Today we watched the first dress rehearsal of the final, which was open to the press.

Slovenia, Romania, Estonia, Belarus, Latvia, Denmark, Ireland, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain rehearsed today for the second time.

Next to rehearse on stage is Italy (after 14 years!). Raphael Gualazzi is on stage playing the piano along with five more musician. Vocally he was good and was very expressive.

After thirteen years of absence, Italy returns to Eurovision Song Contest. As it was used before, Rai, the national broadcaster of Italy, chose it's representative during the famous Festival of San Remo.