demy from Greece will change a few things for the next rehearsal.

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.

Armenia living up to the high expectations

Vocally & visually everything is alright and well prepared. This makes Armenia a sure qualifier. Artsvik had the best first rehearsal from all nations in the first semi final. The powerful ending is a complete white flash from which you see a phoenix fly away.

Greece will crack up the backing vocals after their shaky first runthroughs

Greece has had a shaky first rehearsal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Especially the vocals were not up to speed just yet. Demy also notices this and told us that they will make some changes, by gearing up the volume of the backing singers.

Anja Nissen has arrived to Kiev

Tomorrow, the next act from Australia will be on stage in Kiev. It is Anja Nissen, for Denmark! Today she arrived in Kiev.

Slovenia first to use the chandelier

Omar Naber from Slovenia is act 17 at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, but the first yet to use the chandelier with the LED lighting with him on stage. His camera work was great, vocals not so good, except for the first runthrough.

Hard work pays off for Hovig from Cyprus

Hovig must have been rehearsing before the contest a lot, and his work paid off in the end. The first runthroughs were a bit shaky, but Hovig improved everytime and the dance routine became better and more in line with the visuals each time.