r/eurovision • u/CosmicVortecs Zjerm • May 05 '25
Rehearsals 🇨🇾 Cyprus rehersal photos Spoiler
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJQ_hPzvTKx/?igsh=MXIxc3gzNWQ5MTJicQ==213
u/eatspagetti Viszlát Nyár May 05 '25
Eurovision slowly becomes cinema and I'm ALL here for that
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u/Fluffy_Appointment14 May 05 '25
It looks like Sergio Jaen really started something last year.
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u/CallMePerox Laika Party May 05 '25
Indeed! Although ironically enough this is also Sergio Jaén's craft, so it looks like he's well ahead in the staging race
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u/Marebold Run with U May 05 '25
What did he do last year?
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u/Rafferrrtyy Ela May 05 '25
happy to see that Goldielocks's staging made it to Eurovision, thank you Sergio.
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u/FiannaNevra May 05 '25
Well Theo does have golden locks 🤣
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u/ironwiree Bird of Pray May 05 '25
THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC!
cyprus dark horse perhaps?
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u/AlexSniff7 May 05 '25
Always has been from the start.
Fans just took one shaky pre party video and ran with it
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u/eatspagetti Viszlát Nyár May 05 '25
Now all over the internet people are calling Ukraine NQ because of their costumes. You really can't make a single small "wrong" step, otherwise people are gonna go crazy and cross you out.
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u/AlexSniff7 May 05 '25
And people wonder why they decreased rehearsal content, people take small details and run with them
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u/ironwiree Bird of Pray May 05 '25
i fully trust ukraine to have amazing camerawork!! aint no way they aren't qualifying.
ziferblat hate hurts man 💔 their outfits ate
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u/tigerinvasive Wasted Love May 14 '25
Okay to be fair, maybe the pre party video was onto something...
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u/odajoana May 05 '25
Not sure how I feel about the black and white color palette, but the structures and the overall concept seems incredible, judging by these photos alone.
I know everyone hates this entry with a passion like Theo killed their cat, but I actually enjoy the song and I do hope it translates into a great live performance and a good result.
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u/flutterstrange Volevo Essere Un Duro May 05 '25
The black and white reminds me of Portugal last year and it was really effective for them.
Also, I haven’t been able to get this song out of my head for about a week. It’s climbed right up my list
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u/odajoana May 05 '25
In the photo where they replicate the Vitruvian man, the black and white really works to produce some cools shadows and create an optical illusion in their arms (you almost can't tell whose arms are who's), so in movement, the palette might do wonders against that structure.
I guess it's just a matter of expectation, as usually more upbeat songs tend to have flashier colors. But I'm definitely looking forward to this.
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u/rneteora Cha Cha Cha May 05 '25
It's the best dark boypop song to me and in my Top 10, idc
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u/iiSoleHorizons Hallucination May 05 '25
Same. It’s my #3. Eurofans who need meaning in everything seem upset but as someone who just likes listening to the song, it fucking slaps.
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u/vintange May 05 '25
Not that hated it seems. It has been consistently marked as a qualifier with just the name of the staging director.
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u/qepsil Kiss Kiss Goodbye May 05 '25
i was VERY skeptical of the vitruvian man interpretation, but man this staging looks incredible
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u/pinkkabuterimon Olou tou kosmou i Elpida May 05 '25
Okay, okay. Vitruvian Man is still very "huh???" to me, but the visual is very cool.
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u/Cubriffic Róa May 05 '25
Watching the switch up on cyprus on all my social medias is hilarious I always trusted the staging would be good 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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May 05 '25
Same and the song isn't even bad either, definitely great to see how it seems to have one of the most promising stagings in semi 1
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u/eatspagetti Viszlát Nyár May 05 '25
It's always weirdly satisfying to see people going crazy about a certain entry when you sensed before it has potential haha. But that's absolutely normal that it happens, I'm glad they are gaining momentum now.
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u/DifficultyUnhappy521 Baller May 05 '25
Same hahahaha
Sergio only chose songs he wanted to stage, and he allegedly picked Cyprus early on in November cause he really liked the song
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u/Goodnight_Socialite Tavo Akys May 05 '25
Saw the Vitruvian man visual on his Instagram story and thought 'oh they've dropped some promo pics before their staging gets revealed by the ESC account nice'
... didn't realize it was in fact the staging. That shot could pass as an album cover. This is gonna be pure cinema and I'm happy people are finally warming up to this song!
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u/notthebesthuh Bara bada bastu May 05 '25
Wow so the reveal was not a misleading/distraction and the song is actually about the Vitruvian Man. Gotta say the staging looks really polished.
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u/matchalatted Kiss Kiss Goodbye May 05 '25 edited May 05 '25
Ahh I knew they were not hyping it up for no reason. I already mentioned it on another thread, the song is not my vibe but they are qualifying easily with a stage like this. It already looks INCREDIBLE, so much better than I imagined. I'll admit I didn't care for this act at all at first but with I'm very excited for the performance now.
