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The last to rehearse today in Malmö Arena was Anouk from the Netherlands. As soon as she got on the stage, she mesmerised us all with her voice. But before she performed her ballad Birds, we followed her to the backstage.
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If you talk about this year’s Ukrainian representative in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, you automatically think of a butterfly. In her first rehearsal, Zlata Ognevich has not only transmitted the feelings of lightness and fairytale, the singer was herself a tiny butterfly carried out on stage by a giant.
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Dina Garipova, the Russian Eurovision representative, showed a vocally strong performance of her heartwarming ballad What If in the first rehearsal today. On stage she peformed in a dark blue setting surrounded by shining white bubbles.
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Denmark's very first rehearsal has just taken place at the Malmö Arena, where Emmelie de Forest performed Only Teardrops for the first time in a slightly altered performance.
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Among the first semi-finalists who were rehearsing in Malmö Arena today was also Klapa s mora from Croatia. They are going to perform a traditional song from Dalmatia.
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Straight Into Love is the title of the Slovenian song in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. And straight into the stage was our third female artist in a row today, the lovely Hannah. We met her backstage and attended her first rehearsal in the Malmö Arena, something she was really looking forward to after weeks of preparation.
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Birgit Õigemeel, who is representing Estonia,was the second act on stage to rehearse in the Malmo Arena, with the song commencing with a black and white effect on television for the opening lines before bursting into full colour.
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The very first country to rehearse in the Malmö Arena is Austria. We already met Natália Kelly backstage, and she told us that she is not nervous and can't wait to go on stage. Watch this space and don't miss the first impressions from her rehearsal!
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Cascada will represent Germany in the Final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with Glorious. Learn more about their preparations for Malmö and their feelings about performing on the stage of Europe's Favourite TV Show in an interview and a special video feature, both prepared by our colleagues at www.eurovision.de!
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In 2007 Elitsa & Stoyan surprised the viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki with their mix of ethno, percussion and modern beats in the song Voda (Water). They were rewarded with a 5th place, the best so far for their country, Bulgaria. They are ready to repeat the experience in Malmö and try to improve on that performance with Samo Shampioni (Only Champions).
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