Good morning again from an absolutely scorching Tel Aviv, where temperatures are expected to reach 34 degrees!

We will be keeping cool in the Press Centre as today we have a packed schedule of rehearsals, with the first half of the second semi final taking to the stage for the first time, timings as follows:

0900-0930. Armenia – Srbuk “Walking Out”
0940-1010. Ireland – Sarah McTernan “22”
1020-1050. Latvia – Carousel “That Night”
1100-1130. Switzerland – Luca Hanni “She Got Me”
1240-1310. Moldova – Anna Odobescu “Stay”
1320-1350. Romania – Ester Peony “On A Sunday”
1400-1430. Denmark – Leonora “Love Is Forever”
1500-1530. Austria – Paenda “Limits”
1540-1610. Sweden – John Lundvik “Too Late For Love”

All times are in CET.

Follow our live blog here as Joe, Anne and Nick will bring you the first impressions of the staging, live from the press centre in Tel Aviv.