Rehearsals in Stockholm continue and we have been keeping our team on the ground busy with live blogging and catching up with the artists when they come off stage

Here, we have Aleks chatting with Kaliopi from FYR Macedonia about her history with Eurovision, how she feels to be singing in her native language, and whether she will stay part of the Eurovision family once the 2016 contest is all wrapped up

Kaliopi will be performing “Dona” from position 8 in the second semi final on Thursday May 12th