ChatVote 2021 season is launched!
It’s the 17th edition of the annual live event in which our chatters pick their favourite song from the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest – here’s everything you need to know about the escgo! ChatVote.
Line-up check 2021: Cyprus
The escgo! team turns its attention to “El Diablo” by Elena Tsagrinou in its latest review.
“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: Ireland
The escgo! team reviews “Maps” by Lesley Roy, the Irish entry for Eurovision 2021!
Line-up check 2021: North Macedonia
The escgo! team reviews “Here I Stand” by Vasil.
Line-up check 2021: Australia
The escgo! team reviews “Technicolour” by Montaigne.
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.
Line-up check 2021: Sweden
The escgo! team reviews the Melodifestivalen winner and Swedish entry, “Voices” by Tusse.
Line-up check 2021: Russia
The escgo! team reviews “Russian Woman” by Manizha.
Introducing the SongHunt 2021 finalists!
Still deciding who to vote for in our search for the best national final song of the season? Then check out our guide to all 15 finalists!
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Italy wins ChatVote 2020 with “Fai rumore” by Diodato!
ChatVote 2020 has a winner – and by an overwhelming margin, “Fai rumore” by Diodato is our chatters’ favourites of the songs that would have taken part in ESC 2020!
ChatVote 2020: 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!
SongHunt 2020 – The Quarter-Finals
All four quarter-finals of SongHunt 2020 are being held simultaneously. Here are all the details!
SongHunt 2020 – Quarter-Final 4
The quarter-finals of SongHunt 2020 are underway – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the 2020 Eurovision season!
SongHunt 2020 – Quarter-Final 3
The quarter-finals of SongHunt 2020 are underway – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the 2020 Eurovision season!
SongHunt 2020 – Quarter-Final 2
The quarter-finals of SongHunt 2020 are underway – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the 2020 Eurovision season!
SongHunt 2020 – Quarter-Final 1
The quarter-finals of SongHunt 2020 are underway – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the 2020 Eurovision season!
ChatVote 2020 is launched!
Here are the details of the streamlined ChatVote 2020 that we’ll be holding to crown our chatters’ favourite from the 2020 songs.
SongHunt 2020 – Heat 8
The SongHunt continues with Heat 8 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the 2020 Eurovision season!
Is always over now? ESC 2020 is cancelled
The news from EBU HQ is bad, to say the least – the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest has been cancelled outright.
Lost in Corona: The curious case of the 2020 season
Everything is up in the air right now when it comes to ESC 2020, but we’re hopeful that the contest will still be able to bring people together in a time of crisis.
SongHunt 2020 – Heat 7
The SongHunt continues with Heat 7 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the 2020 Eurovision season!
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Selected Highlights
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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!
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)
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!
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The View from San Francisco: Rotterdam, or Anywhere
In the final part of her Eurovision 2019 review, Shi reflects on some of the brilliant touches in this year’s production, how Israel (re)discovered its love for ESC, and the end of her Tel Aviv journey.
The View from San Francisco: Another Summer Night
In the second part of her ESC 2019 review, Shi looks at the differing arcs of the returning artists, what made Duncan’s winning reprise so special – and the delegations that made things unnecessarily hard for themselves…
The View from San Francisco: Goodbye to Yesterday
In the first part of her Eurovision 2019 wrap-up, Shi looks at the things a blogger and a delegation can get wrong – and how to accidentally get things just right.
“Dua ta besoj” by Artemisa Mithi & Febi Shkurti wins SongHunt 2019
SongHunt 2019, our season-long poll series to find the best non-winning national final song, has come to an end – and “Dua ta besoj” by Artemisa Mithi & Febi Shkurti, from the Albanian preselection, is the winner of the grand final!
Here’s another fine mess EBU’ve gotten us into…
The full results of the ESC 2019 grand final have been revised following the EBU’s admission that it messed up the calculation of the Belarusian jury votes. We have questions.
After 44 years, the Netherlands win Eurovision!
The winner of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest is "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence from the Netherlands - ending a 44-year wait for the country dating back to Teach-In and "Ding-A-Dong" in 1975. In an incredibly exciting results presentation, Sweden won the jury vote...
Better love: Some of the bets to look out for at Eurovision 2019!
It’s time for us to take our usual look at some of the most interesting betting markets for tonight’s Eurovision grand final!