Read more“This thing can do a lot.” (Florian Wieder)
"This thing can do a lot." (Florian Wieder) The quote comes from Florian Wieder, who is the Stage Designer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. And the "thing"? It's the stage! We're learning a few hints about it in the first episode of Krista Calling, a new fun...
Line-up check 2021: Poland
The escgo! team casts its eye over Rafał from Poland and “The Ride”.
Line-up check 2021: Austria
The escgo! team turns its attention to “Amen” by Vincent Bueno from Austria.
Line-up check 2021: Our views on the second semi-finalists
The Eurovision 2021 line-up check reaches its final stages as our editors review the entries in the second semi-final – starting with San Marino and ending with Denmark.
Line-up check 2021: Greece
The escgo! team reviews “Last Dance” by Stefania, the Greek entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
Line-up check 2021: Czech Republic
The escgo! team reviews the Czech entry for ESC 2021, “Omaga” by Benny Cristo.
Line-up check 2021: Estonia
The escgo! team reviews “The Lucky One” by Uku Suviste.
ChatVote 2021: Qualifiers revealed, final voting begins!
If you’re one of our #esc chat regulars, you’ll want to know the finalists for this year’s ChatVote. They’re in here along with all the other details you’ll need to take part in our grand final!
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!
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SongHunt 2021 – The Final
It’s the grand final of SongHunt 2021 – and YOUR votes will help us find the most robbed national final song of the season!
39 songs: This is the line-up for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
With the exclusion of Belarus from the 2021 contest, we can now say that we have the final line-up for ESC 2021!
12 more songs to remember from the 2021 national final season
Time to look back and remember some songs from the recently completed national final season that nearly made it into SongHunt 2021… and some that weren’t so close.
New simple URL for the webchat
Our webchat can now be accessed by this simple URL: escgo.com/chat
The chat interface is working again, after we found a fix for the technical problems caused by a fire.
SongHunt 2021 – Semi-Final 4
Our quest to find the most robbed national finalist of 2021 continues – and YOUR votes will help to decide who qualifies!
Tusse from Sweden and Manizha from Russia complete the 2021 national final season
The last week of this year’s Eurovision national final campaign ended with the climax of Melodifestivalen in Sweden – and an unexpected and entertaining Russian final!
SongHunt 2021 – Semi-Final 3
Our quest to find the most robbed national finalist of 2021 continues – and YOUR votes will help to decide who qualifies!
Dancing in the “Måneskin” and more besides as the ESC 2021 line-up takes shape!
Estonia, Denmark, Portugal and Italy select their entries for Rotterdam – as the final Super Saturday of the season keeps us entertained for eight hours and more…
SongHunt 2021 – Semi-Final 2
Our quest to find the most robbed national finalist of 2021 continues – and YOUR votes will help to decide who qualifies!
SongHunt: The History
SongHunt, our format to find the most robbed national final song of the season, now has quite a long history to look back on. Here you can read all about it and enjoy the past winners!
SongHunt 2021 – Semi-Final 1
Let the SongHunt begin! Semi-final 1 is open and YOUR votes will help to decide who qualifies, so get involved!
Super Saturday entertains us with entries from Finland, Norway and Spain
After six hours of national final action, the ESC 2021 line-up now includes a nu-metal banger from Finland – and *not* the big fan favourite from Norway…
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Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: From Cyprus to Belgium
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Cyprus, Norway, Croatia and Belgium.
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: North Macedonia and Ireland
Martin jumps on board for his first rehersal liveblog this year – as we check out the second set of rehearsals from North Macedonia and Ireland!
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: From Lithuania to Sweden
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Lithuania, Slovenia, Russia and Sweden.
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.
Rehearsals Day 4 LIVE: From Finland to Denmark
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark.
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Rehearsals Day 4 LIVE: From Georgia to Bulgaria
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria.
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At last, a Valentina wins Eurovision
No, not Monetta – but Valentina Tronel from France is the winner of the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest!
Read our chat’s live verdict on the Eurovision movie!
We group-watched “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” in our chat tonight. Here’s what we thought!
Let’s try this again, then: Dates for ESC 2021 announced
As announced today, the next Eurovision Song Contest will take place – in some form or another – in Rotterdam on 18, 20 and 22 May 2021.
“La-ley-la” by CHАKRАS wins SongHunt 2020
“La-ley-la” by CHАKRАS from Belarus is this year’s winner of SongHunt, our competition to find the most robbed national finalist of the season!
Raise a glass to the Eurovision that never was
Tonight should have been the grand final of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, we fans are still coming to terms with the loss of “our” contest – and doing a pretty good job under the circumstances!
SongHunt 2020: Meet the finalists!
We introduce the 12 national finalists who are looking for your vote in the grand final of SongHunt 2020!
SongHunt 2020 – The Final
It’s here! Vote now in the final round of SongHunt 2020, as our search for the most robbed song of the 2020 Eurovision season reaches its exciting conclusion!