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Eurovision 2022: The Dress Rehearsal of the First Semi Final! (Live)

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Today is the first day of the Eurovision week! We can already hear the “Sound of Music” echoing from Pala Olimpico in Turin and it’s just a few days before we finally know who is actually going to win the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!

The dress rehearsal of the Eurovision 2022 First Semi Final has just started. EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live at both the on-site press centre in Turin and at the online press centre and we will be covering this rehearsal, commenting on all the performances and describing in detail what is happening during the show.

You will be able to to follow the entire process and get the feeling that you are right at the heart of the contest! This article gets updated in nearly real-time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser and all the rest is on us!

We will keep you up to date with all the latest details about this dress rehearsal for the First Semi Final show, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow May 10th, at 21:00 CEST when the actual semi-final show takes place.

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Eurovision 2022: Albania’s Second Rehearsal!

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Today,  the second rehearsals for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest are going to be held in Turin officially starting today. First to take the stage for their second rehearsal is Albania, with Ronela Hajati and the song “Sekret“.

Who is Ronela Hajati?

Ronela Hajati was born in September 2, 1989 in Tirana, Albania. She was interested in music from a very young age, Ronela studied ballet and piano and took part in a variety of song and dance contests before making a career in the music industry. Ronela is known for her diversity in music, style and performance. She took part in a lot of Albanian song and dance contests, like Top Fest and Kënga Magjike, and this year she managed to win the 60th Festivali I Këngës, a beloved annual show in Albania, and has more recently been used to select the country’s Eurovision entries. Hajati triumphed over 19 other acts, with some of the brightest names in music amongst them.

The rehearsal

Ronela wears different clothes, this time in white. The choreography remains the same and the performance sgtarts with close ups to Ronela and her dancers, while in the first chorus the female dancer enters the stage as well. There is some smoke coming out in various parts of her performance. Ronela also had a small problem with her microphone and ear piece. As for her three runs, we would say that her second run was the best.

Below you can see an exclusive preview clip of Ronela’s performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N22wYwItDs

EBU / ANDRES PUTTING

EBU / CORINNE CUMMING

Albania’s next performance in the Eurovision stage will be on May 10 where she will be the first to perform on the first semi-final.

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Albania: Changes in Ronela’s choreography?

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It seems that it is difficult to have Eurovision without drama! The photos from yesterday’s rehearsal of Albania in the official account of the Eurovision Contest were deleted and replaced by others.

Fans speculate that the reason is a photo that was used as a cover and was considered provocative:

Erdi Tejeci, a member of the Albanian delegation, published the following:

Is something wrong here? The first pictures of Ronela Hajati were deleted from the official page of Eurovision and now they have been republished with cut pictures while she is dancing with Klaudia Pepa and their hands are going down! You are trying to do something that has never happened before in your country and EBU considers it too much for a family show, when we had two women kissing on stage at Eurovision 2013, writing history. I will take this personally!

There are also rumors that EBU asked the Albanian delegation to change the choreography, because it was considered too provocative. (This post has been deleted from Twitter).

Ronela Hajati herself posted this reaction on her Twitter account a little earlier:

The second rehearsal of Albania will take place on Wednesday 4/5 so we will have a better picture of what we will see from Ronela on the stage of the competition and we will see if there are any changes in the choreography.

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Albania: Ronela Hajati is holding final rehearsals in Rome!

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The representative of Albania, Ronela Hajati, is currently in Rome, where she is rehearsing for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.

These rehearsals take place at the CMA – Centro Multidisciplinare delle Arti.

She had previously revealed that she will be joined by four Italian dancers on the stage in Turin. The singer is traveling to Rome having participated in Eurovision Pre-Party all over Europe, including the Eurovision Spain Pre-Party last weekend.

Ronela was chosen to represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest after she won the national final Festivali i Këngës with the song “Sekret”.

Albania will be the country to open the first semi-final for this year’s contest on May 10th, with the goal to win one of the ten tickets to Saturday’s Grand Final.

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Source: eurovoix

 

Albania: Details about the performance of Ronela Hajati in Eurovision 2022!

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Ronela Hajati is set to be joined by four Italian dancers on stage at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Ronela Hajati has revealed the first information regarding what people can expect from her performance in Turin at the Eurovision Song Contest. Speaking to RTSH yesterday she revealed:

The show is completely different, I collaborate with Klaudia Pepe where she is a choreographer. There are also 4 Italian ballerinas. The show has nothing to do with RTSH performance, nor with the clip.

I have said that the biggest problem with the controversy I have here is because we are a country that cannot accept certain things. For the first time, there are no limits.

The goal is to make it to a wider market:

I hope to catch the eye of a foreign company, to take me out of Albania. Here I have done everything and I will continue to do the same. Why not serve me for a wider market? It’s the dream of all singers.

Ronela was chosen to represent Albania at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest after she won Festivali i Këngës. She will sing “Sekret”, and will perform in the first half of the first semi-final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMu47raqbcc&feature=emb_title

Source: RTSH/ABCNews.al

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Albania: Listen to the revamp of “Sekret” by Ronela Hajati!

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For yet another year, Albania chose its representative for Eurovision 2022 through its national song contest, Festivali i Kenges 60. The winner was Ronela Hajati with the song “”. Some time after her win, she said the her song will be revamped for Eurovision.

Ronela said in the past that she wanted the revamped version of her song to be done in London with the producer Diztortion, who has work with big names like: Shakira, David Guetta and Rita Ora. It is not confirmed, whether Ronela worked with him in the end.

Who is Ronela Hajati?

Ronela Hajati was born in September 2, 1989 in Tirana, Albania. Widely known as Ronela, an Albanian singer, songwriter and dancer. She was interested in music from a very young age, Ronela studied ballet and piano and took part in a variety of song and dance contests before making a career in the music industry. Ronela is known for her diversity in music, style and performance. She took part in a lot of Albanian song and dance contests, like Top Fest and Kënga Magjike. A lot of her songs had great success, getting millions of views in YouTube.

Albania will perform in the first semi-final and specifically the first half (numbers 1-8).

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Albania: The Revamp and the Video Clip of “Sekret” will be released in early March!

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Ronela Hajati, the winner of Festivali i Këngës 60, started shooting the video clip of “Sekret” in the south of Albania, with a strong message for the preservation of our natural heritage. The clip of the song is filmed along the Aoos river, in Vyllis. Another part of the filming will take place in Argyrokastro and in Tepeleni.

The video clip, will be published in early March on the official Eurovision Youtube channel and will show some of the most seductive Albanian women, as a postcard for all Eurovision fans.

Until then, you can enjoy some photos from the shoots:

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Source: RTSH