Mandinga will represent Romania at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The group, whose lead singer used to be Elena of "Balkan Girls" (ESC 2009) fame, romped to victory in tonight's Romanian final with the song "Zaleilah". Although they weren't the jury favourite,...

It's the final Super Saturday of the 2012 national final season! Tonight, three countries will hold national finals to determine their representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, while a fourth will premiere its entry in a special...

12:59 (Felix) Good morning! Our third day in Stockholm has begun (don't tell Jesus Christ we were in Paradise) - and I'm having a coffee from the hotel bar right now. Weather is meh, cloudy, that is, but today is the big day for Melodifestivalen! We won't tell you any...

Hi everybody! esc-chat.com is in Globen and reporting live from the Friday night dress rehearsal for Melodifestivalen 2012, the Swedish selection  for the Eurovision Song Contest. After four semi-finals and a Second Chance round, the big night is almost here - so stay...

It's Friday, it's dress rehearsal day - but before (and after) that, we'll be updating this rolling blog post with our impressions of the MF bubble and the city in general, so stay tuned! 14:00 (Martin) As things don't get going until this evening, I thought I'd start...

Our first day in Stockholm is over, and before we begin with our updating daily blog articles, we're having this article about yesterday! Ca. 12.00 CET (Felix) I arrived in the press centre! The accreditation.. ehm.. container.. was rather hard to find, but after...

For the first time ever, esc-chat.com is reporting from the Melodifestivalen final in Stockholm! In the next days, we will report about rehearsals, blog about the city and party life and offer you the latest news and gossip. Of course, we will also be active on...

Now that we are approching the big final of Melodifestivalen 2012... who among the finalists is your personal favourite of the whole thing? 10 are left out of 32, some favourites had to leave, like the current leaders of our last poll: Abalone Dots and Christer/Lotta....

It turns out that Engelbert Humperdinck won't be the only pensioner in Baku - at the second time of asking, the Buranovskiye Babushki will be going to the Eurovision Song Contest, having won tonight's Russian final with the song "Party For Everybody". In a combined...

This Wednesday night, Russia becomes the latest country to select its entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year's Russian finalists include a duet between 2008 ESC winner Dima Bilan and 2003 ESC near-winner Yulia Volkova (of...

It's time for a new poll! Melodifestivalen will see its big final on Saturday. Ten entries made their way into the show from Globen, Stockholm, but we had to say goodbye to 22 songs and their artists in the past weeks. After four semi-finals and one Andra Chansen: Who...

In one of three national finals held last night, Estonia selected Ott Lepland to represent them in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Kuula" (which translates as "Listen"). After two semi-finals, the Eesti Laul final - a pleasing mixture of diverse...