Live Blog: Day 1 Rehearsals 🇫🇷

We’ll be back tomorrow morning from 09:00 CET to take you through the next 10 participant rehearsals:

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Sona Azizova – One Of Those Days
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Denislava & Martin – Voice Of Love
🇦🇱 Albania: Anna Gjebrea – Stand By You
🇺🇦 Ukraine: Olena Usenko – Vazhil
🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Datje Muzika – Green Forces
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: Alinur Khazim & Beknur Zhanibekuly – Ертегі әлемі (Fairy World)
🇦🇲 Armenia: Maléna – Qami Qami
🇷🇸 Serbia: Jovana & Dunja – Oči Deteta (Children’s Eyes)
🇷🇺 Russia: Tanya Mezhentseva – Mon Ami
🇫🇷 France: Enzo – Tik Tak

See you tomorrow!

A fantastic final rehearsal from Poland’s Sara James… wrapping up the first day of practice runs on a high.

Last, but certainly not least, is Sara James representing Poland.

It’s an uptempo ballad with some exceptional choreography that mimics synchronised swimming at certain points.

Expect Sara James to hit some real power notes this Sunday.

Levi’s rehearsals are now over.

We’ve just one more act to go today…

Levi delivered a fantastic first performance of Reír on the big stage.

There’s a lot of movement and choreography to keep up with, but Levi handled the show like a pro and has something special to share this Sunday,

Watch a preview of Niko’s performance and view the full gallery below 👇

With a track like Let’s Count The Smiles an upbeat performance was always expected – and viewers won’t be disappointed!

There’ll be plenty of smiles to count in the audience, thanks to the fantastic choreography.

Get ready to rock out!

JuniorEurovision.tv caught up with Portugal, Ireland and Malta to find out how they felt first rehearsals went.

Elisabetta Lizza gives a performance Måneskin would be proud of.

It’s loud, energetic, and once again, EVERY light in La Seine Musicale is getting a work out!

…the artists and crew have just had their lunch, so we’re almost ready to crack on with the next four performances today:

🇮🇹 Italy: Elisabetta Lizza – Specchio (Mirror On The Wall)

🇬🇪 Georgia: Niko Kajaia – Let’s Count The Smiles

🇪🇸 Spain: Levi Díaz – Reír

🇵🇱 Poland: Sara James – Somebody

Elisabetta is just finding her position on stage as we speak!

…is now online!

Yesterday Pauline discovered she would be opening the show, and luckily for her, the performance she has perfected for Imagine Us is exactly the high-energy, well polished, colourful and melodic number needed to start the party in Paris.

We’re definitely 'fans’ of this performance 😀

Surrounded by pink blossom and dancers performing traditional 'kamigata mai’ (fan dancing), it’s clear Ayana’s Japanese heritage is a big inspiration for this moving performance.

Sugu Aō Ne (‘When I See You Again’) is about missing those close to you and wishing to fly to be with them; a theme close to the singer’s heart as she has not seen her relatives in Japan for a long time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check out the photos from Ike & Kaya’s first rehearsal…

Kaya opens the song from a swinging ornate garden seat that we’re incredibly jealous of!

Ike joins her a third of the way into the song, as they walk along a long road towards home.

From the duetting vocals and stage presence, it’s clear that these two friends have worked together for a long time.

Check out Ireland’s rock anthem 👇

Here’s an exclusive look at Maiú's first rehearsal…

Maiú is here and he’s not going to 'disappear’! In fact, he’s turned up to La Seine Musicale ready to rock!

Every light in the venue is flashing and strobing, with the video wall filling with colour as the song progresses.

…Junior Eurovision!

Exclusive photos from Simāo’s first rehearsal are now available 👇

Simão Oliveira has really elegant staging with atmospheric lighting and nostalgic images of a Portugal gone by, reflecting the mood of the song (and, indeed, the artist).

The Portuguese participant delivers this classy ballad from the centre of the stage, alone.

Welcome to the JuniorEurovision.tv live blog! We’ll be covering the first round of rehearsals throughout Tuesday and Wednesday; giving you a glimpse of what the participants have in store for their performances on Sunday.

The rehearsals take places between 09:00 CET – 18:00 CET

Here’s the Day 1 line-up:

🇵🇹 Portugal: Simão Oliveira – O Rapaz

🇮🇪 Ireland: Maiú Levi Lawlor – Saor (Disappear)

🇲🇹 Malta: Ike & Kaya – My Home

🇳🇱 Netherlands: Ayana – Mata Sugu Aō Ne

🇩🇪 Germany: Pauline – Imagine Us

🇮🇹 Italy: Elisabetta Lizza – Specchio (Mirror On The Wall)

🇬🇪 Georgia: Niko Kajaia – Let’s Count The Smiles

🇪🇸 Spain: Levi Díaz – Reír

🇵🇱 Poland: Sara James – Somebody

We’ll be sharing photos and video as the day progresses.

First up… Portugal’s Simão Oliveira…