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Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post’s Eurovision Daily blog is the go-to place for the latest updates about the Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Kyiv on May 9-13. For everything written about Eurovision 2017, visit our special section.

With four days left until the first semi-final on May 9, the Eurovision song contest is the main Kyiv’s focus. While foreigners and locals are getting to know each other at the fan-zones, six countries are getting ready to have their first rehearsals on the stage of the International Exhibition Center.