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Live Blog: Sunday 30 April

Welcome to the Eurovision.tv Live Blog for Sunday 30 April (Day 1).

The Liverpool 2023 stage Photo: Nick Robinson / BBC

🇸🇪 Sweden takes to the stage…

So the light box is back, but it's a smaller version than the one we saw at Melodifestivalen. It's also raised off the ground, so the bottom section can be wheeled onto the stage. The stage and the LED screen is a sea of swirling smoke, and the whole effect is incredibly intense.

It's Loreen, so obviously this performance is tighter than that catsuit and more polished than those terrifyingly long nails. Sounds incredible, looks incredible - the perfect finish to a brilliant first day of rehearsals.