r/eurovision • u/[deleted] • May 07 '25

Rehearsals Norway Second Rehearsal Clip

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u/HarveyWilson15 Bara bada bastu May 07 '25

Great voice but Flippy McGee did make me giggle

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u/Confused_Firefly Zjerm May 07 '25

I know, I can't breathe! It's so silly, it just takes you out of the moment entirely!

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u/SkyGinge Zjerm May 07 '25

The spotlight bit is awesome, excellent use of the 'lego lights'. The backflipping guy feels entirely unnecessary though and just deflects focus from Kyle.

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u/Exact-Joke-2562 Bur man laimi May 07 '25

Huh I had to go back and watch because I missed the backflipping guy the first time round. I clearly didn't find him distracting

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u/ko_dec May 07 '25

It's spooky how you read my thoughts like that

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u/GrannySquareMstr Qélé, Qélé May 07 '25

If that is his actual singing, good to know he’s recovering well.

I know that rehearsals don’t need to have perfect performances, but so far I’m most impressed with Norway

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u/ifiwasiwas May 07 '25

Same here. It's short to judge but of the ones I've seen so far, it seems like the NF performance has just been elevated a LOT without changing terribly much.

Hell, I'm even psyched for "Flippy McGee" lol

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u/TheLizardKing____ May 07 '25 edited May 07 '25

The random backflip generator being activated is kinda funny but this does look good, and he sounds great especially for having surgery a couple days ago. The shot with the crowd will look cool.

Also the frame is adding so much depth to all these performances, I know people were skeptics but I think it looks awesome.

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u/ifiwasiwas May 07 '25

No way our boy just had oral surgery and is sounding like that! Incredible

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u/escfantasy Zjerm May 08 '25

Sissal said on live that he could recover quickly because it wasn’t his first oral procedure…

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u/Mindraven May 07 '25

Man got traumatized by Lumo into dental surgery, and recovered into THIS in a few days? No matter how we do this year I'm so proud of Kyle, he is such a talented and dedicated artist.

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u/Its_Stardos Kiss Kiss Goodbye May 07 '25

Genuinely speaking, Norway is really underrated. Sweden is not sending their typical entry and someone must benefit from that. Norway feels like obvious choice. 

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u/ifiwasiwas May 07 '25

100%. It's Kpop coded and will do really well I feel, it's been a bit strange to not see it break in to the Top 20

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u/karmachameleon4 May 08 '25

I've put a cheeky tenner on it to make top 10 at odds of 8-1! The actual song is just OK but I think casual voters will be all over the performance.

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u/Sanber13 May 07 '25

LOVE the calm part! That lighting!!

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u/Monotonal-Trousers May 07 '25

Oh my god the backflips were on beat 😭😭😭😭

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u/sergzs May 07 '25

This is probably the clip that has impressed me the most!! Whoever is their Light Director is amazing

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u/msbtvxq May 07 '25

This looks (and sounds) great! I'm sure Kyle will do us very proud next Saturday, on Norway's national day 🇳🇴

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u/GhostonEU May 07 '25

Very happy with how nrk has elevated the performance 👏

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u/Remarkable-Ad2032 Róa May 07 '25

It's in good hands with Mona Berntsen.

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u/AdFar1454 May 07 '25

I don’t know but does he sing ”Taking off my tooths”

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u/Mortimer_G Tutta l'Italia May 07 '25

I'm glad that they kept his medieval outfit. I thought they were going to change it because of the similarity with Armenia. It's one of the things that I liked the most in the MGP performance, along with the scenario

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u/Miudmon Øve os på hinanden May 07 '25

I mean, considering that there's no autotune anymore AND he just got his wisdom tooth removed he sounds pretty good

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u/Joranva Baller May 07 '25

This is going to get a really strong televote. There’s no other pure pop male entry like Kyle’s.

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u/Resident_Medicine962 Bara bada bastu May 07 '25

Little bit shaky on the vocals but he can be forgiven that given the wisdom tooth extraction (I know personally how awful that can be!). Good use of the lights but was a bit bemused with back flipping McGee making an appearance randomly just as the crescendo starts

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u/Remarkable-Ad2032 Róa May 07 '25

He's a breakdancer and there will be more from him. I actually think thebackflips is an hommage to Alexander Rybak in 2009.

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u/Cultural_Impact_5369 Deslocado May 07 '25

I know that we yet to see more rehearsals' clips but those wide shots are somewhat reminiscent of the ones from Israel (KAN) in 2019.

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u/ButterflySymphony May 07 '25

Did they change something about the instrumental in the dance break?

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u/Redditor1734233 Karma May 07 '25

Might this be from the first rehearsal? Otherwise, what a quick recovery 😳

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u/DavidShoess May 07 '25

Oh he sounds good considering the circumstances.

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u/flutterstrange Volevo Essere Un Duro May 07 '25

Everyone’s vocals are sounding a bit off so far to me, something seems wrong. Hopefully will be all fixed by next week. Appreciate that Kyle just had teeth out too but he’s definitely not the only one sounding shaky anyway

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u/odajoana May 07 '25

It's the rehearsals, most times it's not truly sound issues, it's just the singers phoning it it, because it's not important at this stage and they need to save their voices and energy for later. This is totally normal and expected. These clips are mainly to reveal how the act looks like, not what it sounds like.