The first rehearsals have begun in Liverpool for the acts of this year's Eurovision Song Contest! We take you backstage to catch up with Latvia's Sudden Lights, Serbia's Luke Black, Portugal's Mimicat, Ireland's Wild Youth, Vesna representing Czechia, Sweden's Loreen and Andrew Lambrou who is singing for Cyprus. Also, Reiley from Denmark joins the podcast for the first time, and Norway's head of delegation Stig Karlsen reflects on the first day. The Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is hosted by Steve Holden and is brought to you by the EBU. We're @Eurovision on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, and get all your latest news at Eurovision.tv and the Eurovision Song Contest's Official YouTube channel.

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