The familiar Tuesday Show team, consisting of Martin, Noel and Felix, is finally back on air around Europe! The second edition of our new video review format, called "This Week", features our comments on the Danish final and the semis in Norway and Iceland. The...

While the first countries with televised selection processes have been busy holding their semi-finals (and, in some cases, finals), the - perhaps surprisingly large - group of nations opting to select internally this year has expanded yet further. Here's a round-up of...

The winner of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, and thus the Danish entrant for ESC 2012, is Soluna Samay. Once more this season, the #esc chatroom's favourite won a national final! The decision came as a bit of a surprise to some, but for those who have no idea about the...

Denmark has chosen its song for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In a close result decided by SMS votes and Danish and international juries, Soluna Samay came out on top with her song "Should've Known Better", leaving fellow...

A seriously Nordic Saturday night line-up saw the first semi-final in Norway's Melodi Grand Prix followed by the second of three heats in the Icelandic selection process, Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins. All in all, 13 songs became five as the pair of northern nations took...

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is the  major show tonight, being the Danish national final. Nine entries compete for the right to represent Denmark in Baku. Norway will hold its first out of three semi-finals of Melodi Grand Prix. Eight entries will be performed in Ørland,...

42 countries will take part in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. Poland is out for the first time since 2002 when it was relegated due to the old rules, while Armenia announced its withdrawal on 7 March. Montenegro is back after a relatively short...

After yesterday's second heat in Germany, ten singers are left in the race for a ticket to Baku. Just like last week, another five contestants got eliminated after a very tight voting. Right up until the last second, the top 6 places changed within a heartbeat, so it...

"Unser Star für Baku" goes on air again tonight, with the second of seven heats leading up to the final on 16 February. Just like last week, 10 contestants will compete and five of them will be the lucky ones to proceed to the next stage on 26 January, where they will...

"This Week" is the new regular show by us in the national final season! It's a weekly review of Eurovision preselection shows and their results, as well as other major happenings in the ESC world. Here's the first edition - we hope you enjoy it!

This week will see the launch of esc-chat.com's new video show, called - appropriately enough - "This Week"! For various reasons, it turns out that we won't be able to produce our weekly "Tuesday Show" in its traditional studio format this season (although there may...

In a warm-up for the real "Super Saturdays" facing dedicated Eurovision fans over the coming weeks and months, tonight saw three semi-finals held in Bulgaria, Latvia and Iceland respectively. With webcasts overlapping and results being announced simultaneously in some...