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After a disastrous start to the semi-final era with five straight non-qualifications between 2004 and 2008, Estonia's qualification record has been pretty decent the past few years, having reached four of the past five finals - so will 2014 keep their good record...
Denmark joined the Eurovision family in the contest's second edition back in 1957 and has scored three victories, most recently (of course) with Emmelie de Forest's Only Teardrops last year. This means the country is automatically qualified for the grand final in...
Whether you're a regular reader of esc-chat.com, a user of our chatroom or just an occasional visitor, you will have noticed that we've been on a break recently, with a limited online presence as we rebuild our website behind the scenes. And now the good news: we're...
In Malmö, Belgium just managed to achieve a left-half-of-the-scoreboard result for the second time since nearly winning the contest with Sanomi in 2003, but unfortunately the country is rather used to missing the final. This year, Flemish broadcaster VRT tried a whole...
Belarus were one of the first countries to choose their song for Eurovision 2014 way back in January, which seems like a lifetime ago. After a close battle, TEO won the ticket to Copenhagen on his second attempt at going to Eurovision, the first being in 2009. TEO,...
Does Azerbaijan want to win Eurovision again? Because if they do, and if they’re willing to put in the usual work behind the scenes to optimise their chances, then we could very easily be heading back to Baku. If you're getting a sense of déjà vu, that's because those...
After a series of unsuccessful attempts at Eurovision - apart from Nadine Beiler (who at least reached the final) - Austria is now trying their luck again with an internally selected artist. Austria have sent arguably the most controversial artist in this year’s...
The running order for the semi-finals of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest has been announced. Continuing the policy introduced at last year's contest, the order was decided by the producers of the shows and approved by the EBU, rather than being determined in a random...
Still one of the more recent countries to join the contest, Armenia enjoyed an extremely strong start to their ESC career, finishing in the top 10 on each of their first five appearances. However, things have since gone downhill: first there was Emmy's...
In the past two years, Albania has experienced both extremes - getting stuck in the semi (in 2013) after getting a top 5 result (in 2012). However, the majority of Albanian entries have reached the final, so that should be the more likely fate for the Mediterranean...
Just like the website, the Chat Charts are back as well! If you just want to vote, just scroll all the way down to the poll and pick up to three favourites. But you might also want to read the details, so here we go! From now until December we will run our own charts...
The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted by Lise Rønne, Nikolaj Koppel and Pilou Asbæk. Rønne and Koppel have a background in television presenting with host broadcaster DR, while Asbæk is known to international viewers for his role as Kasper Juul in the Danish...
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