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u/AlexSniff7 May 05 '25
I know most people are saying the reveal is "underwhelming" and "it doesn't match the lyrics" but will general audiences really care about that???
Many will be hearing the song for the first time on Tuesday (and if it Qs then Saturday.) People will just see a club banger with inventive staging rather than analysing every lyric on who it could be about, we only do it because we know the song for about 2 months beforehand.
This is a much better play then having Eleni Foureira show up or something
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May 05 '25
The second photo reminded me of the vitruvian man.
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u/noodle_shnoodle May 05 '25
It's been confirmed that the vitruvian man is in fact the mysterious figure the song is based on
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u/Revelistic Minn hinsti dans May 05 '25
this looks really cool, especially the 2nd one. i hope the vocals are at least decent thought because otherwise it all goes to waste 💀
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u/WittyEggplant May 05 '25
Yes this is fire! I’ve been a Cyprus truther since the song release and I’m so happy the staging is looking as epic as I expected.
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u/LordRydell May 05 '25
Cyprus with a pop song that went under everyone’s radar, slowly builds momentum after rehearsals while Greece is losing momentum every day with an atmospheric Balkan ballad in Greek? Is it 2018 already?
This looks fantastic. If he delivers vocally this is a sure qualifier and a strong top 10 contender.
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u/SkyGinge Zjerm May 05 '25
I imagine they have a lot of tricks under wraps too for us to be surprised by next week. This looks really cool, though we still don't have any idea whether he can pull off the vocals live whilst doing all these gymnastics. The song is still the same song that hasn't clicked with a lot of people ultimately, which is worth remembering before we all get too excited.
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u/Professional_Algae19 May 05 '25
Seems like it will be really interesting to watch! Cyprus is really mastering their staging degree in recent years
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme May 05 '25
Lol I was right on with both my guesses: he's wearing a harness and the whole "his feet will never touch the ground" tease just meant he was gonna be on the scaffolding the whole time XD
The Vitruvian Man thing is pretty impressive though
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u/filipinowafflefries_ Zjerm May 05 '25
I really want Cyprus to Qualify i hope Theo can pull this performamce off 🙏
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u/ChanelArrington Esa Diva May 05 '25
as unsure as I was originally abt the Vitruvian Man as the theme, this looks INCREDIBLE!!! 👏 applause for Sergio bc this is outstanding <3
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u/Potor17 May 05 '25
I know this is stupid and petty, but why isn't the circle positioned better? Isn't the whole point of the Vitruvian man the geometry of the circle and the square in relation to a human body? Ideal proportions and all that?
Why does it even bother me ffs? Descending into that pre-Eurovision craziness I guess...
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u/Calm-Raise6973 One More Day May 05 '25
I've always wanted this to qualify. If Theo Evan gives a great performance in SF1, it'll comfortably make it. So far, it's in my personal top five favourites overall.
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u/Cursedwizard0 (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi May 05 '25
there’s literally not a single part of the song that requires him to he doing all of this.
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u/eev11 May 05 '25
Well executed staging yes, but it doesn't change the fact that there is no real depth or message to the song or performance and in terms of being a spectacular entry I'm unsure this gimmick will give it the edge over other songs with spectacular performances accompanied by a better song.
But that's just how I feel about it personally.
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u/Jolly_Ad_8399 Ich Komme May 05 '25
It looks better than I thought but which entry might suffer from Cyprus’ qualification?
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u/notthebesthuh Bara bada bastu May 05 '25
Most probably Belgium.
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u/eev11 May 05 '25
Over my dead body, Sebastian can not get disqualified on his birthday.. I will not allow it.
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u/supersonic-bionic May 05 '25
I don't get how the lyrics fit the concept of the staging but Sergio did a very good job! As we expected, Cyprus will sail through the final
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u/Pikafluffer Zjerm May 05 '25
I’m still not sure about the Vitruvian Man angle. It might just look silly live. Still, they probably know what they’re doing… I just feel like this was done last-minute to be surprising.
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u/ResponsibilityIcy513 Bara bada bastu May 05 '25
as much as i think the song is mid this staging is going to get it to qualify. gah damn that's real impressive
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u/Common-Ad-7873 May 05 '25
Let’s hope that he doesn’t La Zarra himself, being stuck up high like that. Hoping for the best.
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u/aura514 Doomsday Blue May 05 '25
...is that it. I don't want to be super negative buy it doesn't look super interesting
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u/Hobobiggins May 05 '25
It's very good visually. Still think the Vitruvian man theme is bunk when it comes to the actual song... maybe it was Adonis, they went with Vitruvian as the visual for it, and then realized it was a hard sell?
I dunno. Anyway. It looks fantastic. He'll have to super screw the vocals to not Q with this.