Eurovision 2024: Greece’s first rehearsal!
The next artist to take the stage is Marina Satti from Greece, for her long-awaited Eurovision rehearsal. The acclaimed singer-songwriter will perform “Zari”, an upbeat track that combines Greek, Balkan and urban sounds. Marina aims to live up to the expectations, given that she is currently ranked in the top ten of most fan polls and betting odds.
Who is Marina Satti?
Over her career, the star has developed a unique sound that combines the different musical traditions she grew up with, such as Greek, Arabic and Balkan.
Having represented Greece in the EBU’s Euroradio Jazz Orchestra with works by Peter Herbolzheimer; singing at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington with the World Jazz Nonet; and participating in the a cappella vocal group The Singing Tribe in collaboration with Bobby McFerrin, it’s safe to say that Marina is an artist who defies categorisation.
In May 2022, Satti released her first full-length album YENNA, while in 2023 she experimented by delivering the short documentary FLABOURO, as well as TUCUTUM, a song-commentary on Balkan trap, which went viral that summer.
The Rehearsal
In terms of staging, Marina brings the same sass and attitude we saw in the official video – the kilt has been swapped for a shiny purple dress with a puffball skirt, paired with black heeled boots. Marina has four backing dancers – three male, one female – who join Marina to fuse precision street dance moves with traditional elements. There’s lots of close-up camerawork – Marina really connects with the TV audience, and it looks great live on stage too.
In terms of graphics, there’s loads of colour and energy – with neon pink floating ZARI graphics on the cubes, and grafitti-style visuals on the LED wall bringing that same urban vibe we saw in the official video.
It’s also another track this year with deep bass, so the TA TA TA really vibrates through the floor of the arena. Officially a banger.
Greece first rehearsal at Eurovision 2024. Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU
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The official Eurovision account on TikTok shared a short clip of Greece’s rehearsal, which you can watch below:
@eurovision Put your hands up! @SATTI just achieved pop perfection at Greece’s first rehearsal #Eurovision2024 ♬ original sound – Eurovision
On Thursday, May 2, Greece will have its second rehearsal. This is when we will get a better look at Marina Satti’s performance on the Eurovision stage, as the official TV snippet will be released.
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Greek Eurovision 2024 entry!
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