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!
Daði Freyr from Iceland wins Eurostream 2020!
“Think About Things” from Iceland has won Eurostream 2020, the fan-led online alternative to the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest!
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!
Join us in the #esc chat next week as we support Eurostream 2020!
We’re happy to be one of numerous sites joining in with this fan-led online alternative to the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest!
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!
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Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: Second Rehearsals, Semi 1 – Georgia through Portugal
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 5 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: Second Rehearsals, Semi 1 – Czech Republic through Belgium
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 5 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: Second Rehearsals, Semi 1 – Cyprus through Slovenia
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 5 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
The view from Tel Aviv: The sum and the parts
Semi-final two, the *sensible* semi? Not when you’ve got bizarre staging choices and press centre hypes to deal with. Shi picks through the bones of the last two days in Tel Aviv!
Rehearsals Day 4 LIVE: Norway, The Netherlands, North Macedonia and Azerbaijan
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 4 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Rehearsals Day 4 LIVE: Croatia, Malta, Lithuania, Russia and Albania
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 4 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Insta report: The artists of Eurovision 2019
We’ve checked out the profiles of this year’s Eurovision entrants so you don’t have to. Here are 10 posts we couldn’t leave unshared!
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
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: 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!
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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!
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!
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Weekend round-up: From Estonia to Ester Peony
Estonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Latvia and Romania all added their songs to ESC 2019 on this Super Saturday (and sleepy Sunday) weekend. Find out what we’ll be hearing in May with our weekend Eurovision national final round-up!
Weekend round-up: The UK, Australia and Montenegro have decided – and Italy too?
From Salford on Friday night to Sanremo in the early hours of Sunday morning, here’s your weekend round-up of what’s been happening in the world of the ESC 2019 national finals!
SongHunt 2019 is launched!
Introducing the fifth edition of our annual search to find the best non-winning national final song!
Round-up: Czech friends, ‘rude Finns and more
Who says exciting things only happen on Super Saturday? It's been a busy working week in the world of Eurovision as the 2019 contest moves ever closer! On Monday, the Czech Republic completed its non-televised selection, with a public vote and a jury of recent ESC...
The allocation draw for ESC 2019
We now know which countries will perform in which semi-final at ESC 2019 – read more!
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.