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!
Eye Cue from Macedonia win the 2018 Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award for the worst outfit at ESC 2018 has been handed out to the (un)lucky recipient.
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…
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!
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Line-up check 2018: Norway
The escgo! team reviews “That’s How You Write A Song” by Alexander Rybak.
Line-up check 2018: Our views on the first semi-final
The escgo! team has cast its eye over all 19 participants in the first semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Read what we think here!
Line-up check 2018: Cyprus
The escgo! team reviews “Fuego” by Eleni Foureira.
Line-up check 2018: Ireland
The escgo! team reviews “Together” by Ryan O’Shaughnessy.
Line-up check 2018: Switzerland
The escgo! team reviews “Stones” by ZiBBZ.
Line-up check 2018: Armenia
The escgo! team reviews “Qami” by Sevak Khanagyan.
Lill-Babs 1938-2018
Remembering Sweden’s ESC 1961 representative, who passed away last week.
Line-up check 2018: Finland
The escgo! team reviews “Monsters” by Saara Aalto.
Line-up check 2018: Greece
The escgo! team reviews “Oneiro mou” by Gianna Terzi.
Line-up check 2018: Austria
The escgo! team reviews “Nobody But You” by Cesár Sampson.
Line-up check 2018: Croatia
The escgo! team reviews “Crazy” by Franka.
Line-up check 2018: Macedonia
The escgo! team reviews “Lost And Found” by Eye Cue.
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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
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: 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
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 1 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Rehearsals Day 1 LIVE: Slovenia, Montenegro and Hungary
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 1 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Rehearsals Day 1 LIVE: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland and Poland
Check out our live blog from the press centre and Day 1 of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
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