SongHunt 2020 – Semi-Final 2
It’s the second semi-final of SongHunt 2020, and six of these songs will make it to the grand final – YOUR votes will decide which ones!
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SongHunt 2020 – Semi-Final 1
The semi-finals of SongHunt 2020 begin! YOUR votes will decide who reaches the grand final as we search for the most robbed national finalist of the 2020 Eurovision season!
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!
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Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: Austria and Sweden
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 3 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: Moldova, Romania, and Denmark
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Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: Armenia, Ireland, Latvia and Switzerland
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 3 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
The view from Tel Aviv: Is it true? Is it over?
All of the first semi-finalists have now had their first rehearsals. Who’s underperforming? Who’s brought the right package right from day one? Shi takes a look!
SongHunt 2019 – Semi-final 2
SongHunt 2019 continues with the second semi-final. The competition between the last remaining 24 songs is extremely strong – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: Greece and San Marino
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 2 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: Iceland, Estonia and Portugal
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Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: Belgium, Georgia and Australia
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 2 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
The view from Tel Aviv: A letter to Daniel
It’s the first day of rehearsals in Tel Aviv, but a good friend of ours is missing. Shi takes a moment to remember our friend and colleague Daniel Gould.
Rehearsals Day 1 LIVE: Belarus and Serbia
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Rehearsals Day 1 LIVE: Slovenia, Montenegro and Hungary
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Rehearsals Day 1 LIVE: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland and Poland
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“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.
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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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Say yay, Spain – you’re actually making progress!
Or: the things we can learn from (small) changes in national final formats. Join Shi as she reviews the Spanish selection process in our first escgo! longread of 2019!
New format, same old story? Reviewing the 2019 UK contenders
The BBC has revamped the format of its national selection for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest – but will this make a difference to the UK’s international fortunes, or does it just mean making the same mistakes in a different order? Martin takes a look at the three songs and six performers in the running.
Chat Awards 2018: The winners!
From the best song at ESC 2018 to the hottest hottie of the season – presenting the winners of the annual #esc Chat Awards for 2018!
Albania kicks off the 2019 season with “Ktheju tokës”
Jonida Maliqi is the winner of Festivali i Këngës, making “Ktheju tokës” the first song in the line-up for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Junior Eurovision 2018: Poland wins in real life, Georgia wins in #esc
escgo.com and the #esc chat woke up from the off-season hibernation by gathering to watch the 2018 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this afternoon! And of course, it wouldn't be an #esc viewing of a Eurovision-related event without some voting, would it?...
“Fără tine” by Dora Gaitanovici wins SongHunt 2018
SongHunt 2018, our poll series to find the best non-winning national final song of the year, has come to an end – and “Fără tine” by Dora Gaitanovici, from the Romanian preselection, is the winner of the grand final!
Mea culpa: The art of being wrong about Eurovision
If people were never wrong about the Eurovision Song Contest, there’d be no point in it being a contest. Martin takes a looks at some of his biggest missteps this year…