Moscow, Russia - Today Denmark, Slovenia, Hungary, Azerbaijan and Greece had their second rehearsals and press conferences, the Big Four - Germany, UK, Spain and France - and Russia their first rehearsals.
Tomorrow all the remaining countries will have their second rehearsals. The countries performing tomorrow will be Lithuania, Moldova, Albania, Ukraine, Estonia, the Netherlands, France, Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain.
Denmark
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the Danish participant went in their article.
The Danish representative in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, Brinck, was first to rehearse today. He woke the press with his rhythmic song Believe Again and delivered a convincing performance.
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2462
Slovenia
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the Slovenian participant went in their article.
Hungary
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the Hungarian participant went in their article.
In front of LED screens showing the title of the Hungarian entry, Dance With Me, Zoli Ádok rehearsed his sporty performance once again. In the beginning, he and his female dancers wore black and white costumes, which were torn down as a part of the choreography just a bit later.
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2464
Azerbaijan
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the Azerbaijani participant went in their article.
The duet of AySel & Arash have delivered their second rehearsal today and got the audience clapping along to their extremely catchy entry Always which will be Azerbaijan's entry in the second Semi-Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. According to experts, AySel & Arash are one of the hot favourites to progress to the final and are currently in the top 5 of both polls and betting agencies. Arash is hugely popular, his latest hit Pure Love is being played all over Europe at the moment and his Eurovision Song Contest entry Always will probably be no failure either.
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2460
Greece
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the Greek participant went in their article.
For Greece, Sakis Rouvas has opted for a particularly advanced performance. In his second rehearsal on Saturday, the former pole vault jumper and Eurovision Song Contest host revealed his complete plans for the broadcast. In his stage show, which was already previously known to contain much choreography, Sakis now made heavy use of a high-tech podium, lifting him high into the air and moving him from left to right and back on the stage.
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2471
France
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the French participant went in their article.
Today, a real world star had her first rehearsal for the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest: Patricia Kaas performed the French entry alone on stage, and only simple camera shots were used to underline the melancholic mood of the song and the charisma of the singer. who really managed to give everyone in the hall goosebumps with her perfect interpretation of Et S'Il Fallait Le Faire!
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2473
Russia
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the Russian participant went in their article.
Today the Russian participant in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, Anastasia Prikhodko, rehearsed for the first time in the arena. She dedicated her song Mamo to her mother. Her ballad has a melancholic Slavonic character with elements of sadness and drama in it.
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2490
Germany
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the German participant went in their article.
German duo Alex Swings, Oscar Sings stepped onto the huge Moscow stage for the first time today, performing Miss Kiss Kiss Bang. As one of the so called Big 4 countries, Germany is automatically qualified for the final alongside France, Spain, UK and host nation Russia. This year, the German song was chosen internally by broadcaster NDR as during the last 4 years, German entries in the Eurovision Song Contest have failed to reach the top 10 - will the modern swing song by Alex and Oscar have more success?
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2461
United Kingdom
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the British participant went in their article.
The United Kingdom were the fourth of the Finalists to rehearse today. Jade Ewen is hopeful that she will be the one to change the United Kingdom's recent run of poor results in the Eurovision Song Contest, with the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Diane Warren song It's My Time.
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2500
Spain
You can read how the rehearsal and press conference of the Spanish participant went in their article.
On Saturday night, with most people in the press centre away at delegation parties, Soraya from Spain completed the last rehearsal of the day. The version of the song La Noche Es Para Mí presented for Moscow has a more dramatic opening than the previously presented composition.
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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2509
Follow the last Open Rehearsals tomorrow. Stay tuned with Eurovision.tv!
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