He messed up in the dress rehearsal when the jury cast their votes.
The terrifying thing is that I suspect this is just the dress rehearsal for an even nastier era to come.
The dress rehearsal for the second semi-final is to be held tonight.
Still in the dress-rehearsal stage but could evolve into one of the best places in town.
We are half-way through the second dress rehearsal before Saturday's grand final and things in Athens are hotting up - and it's not just the temperature outside.
Last summer, Du adds, the city conducted a dress rehearsal for the Olympic Games.
But the market turmoil may be a dress rehearsal for the real crisis that will emerge when the economy is in poorer shape.
The World Athletics Championship takes place in Moscow on Aug. 10-18, and the event is seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Fireworks will dot the Washington skyline from several points in the city that night, and a dress rehearsal for the Jan. 19 "An American Gala" at USAir Arena will also take place.
Mr Valcke said in November that the six grounds hosting the Confederations Cup - a tournament seen as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup - would meet the deadline.
Our correspondent says they will be helped by the fact that they have something of a dress rehearsal, when the World Cup arrives in Brazil in 2014.
The South Africa Football Association have confirmed he will miss the tournament that kicks off on 14 June and serves as a dress rehearsal for the 2010 World Cup.
The House on Tuesday will debate two measures on cloning, which some observers see as a dress rehearsal for the coming debate over embryonic stem cell research.
The string of concerts unofficially kicked off the night before when the band played a dress rehearsal for about 4, 000 members of its fan club.
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Tuesday's debate could be a dress rehearsal for the coming debate over embryonic stem cell research.
In 1998, under his brilliant leadership, LTCM performed so horridly that it required a Federal Reserve-managed bailout, in a dress rehearsal for the government bailouts 10 years later.
This game could have been a dress rehearsal for the Europa League final in Hamburg - if Liverpool and Fulham are able to overcome their respective semi-final opponents.
Both, like all reserved seat Derby Tickets, are actually good for two days, and includes Kentucky Oaks Day on Friday, an equally thrilling and equally fancy dress rehearsal for the main event.
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Whatever his true motive, Mr Blair's reward this week was a dress rehearsal of the fight he will have on his hands when the time does at last come to call a referendum.
Coincidentally, the two sides met in league action on Tuesday, a dress rehearsal that ended in a 2-2 draw after the Tynesiders bounced back from two goals down to level in the final moments.
The latest flight is a dress-rehearsal for next week's resumption of scheduled flights.
On the one hand, I often have a strange feeling of dress rehearsal, of make-believe that I, and the people around me, are playing elaborate games of pretend.
Wednesday's game against Scotland at Hampden Park is a dress rehearsal for matches between the sides in the forthcoming Euro 2012 campaign.
Commentators and military officials alike are claiming that the Nakba day events are likely a dress rehearsal for even larger riots in September.
Several players complained about the vuvuzela when they were first heard during the Confederations Cup last year, a World Cup dress rehearsal.
And some investors may look at this late-night, three-day-weekend deal and see what she saw: a dress rehearsal for a country dropping out of the euro.
And last year, after deadly tornadoes hit the south, Taylor knew she had to do something about it. (Applause.) So she opened up her last dress rehearsal before she went on tour and gave all the proceeds to tornado victims.
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Brandon Jennings scored 30 points for the Bucks, who said they didn't necessarily treat Tuesday as a dress rehearsal for a possible Game 1 in Miami.
The remainder of the vote is cast by national expert juries, who based their scores on a dress rehearsal performance Friday night.
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