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Nexts at Crystal Hall stage is Romania with Mandinga and Zaleilah. The scene is full of hearts that vibrate in different colors and the band dressed in white uniforms music band are framing the singer, wearing a red skirt with a black shirt with two pads. Much movement on stage, mood and fun, a lot of energy in choreography have prepared while the singer is very good vocals. Here is the second Romanian rehearsal:

SEE choreography that will be discussed! The second rehearsal of Eleytheria certainly was better than the first one was 3 days before the stage of Eurovision! As you will see , the scenery with many colors in the back screens have been replaced with a dark blue color refers to the seabed with a large pearl that will surely steal the show! But most discussed in the Crystal Hall, is the provocative choreography with the dancers to catch the signs of the singer before the last chorus! Here is the second rehearsal of the Greek delegation: sourse:zapp it

Esctoday.com, one of the best Eurovision song contest sites has been hacked earlier today. The site already faces issues even losing all its data for the last 12 years. Here is the announcement made by esctoday on their facebook fan page :

Lets update the Ogae press center  poll. Russia still leading the first semifinal while Romania and Greece are at the 2nd place. Greece rise up a little bit specially because the second rehearsal was much better than the first one. 4th is Cyprus with only 7 points below. Moldova is 8th and Albania is 10th! Here is the Ogae board:

The OGAE network is once again active in Baku, holding their annual poll in the Baku Crystal Hall press area. Those with access to the press center can vote only once for their favourites of the participants of semifinal one and semifinal two, and the current result is as follows [click to enlarge]; Semi final one 01. Russia 02. Romania 03. Greece 04. Cyprus 05. Iceland 06. Ireland 07. Moldova 08. Denmark 09. Switzerland 10. Israel (88 points) 11. Albania (87 points) Semi final two 01. Ukraine 02. Sweden 03. Turkey 04. Serbia 05. Norway 06. Belarus 07. Malta 08. FYR Macedon

Today, the last round of the first rehearsals was held, when the second half of the second semi-final went on stage for the first time. Here you can watch all 36 first-rehearsals from the last four days:  SEMI-FINAL 1 SEMI-FINAL 2 Montenegro Iceland Greece Latvia Albania Romania Switzerland Belgium Finland Israel San Marino Cyprus Denmark Russia Hungary Austria Moldova Ireland Serbia F.Y.R. Macedonia The Netherlands Malta Belarus Portugal Ukraine Bulgaria Slovenia Croatia Sweden Georgia Turkey Estonia Slovakia Norway

Anggun, the singer who will represent France to the  Eurovision this year, launched a Romanian version of the song ,Echo (You And I)". This version is done with the Romanian singer Keo. In this way, Anggun hopes to be able to be closer to the Romanian public that will watch the Eurovision final, which will take place on May 26, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Anggun had the opportunity to performe to the National Eurovision selection on March the 10th. Immediately after the show, congratulated the singer of Mandinga for the qualification and wished them luck  for the competition in Baku and said she especially appreciat

Here are the rehearsals of the countries that will participate to the second semifinal / part 2:

As always, the Irish representatives at this years' Eurovision Song Contest have been keeping busy with their experience and last night bought two (2) rabbits which they have decided to name Euro and Vision and one has to add that they are enjoying the time spent in their new hotel surroudings, the hotel room of the brotherly duo. It is quite interesting point out that it is yet unknown whether the two pet rabbits can actually get Irish Visas but that would be noted in time along with other details. In the meantime, the focus on Ireland seems to be the water feature, a unique element in this years' Eurovision So