Line-up check 2019: Our views on the second semi-final
Continuing its line-up check, the escgo! team has now reviewed all 18 participants in the second semi-final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Read what we think here!
Line-up check 2019: Azerbaijan
The escgo! team reviews “Truth” by Chingiz.
SongHunt 2019 – Semi-final 1
SongHunt 2019 continues with the first 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!
Line-up check 2019: North Macedonia
The escgo! team reviews “Proud” by Tamara Todevska.
Line-up check 2019: Netherlands
The escgo! team reviews “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence.
Line-up check 2019: Norway
The escgo! team reviews “Spirit In The Sky” by KEiiNO.
Line-up check 2019: Albania
The escgo! team reviews “Ktheju tokës” by Jonida Maliqi.
Line-up check 2019: Russia
The escgo! team reviews “Scream” by Sergey Lazarev.
Line-up check 2019: Lithuania
The escgo! team reviews “Run With The Lions” by Jurij Veklenko.
Line-up check 2019: Malta
The escgo! team reviews “Chameleon” by Michela.
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Back from Lisbon: Something had to win
Felix analyses the results of a year whose songs offered him very little personally. Was there really another feasible winner?
The View from San Francisco: Lisboa – Jerusalem
Eurovision 2018 was a series of journeys for Israel, for Netta, and for Shi too. She looks at the ESC experience from an Israeli perspective – and the aftermath in the Israeli media and beyond.
Israel wins the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest!
The winner of ESC 2018 is Israel! Congratulations!
Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2018? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2018 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
That’s how you place a bet: Your guide to the grand final!
The final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is nearly upon us, and as always, one way of adding a bit of spice to proceedings is to have a bet or two on what's going to happen. Unlike the semi-finals, today is where the mainstream bookmakers also turn up with some...
A German in Lisbon: Yeah Yeah, Inflammation
Felix sums up the last few days of his Lisbon experience – including an encounter with his 2018 fave at Euroclub – and looks ahead to the grand final.
The View from San Francisco: Last Thoughts before the Final
ESC 2018 is nearly over… but there’s the small matter of the grand final to negotiate first. Shi takes one last view from San Francisco before the big show.
Download and print your voting sheet for the ESC 2018 grand final
Print your voting sheet for the grand final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest! It’s printer-friendly: greyscales only, no flags, no big images.
Gallery: The host city Lisbon
We’ve been out and about in Lisbon, surely one of the most picturesque and personality-filled Eurovision host cities. Enjoy some of our photo highlights in this gallery!
Grand final: First rehearsal tweet blog
Felix was tweeting live from the arena during this afternoon’s first dress rehearsal of the grand final of ESC 2018. This post handily rounds up all his tweets in one place!
The View from San Francisco: Semi 2 Post Mortem
The second semi-final was a mixed bag in terms of quality, but did the right songs prevail? Shi takes a transatlantic look!
The running order for the grand final (and what it tells us)
Here’s how the 26 songs in the grand final of ESC 2018 will line up on Saturday night – and what we think that might mean…
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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.
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Chat Awards 2017: The winners!
Presenting the winners of the #esc and escgo! Chat Awards for 2017!
Albania sends “Mall” and makes us glad. Here’s how!
Eugent Bushpepa will represent Albania at ESC 2018 in Lisbon with his song "Mall". Here's how that, and Festivali i Këngës in general, makes us glad. We're glad to see that Albania is trying something new at Eurovision. We're glad to see that one of our chat's big...
“Petale” by Instinct wins SongHunt 2017
SongHunt 2017, our poll series to find the best non-winning national final song of the year, has come to an end – and “Petale” by Instinct, from the Romanian preselection, is the winner of the grand final!
Five countries that broke new ground at ESC 2017
Martin takes a light-hearted look at some of the countries that made statistical history at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – one way or another.
After Eurovision: No need for hibernation. Stay awake with the new escgo!
ESC 2017 is over – time for us to look back and find some last words on the 2017 season, before looking forward and giving you an update on our plans for escgo! Don’t know us yet? We’ll also show you some impressions of what we’ve done in the past years.
Identity, authenticity, and what we can all learn from Salvador Sobral’s win
Shi gives us one last “view from San Francisco” for ESC 2017, as she wraps up her commentary series with her personal insights following Saturday’s grand final.
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