Malta's Eurovision star Kurt Calleja met other contestants who had their first rehearsal today, including Loreen, who will be representing Sweden with Euphoria, the representative of Georgia, Anri, who will sing I'm A Joker and Tooji, who will represent Norway with Stay.

As they chatted, Tooji and Kurt taught each other the main parts of the choreography of their respective songs.

Before meeting his competitors at the Press Centre, where he also gave birthday greetings to his greatest Eurovision friend Can Bonomo of Turkey, Kurt had an interview with Cosmopolitan (Azerbaijan).

Kurt is competing in position four during the second semi-final today week.

Besides Kurt, the Maltese Eurovision team also includes DJ and dancer Warren, main backing vocalist Amber, Christian the lead guitarist, Kevin the rhythm guitarist and Rebecca, the drummer and percussionist.

The band was invited to Ictimai TV yesterday evening to take part in a magazine programme. They discussed the Maltese entry and also the role of every member of the band.

Today started with a wardrobe trial for the Eurovision opening ceremony and welcome party, which will take place on May 19 at the Euroclub, a place that was purposely converted from a sports centre to a considerably large and modern club.

The band later held their routine rehearsals in a private hall.

Later today, the band is expected to join the Georgian party at the Euroclub and later the Slovakian party where Kurt and the band will perform This Is The Night.

Meanwhile, the second rehearsal on the Eurovision stage will take place at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow.