Today rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 kicked off. Countries rehearsing on Day 3 include Finland, Israel, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Australia and Cyprus. First to rehearse today was San Marino’s Achille Lauro.
Achille Lauro’s first rehearsal
The next act to take to the Eurovision 2022 stage at the Pala Alpitour in Turin was San Marino’s Achille Lauro. He will sing the song “Stripper” at Eurovision 2022 after he was selected to represent San Marino earlier this year.
Following Achille Lauro’s first rehearsal, a clip of his rehearsal was posted on TikTok. The clip showed him before and after he took to the Eurovision stage for the first time. The clip also gave us some insight into how well his rehearsal went.
@eurovision @AchilleLauroOfficial bringing the 🔥 for San Marino’s first rehearsal 🇸🇲 #EurovisionTikTok #Eurovision2022 #Eurovision ♬ original sound – Eurovision
What did we learn about Achille Lauro’s staging?
Photo Credit: EBU/Nathan Reinds
Today is full of big props from balloons, to bleachers to now a giant cage. It seems Achille Lauro has gone for the cowboy look for his staging. He has even brought a red mechanical bull, and apparently it bucks. He sits on the bull for the last chorus of the song. Achille also wears some fur pom-poms, to go with the cowboy look. There was a whole bunch of flames and smoke during Achille’s last run-through.
What we thought of San Marino’s staging?
Following Achille Lauro’s first rehearsal Rosie gave her Initial reaction to his stage show. You can see it on our TikTok page here:
@thateurosite #stitch with @eurovision @AchilleLauroOfficial has just had his first #eurovision rehearsal and here’s what @tiktokwithrosie ♬ original sound – thateurosite
About Achille Lauro
Achille Lauro was one of the contestants at Italy’s Sanremo this year, finishing 14th overall with his song “Domenica” featuring Harlem Gospel Choir. He also competed in Sanremo 2019 and 2020. Achille Lauro also has had a long career in Italy, spanning the last ten years. This year wasn’t the first time Achille Lauro took part in Sanremo – he debuted in the contest in 2019 with the song “Rolls Royce”. His best finish at Sanremo however was his 2020 entry “Me ne frego”.
San Marino’s Eurovision Journey
As one of the smallest countries in Europe, San Marino made its debut in the competition in 2008 with Miodio and the song “Complice”. Since then they have participated in the competition 11 times (3 of which where they qualified for the Grand Final), and their best result was in 2019, with Serhat and “Say Na Na Na”.
Their recent participation saw them being represented by Senhit (who represented them in 2011, and was set to represent them in 2020), with the song “Adrenalina”. On her performance in Rotterdam, she was joined by American rapper Flo-Rida, where San Marino qualified consecutively qualified for the Grand Final, for a second time. Overall, San Marino placed 22nd Overall, receiving 50 points from the Jury and Televoters.
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News Source: EBU
Photo Source: Luca D’Amelio
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