The View from San Francisco: Beautiful Mess
The second day of rehearsals was a good reminder of some ground rules to have when following (and – sometimes – watching) the first rehearsals.
Felix sums up the second day of rehearsals in another edition of escgo!’s compact audio commentary.
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: Ukraine and Malta
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Ukraine and Malta.
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: From Israel to Azerbaijan
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Israel, Romania and Azerbaijan.
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: From Cyprus to Belgium
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Cyprus, Norway, Croatia and Belgium.
The View from San Francisco: Replay
The View from San Francisco is back with a 2021 twist!
Felix sums up the first rehearsal day in this compact and snappy audio commentary!
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.
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Line-up check 2021: San Marino
The escgo! team kicks off its review of the ESC 2021 second semi-final with “Adrenalina” by Senhit (and possibly Flo Rida too).
Insta Report Part 2: The five most aesthetic Instagram accounts of this year’s contestants
We’re in the middle of checking out the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest artists on Instagram. Today’s selection of five accounts worth your attention: the ones exhibiting fine aesthetic style!
Eurovision 2021: The stage is set
At the Ahoy in Rotterdam, the stage for ESC 2021 is largely complete ahead of the first stand-in rehearsals. Check out these pics and videos!
Line-up check 2021: Malta
The escgo! team reviews “Je me casse” by Destiny.
“I might be the lucky one”: A look at the ESC 2021 betting markets
With one month to go until the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest week, our resident casual gambler Martin takes a look at how the betting markets for this year’s contest are shaping up!
Line-up check 2021: Ukraine
The escgo! team reviews the Ukrainian entry for ESC 2021, “Shum” by Go_A.
Line-up check 2021: Azerbaijan
The escgo! team reviews “Mata Hari” by Efendi.
Read more“I can confirm that I love this scoreboard.” (MartinF)
"I can confirm that I love this scoreboard." (MartinF) As we often do, on Saturday night we ended up watching a few old national finals in our chatroom. One of them was Euroviisut 1986, the Finnish selection for that year's contest. And when MartinF caught sight of...
Line-up check 2021: Romania
The escgo! team reviews the Romanian entry, “Amnesia” by Roxen.
Line-up check 2021: Israel
The escgo! team turns its attention to “Set Me Free” by Eden Alene.
Insta Report Part 1: The five most popular Instagram accounts of this year’s contestants
Once again, we’ve checked out all 39 artists of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Instagram and picked some accounts that we thought are worth sharing! Today, we’re focusing on the five accounts with the most followers.
Line-up check 2021: Belgium
The escgo! team reviews “The Wrong Place” by Hooverphonic.
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Semi-Final 2, First Dress Rehearsal: Live blog
We blogged the first dress rehearsal of the second semi-final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
Semi 1: Here’s the ten qualifiers!
Ten lucky winners made it through to Saturday’s grand final tonight. Congratulations to them!
ESC 2021 is here: The birth of a new decade
You may put a crack in the Eurovision Song Contest, but you can’t break it. We salute the start of the contest’s glorious twenties!
ESC 2021: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
Je me cash: A look at the betting markets for the first semi-final
Martin takes his traditional look at the betting markets for the contest, starting with tonight’s first semi-final!
The View from San Francisco: Tonight Again
In which “hey, don’t I know you from somewhere?” isn’t a pick-up line.
Semi-Final 1, Jury Rehearsal: Live blog
We blogged the jury rehearsal of the first semi-final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
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Insta Report Part 2: The five most aesthetic Instagram accounts of this year’s contestants
We’re in the middle of checking out the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest artists on Instagram. Today’s selection of five accounts worth your attention: the ones exhibiting fine aesthetic style!
Eurovision 2021: The stage is set
At the Ahoy in Rotterdam, the stage for ESC 2021 is largely complete ahead of the first stand-in rehearsals. Check out these pics and videos!
“I might be the lucky one”: A look at the ESC 2021 betting markets
With one month to go until the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest week, our resident casual gambler Martin takes a look at how the betting markets for this year’s contest are shaping up!
Insta Report Part 1: The five most popular Instagram accounts of this year’s contestants
Once again, we’ve checked out all 39 artists of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Instagram and picked some accounts that we thought are worth sharing! Today, we’re focusing on the five accounts with the most followers.
10 years ago! We look back at some classics from the 2011 national finals
There was no SongHunt in 2011 yet – but if there had been, these are some of the songs we’d have been enjoying there. Join us in a little retrospective!
“Behöver inte dig idag” by Clara Klingenström wins SongHunt 2021!
SongHunt 2021 has concluded – and the best non-winning song of the season is “Behöver inte dig idag” by Clara Klingenström from Sweden!
Line-up check 2021: Our views on the first semi-finalists
The Eurovision 2021 line-up check continues! Our team of editors reviews the entries in the first semi-final, from Lithuania to Malta.