Overthinking is fun: The automatic finalists draw their halves!
The “big five” have drawn which half they’ll perform in during next Saturday’s grand final. A perfect excuse for a spot of speculation!
Rehearsals Day 8 LIVE: The Direct Finalists
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of the direct finalists: Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and Spain.
The View from San Francisco: Let Me Try
In which Shi’s sleep deprivation and overthinking tendencies have a date with the predictions for semi 2.
Stage Verdict 2021
Now that Felix has seen all the entries of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 rehearsed at least once, it’s time for him to share his verdict!
Rehearsals Day 7 LIVE: From Finland to Denmark
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Finland, Latvia, Switzerland, and Denmark.
Rehearsals Day 7 LIVE: From Georgia to Bulgaria
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria.
The View from San Francisco: Story of My Life
In which Shi overthinks the principles of effective Eurovision storytelling through stagings.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: The automatic finalists
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom and Spain.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: From Austria to Serbia
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: Malta… and from San Marino to Greece
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Malta, San Marino, Estonia, Czech Republic and Greece.
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Rehearsals Day 1 LIVE: From Australia to Ireland
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Australia, North Macedonia and Ireland.
Read more“Mmming amazing to be on that stage!” (Manizha)
"Mmming amazing to be on that stage!" (Manizha) In today's Meet & Greet of Russia, upon asked how she feels, Manizha first asked the host whether it's okay to use the F-word. She was advised to say it very quickly so that nobody would notice. Then finally, the...
Rehearsals Day 1 LIVE: From Lithuania to Sweden
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Lithuania, Slovenia, Russia and Sweden.
escgo! is in Rotterdam – virtually!
Introducing our live coverage of ESC 2021 from inside the virtual “bubble” via the Online Press Centre!
“What about my dreams?” The wonderful phenomena that sleeping Eurovision fans experience
I have a dream. We all have a dream. Join us as we dive into the wild world of Eurovision-related dreams – and share yours with us too!
Insta Report Part 3: The five accounts with the most personality of the ESC 2021 contestants
We complete our look at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest artists on Instagram by showcasing the ones whose personality really shines through!
In our third episode, Felix turns the tables and chooses a Eurovision-related topic for Martin to talk about for three minutes – completely unprepared!
Line-up check 2021: Denmark
We complete our review series for the 2021 Eurovision entries with “Øve os på hinanden” by Fyr & Flamme!
Line-up check 2021: Switzerland
The escgo! team reviews “Tout l’univers” by Gjon’s Tears, the Swiss entry for Eurovision 2021.
Read more“A very warm ‘hello’.” (Helga Vlahović)
"A very warm 'hello'." (Helga Vlahović) Can you imagine, a thousand million people all together? We can - and it's all thanks to Helga. We saw this tweet today: https://twitter.com/InEurovision/status/1390060525694881793 ...and it reminded us of the very many...
Line-up check 2021: Latvia
The escgo! team reviews “The Moon Is Rising” by Samanta Tina.
Line-up check 2021: Finland
Get your mosh on! It’s time for the escgo! team to review “Dark Side” by Blind Channel from Finland.
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Eurovision Update: The new national final season is taking shape!
What’s new this week? What are the latest updates on the Eurovision 2022 season? We’re highlighting some of the freshest announcements!
Turin to host Eurovision 2022 on May 10, 12 and 14!
After much speculation, the Italian host city of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest is finally known.
Home Composed 2021: Europe’s amateur songwriters need your votes!
The competition for Eurovision fans who write their own songs is celebrating its 30th birthday. Here’s how you can help decide the winner!
Ten things we learned from the 2021 live-on-tape performances
We watched the live-on-tape performances of the ESC 2021 songs – here’s what we took away from the experience!
Between the years: Looking ahead
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is over – time to look ahead: Observations, speculations, and a whole lot of wishful thinking.
Between the years: Looking back
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is over – time to look back: Praise, critique and other observations.
A top three of Italy, France and Switzerland? It’s been done…
The top end of the 2021 scoreboard had a familiar feel as some of Eurovision’s oldest participating countries had their moment to shine – but not for the first time!
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The View from San Francisco: Let Me Try
In which Shi’s sleep deprivation and overthinking tendencies have a date with the predictions for semi 2.
Stage Verdict 2021
Now that Felix has seen all the entries of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 rehearsed at least once, it’s time for him to share his verdict!
The View from San Francisco: Story of My Life
In which Shi overthinks the principles of effective Eurovision storytelling through stagings.
The View from San Francisco: Think about Things
The rehearsals of the first semi are (almost) done, which means it’s “will they, won’t they” time inside Shi’s brain! Scary times indeed.
The View from San Francisco: Where We Draw the Line
In which Shi realizes that we have now completed the entire first round of semi final rehearsals.
Felix sums up the fourth day of rehearsals, from Georgia to Denmark, in another edition of escgo!’s compact audio commentary.
The View from San Francisco: The Image of You
The third day of the 2021 rehearsals came and went, and with it the glorious display of the full possible range of approaches to Eurovision staging.