Conclusion Tonight, the ones with the biggest vocal issues were Serbia's Bojana and Poland's Monika. Perfection was delivered by Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Latvia, Romania and Italy. There is a huge ballad competition in there, which is probably won by Italy and Russia....

Good Morning Australia, Good Evening Europe - that was it from the 1st dress rehearsal of the 2nd semi-final. Conclusions: I am less sceptical about Israel, even more convinced about Latvia, worried about Norway and still not overwhelmed by the actual show - it's once...

And this was it - our last rehearsal blog from the individual country rehearsals for this year! Thank you for staying with us on escgo.com - and do come back later, for our liveblog from the first dress rehearsal of semi-final 2. Australia I am still not convinced....

This post is now in chronological order. 14:40 The final week of Eurovision 2015 has arrived, and my escgo colleague MartinF has left into a well deserved holiday, after been on blogging duty throughout the first week. This means, you will now have to do with me...

So, with that terribly useful "anything could happen" verdict on Australia, that's the end of my live blogging from Vienna! But fear not - I'll be here throughout the next week with predictions, betting tips and suchlike, and more importantly, Felix will be...

And that, dear friends, completes our journey through the second semi-final! Are you any closer to knowing who the ten qualifiers will be? I'm not entirely sure I am, but we're getting there, slowly but surely. And by early afternoon tomorrow we will definitely have...

And that completes our second blog post of the day! Join us very shortly for the run through from Iceland all the way to Poland. We'll be here for you, here for you. AZERBAIJAN The opening shot is now a side-on view of Elnur and his werewolf-like high note, only...

And that completes the first part of today's rehearsals, and hence this particular blog post. We break for lunch for an hour now, and in that time I'm going to do something particularly radical and un-press-centre-like: I'm going to go and sit in the sunshine for a...

So there we have it! The second rehearsals of the first semi-final are complete, and now all that remains is for us to tidy up our stuff and head out for the evening. The San Marino and Nordic parties await (apparently there are separate gatherings for Montenegro and...

And that completes the middle section of today's rehearsals - join us here for the second set of run-throughs from Russia through to Georgia! BELARUS After the first run-through, I asked our desk if they could answer a simple question: "What is time like? Clue: The...

And that completes our live blog from the "morning session" in Vienna. Join us here as the afternoon continues with Estonia! GREECE I believe it's important to be scrupulously honest as a blogger, so here's the naked truth: I'm buggering off to film a little section...

And that completes escgo's live coverage of today's rehearsals! Tomorrow, all 16 songs in the first semi-final will be rehearsed for the second time - and we'll be here to tell you what's changed and try and give you an impression of who's qualifying, and who might be...

And that completes the first rehearsal session of this fourth day in Vienna! We're off for a late lunch now - the press centre canteen has promised us POLENTA - but we'll be back in good time for Sweden and co. in a fresh new post on this site later on. Stay tuned!...

That brings our coverage of today's rehearsals to a close! Once you've checked out the official clips, do stop by and let us know the ones you thought were best and worst. We'll be gathering again tomorrow, when we get the first run-throughs of some of the biggest...

And that concludes the first session of today's rehearsals from the Stadthalle in Vienna! We'll be back with a separate rehearsal article for the performances from Malta through to the Czech Republic, which you can now read here! MONTENEGRO The prevailing visual theme...

And that completes our rehearsal blog from the second day in Vienna! If you think you've spotted the 10 qualifiers yet, come and let us know on social media or in our chat. In the meantime, see you tomorrow as the first rehearsals for the second semi-final begin!...

This post is not live anymore - click here for the 2nd part of today's rehearsal blogging (Denmark, Albania, Romania, Georgia). And that's all for what I keep wanting to call the "morning" session of rehearsals, even though it's already mid-afternoon! There's a lunch...

And that completes our blog of the first day of rehearsals from the Stadthalle in Vienna! We'll be here bright and early for more coverage tomorrow - in the meantime, stay tuned to escgo, and look out for updates from around the host city in our liveblog on the...

And that's all from the first set of rehearsals on this first day in Vienna. There's a short break now, then we resume later on with Finland - so stay tuned to escgo.com! NETHERLANDS The first laugh-out-loud moment in the press centre as the screens go active to show...

The auto-refresh function is now deactivated, the liveblog sorted in chronological order. HELLO EUROPE Good afternoon people! I am here in the press centre ready to blog the first dress rehearsal of the FINAL! I cannot believe we are finally here! Who will win?...

The auto-refresh function is now deactivated, the post resorted into chronological order. INTRODUCTION Hello everyone! I am here in the arena ready to blog the first dress rehearsal of the second semi final! Let's see what today has in store for us! I was in the arena...

The article is now in chronological order. The auto-refresh function is now deactivated. INTRODUCTION Hello peoples! I'm here in the press centre ready to blog the first dress rehearsal of semi final one! Stay tuned for all the happenings! We are due to kick off at...

This post is now in chronological order – auto-refreshing is deactivated. 09:55 MORNING Good morning people! We are here again ready to blog for you - this time it's the turn of the big 5 plus Denmark! Let's see what they have in store for us! 10:00 GERMANY Up first...