so we're just about to arrive at today's rehearsal space and today we're rehearsing for our live
performance in Armenia so I'm going to be learning like the dance and trying to singing and dancing
at the same time very excited very nervous but let's see how it goes bye love you bye
and this is my team hi I'm Kristen Leigh hi I'm Meesha hi I'm India hi I'm Sorayiah
should go over that slow? one more time like that? my name is Jorge Antonio and I am the
assistant choreographer for the UK entry of Junior Eurovision day one of rehearsals we basically ran
over all of the choreography that we had already done for the music video and everything that
worked we kept and everything that didn't work for stage where um there was a cut in the music video
um there was like a little bit of a restaging but we really wanted to keep it in that same world
everyone's wondering Freya, why are you holding deodorant? well I'm holding
deodorant today because it's my microphone for today there's quite a few things that freya's
got to think about that probably people don't even realize you know things like microphone
technique you throw choreography into it and then suddenly you're looking over here and
the mic's still here so I can't go 'it's all on you' yeah this you basically want to think your
elbow and your lips there's like a little string here and wherever you go yeah yeah
[singing] but now it's over and done cause when
you lie waste my time I say bye bye gonna go from here to here [Music]
very confusing stuff I cannot do
it's definitely very very tricky trying to you know to dance moves good but then also
focus on singing because you know I want to sing good I also want to dance good so it's happening
hard trying to get that balance in like you know rationing my air make sure I'm taking deep enough
breaths but then not doing too much movement! day one was a bit of a shock to the system I think
um the singing and the dancing together breath control all of those things that
are super normal like everybody goes through them um you just have to put in the work and
they really really did it's really nice knowing that I'm gonna be on stage with
these girls rather than on my own! okay are we ready for some quick fire questions? yeah
yes Sorayiah, what's your favourite cute animal? A dolphin water is calming. Meesha,
what's your favourite time of day? definitely gonna be lunch I love my ham sandwiches! Kristen
what's your favourite emoji? it's probably the crazy Emoji. Can you do it for us?
India, what's your favourite silly noise?
[Moos] [laughter]
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And I'm gonna have an in-ear! Have you used one of them
before? No! I'm going to have an in-ear for the very first time I'm so excited it's
like what all the pop stars have I don't really know how to use them so I think Annabelle's going
to teach me we're introducing Freya to iems or in-ear monitors which is basically earphones
that she will be able to hear her voice on the microphone through and the track just push it in
as far as it's comfortable does that feel like it's in snuggly? yeah we use in-ear monitors so
that we can hear our voices super clear so whatever we're singing on the microphone we
can hear in our ears and this really helps when you're singing in front of an audience you know
so that sometimes the noise of the audience can drown out what you can hear and it actually can
stop hearing your own voice if you can't hear yourself you won't sing out of tune when you're
performing at Eurovision you'll be able to hear your voice and the track you're hearing me in
your ears yeah and it's just so that you and I can talk and rehearse and I can give you notes
Hello?
I can hear myself! Really loud.That's really odd because I can't hear myself
when the mic's not there [sings]
how did that feel? weird. But good it's good good it's cool
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At first in-ears felt really weird I felt like I was underwater I think it was really
really cool kind of figuring out how it worked and I literally felt like a pop star [Music]
I feel like a news reporter - so how's your
day gone? Why are you a news presenter today by
the way? I don't know I'm just feeling it [laughter]
The rehearsals have been going really really well even though there's been a
lot to take in and a lot to remember but like the more I do it the easier it gets
and I mean the dancers they look incredible and the team have been so so amazing and I'm
really excited to see what it all looks like on the big stage in Armenia um until then I'm
just gonna have to keep practicing at home practice makes perfect [Applause] [Music]