Happy FiKmas – and a few thoughts on 2026
Navigating the choppy waters of ESC fandom isn’t exactly easy right now. Martin has a few thoughts on our community’s role in that as 2025 turns to 2026.
Austria wins ESC 2025!
“Wasted Love” by JJ is the winner of the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest!
Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
The (pre)View from Somewhere: 2025 edition
Your Eurovision day longread is here! Shi has been dissecting the non-qualifiers and the grand final running order, song by song. Grab a coffee and settle in…
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 2
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s second semi-final.
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
ESC 2025 rehearsals: A first look at the automatic finalists
The “big five” plus host country Switzerland have had their first rehearsals in Basel – and Martin thinks he might have spotted a winner…
ESC 2025 rehearsals: The semi 2 winners and losers
Emmy brings the Aqua vibes for Ireland, Klavdia is caught between a rock and a hard place – and does Maltese even have a word for “subtlety”? It’s time for Martin to (over)analyse the second semi-finalists based on their rehearsal video clips…
Mum, they stole our truel!
It looks like the threatened changes to the semi-final qualifier presentation are becoming a reality – and the concept is quite a familiar one…
ESC 2025 rehearsals: The semi 1 winners and losers
It’s good news for Red Sebastian and less good news for Gabry Ponte – at least, if we can believe what the rehearsal video clips from Basel tell us…
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Happy FiKmas – and a few thoughts on 2026
Navigating the choppy waters of ESC fandom isn’t exactly easy right now. Martin has a few thoughts on our community’s role in that as 2025 turns to 2026.
Austria wins ESC 2025!
“Wasted Love” by JJ is the winner of the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest!
Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
The (pre)View from Somewhere: 2025 edition
Your Eurovision day longread is here! Shi has been dissecting the non-qualifiers and the grand final running order, song by song. Grab a coffee and settle in…
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 2
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s second semi-final.
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
ESC 2025 rehearsals: A first look at the automatic finalists
The “big five” plus host country Switzerland have had their first rehearsals in Basel – and Martin thinks he might have spotted a winner…
ESC 2025 rehearsals: The semi 2 winners and losers
Emmy brings the Aqua vibes for Ireland, Klavdia is caught between a rock and a hard place – and does Maltese even have a word for “subtlety”? It’s time for Martin to (over)analyse the second semi-finalists based on their rehearsal video clips…
Mum, they stole our truel!
It looks like the threatened changes to the semi-final qualifier presentation are becoming a reality – and the concept is quite a familiar one…
ESC 2025 rehearsals: The semi 1 winners and losers
It’s good news for Red Sebastian and less good news for Gabry Ponte – at least, if we can believe what the rehearsal video clips from Basel tell us…
Silêncio e tanta gente: the ESC 2025 rehearsals begin!
There’s a sense of quiet in the air as the rehearsals for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest begin – and Martin thinks that may be no bad thing…
Shkodra Elektronike from Albania are the winners of ChatVote 2025!
The 21st annual edition of ChatVote is over, and the best song in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest is the entry from… Albania!
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Happy FiKmas – and a few thoughts on 2026
Navigating the choppy waters of ESC fandom isn’t exactly easy right now. Martin has a few thoughts on our community’s role in that as 2025 turns to 2026.
Austria wins ESC 2025!
“Wasted Love” by JJ is the winner of the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest!
Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
The (pre)View from Somewhere: 2025 edition
Your Eurovision day longread is here! Shi has been dissecting the non-qualifiers and the grand final running order, song by song. Grab a coffee and settle in…
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 2
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s second semi-final.
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
ESC 2025 rehearsals: A first look at the automatic finalists
The “big five” plus host country Switzerland have had their first rehearsals in Basel – and Martin thinks he might have spotted a winner…
ESC 2025 rehearsals: The semi 2 winners and losers
Emmy brings the Aqua vibes for Ireland, Klavdia is caught between a rock and a hard place – and does Maltese even have a word for “subtlety”? It’s time for Martin to (over)analyse the second semi-finalists based on their rehearsal video clips…
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Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
The (pre)View from Somewhere: 2025 edition
Your Eurovision day longread is here! Shi has been dissecting the non-qualifiers and the grand final running order, song by song. Grab a coffee and settle in…
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 2
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s second semi-final.
ESC 2025: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
ESC 2025 rehearsals: A first look at the automatic finalists
The “big five” plus host country Switzerland have had their first rehearsals in Basel – and Martin thinks he might have spotted a winner…
ESC 2025 rehearsals: The semi 2 winners and losers
Emmy brings the Aqua vibes for Ireland, Klavdia is caught between a rock and a hard place – and does Maltese even have a word for “subtlety”? It’s time for Martin to (over)analyse the second semi-finalists based on their rehearsal video clips…
Mum, they stole our truel!
It looks like the threatened changes to the semi-final qualifier presentation are becoming a reality – and the concept is quite a familiar one…












