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“Celebrate Diversity” with the allocation draw for ESC 2017
This morning, the allocation draw for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted at the Column Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration. This followed on from yesterday's presentation of the visual design for the competition and this year's slogan: "Celebrate...
SongHunt 2017: Full results
The full qualification list for SongHunt 2017 based on our votes in the chat, plus an overview of the heats and later rounds.
SongHunt 2017: Introducing the Last Chance Poll
In addition to the usual method of determining the participants based on votes in our chat, each of the eight heats of SongHunt 2017 will include the current two most popular songs from this rolling poll, i.e. the songs with the most cumulative votes in the Last Chance poll when the new SongHunt heat is created.
SongHunt 2017 begins – here’s what’s new!
escgo! proudly announces the launch of SongHunt 2017! The first heat will be launched on Sunday 29 January - and the brand new Last Chance poll is already underway! It's the third season of our annual poll marathon aimed at finding the best national final song of the...
Chat Awards 2016 – The winners!
On Sunday night, the 2016 edition of the escgo! Chat Awards were held in our #esc chatroom. This fun annual event attracted a healthy audience of chatters, all of whom got the opportunity to vote on the nominees in various categories as we honoured our favourites from...
“Helpless” by The Hardkiss wins SongHunt 2016
SongHunt 2016, our poll marathon to find the best national final song of the year, has come to an end: “Helpless” by The Hardkiss, from the Ukrainian final, has won the grand final! “History” from Norway ended up in 2nd place, followed by “Don't Worry” from Sweden in...
Final Post-Mortem: The View from San Francisco
Well, well, Sweden. What can I say. I know a lot of fans complain about your attempt to take over the Eurovision world, but I have to hand it to you – you are bloody good at it. That was some show. I needed a few days to work out everything in my head. I have to admit...
“1944”: Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Ukraine's entrant Jamala has won the 61st Eurovision Song Contest with the song “1944“, the country's second victory in the competition after Ruslana's "Wild Dances" in 2004. The winner scored a total of 534 points, followed by jury favourite Australia in second place...
The Final Countdown: The View from San Francisco
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! And what better way is there to spend the time between now and Te Deum than going through the finalists for some thoughts, comments and personal wishes? This time I consulted with my friend, the Eurovision sorter, and made a...
What if…? Five possible victory scenarios
Tonight sees the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. It's time to go through some possible scenarios, to speculate how certain possible victories would affect Eurovision in the one or other way, and finally to give you a personal voting recommendation....
Eurovision 2016: Five bets to consider
Tonight sees the grand final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, and as always, one of the ways you can add some extra spice to your own enjoyment of the event is by placing a bet or two. If you've been following my betting blogs this week, you'll know that my tips...
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