Hello! Danny here to blog the first dress rehearsal of the final! This is the first time we will see the songs in the running order so we will get a feel of how everything is fitting together, and hopefully will give us an idea of the ones to look out for! Stay tuned...

Good evening Europe! At 21:00 CET, the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 will see its second semi-final. You are also welcome to join our chat for discussing the show with other fans! This page will get automatically refreshed every 30 seconds, so you don't have to reload...

Welcome to esc-chat.com's live blog from the first dress rehearsal of the second semi-final for ESC 2013! Martin here, taking over from Felix at the keyboard after a mad run from Hyllie station! The show has just begun on the  big screens, and the intro this time...

Good evening Europe! For the first time ever, we are live-commentating on a Eurovision show. At 21:00 CET, the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 kicks off with the first semi-final! You are also welcome to join our chat for discussing the show with other fans! This page...

Welcome to esc-chat.com's live blog from the first dress rehearsal of the first semi final for ESC 2013! Danny will be blogging here from the press centre, and you can follow Martin's tweets from the arena here. Hello everyone! I'm sitting here in the press centre...

Good morning everybody! It's the last day of the first week of rehearsals for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, and having seen all 33 of the semi-finalists put through their paces over the last six days, it's finally time for the "big 5" - Spain, France, Germany, the...

Hello! We're back in the Press Centre for the second day ready for the second rehearsals of the second semi-final. Myself (Danny) and Martin will be taking turns during the day to give our esteemed opinions on the performances with me taking the first part, while...

SLOVENIA First to take the stage with their second rehearsal is Hannah from Slovenia who has swapped with Austria. There's a few technical issues with the video and sound links - the feed is coming on the main screen but there's no sound, and  but there are smaller...

There are some sore heads around the press area on our fourth and final day here in the EuroClub cinema, with the party having gone on rather late last night. It's quite strange coming to "work" in a place where one was dancing to "Bombo" just a few hours previously....

EuroClub Slagthuset calling! It's the third morning of rehearsals for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, the coffee is hot, the Latvian boys are glittery and things are about to get moving on stage and on screen, so let's see what Wednesday brings... LATVIA It says a...

Welcome back to Slagthuset, the home of EuroClub and, until the press centre opens on Friday, the location from which the gathered fan press is reporting on the first rehearsals for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The viewing room is still in a cinema, but a much...

A few teething problems on the first day of the Eurovision rehearsals - surely not?! Wireless access in the EuroClub is intermittent, with the support staff handing out temporary dongles to those afflicted by problems, and the viewing  room for the rehearsals is a...