SongHunt 2018 – Semi-Final 1
The SongHunt continues – and your votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
Line-up check 2018: Our views on the second semi-final
The escgo! team’s review series has now taken in all 18 participants in the second semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Catch up on what we think here!
Line-up check 2018: Ukraine
The escgo! team reviews “Under The Ladder” by Mélovin.
Line-up check 2018: Slovenia
The escgo! team reviews “Hvala, ne” by Lea Sirk.
Line-up check 2018: Montenegro
The escgo! team reviews “Inje” by Vanja Radovanović.
Line-up check 2018: Sweden
The escgo! team reviews “Dance You Off” by Benjamin Ingrosso.
Line-up check 2018: Latvia
The escgo! team reviews “Funny Girl” by Laura Rizzotto.
Line-up check 2018: Hungary
The escgo! team reviews “Viszlát nyár” by AWS.
Line-up check 2018: Malta
The escgo! team reviews “Taboo” by Christabelle.
Line-up check 2018: Poland
The escgo! team reviews “Light Me Up” by Gromee featuring Lukas Meijer.
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ABBA, Sobral. Why 2017 is a landmark year for Eurovision
The victory of Salvador Sobral is a turning point in Eurovision history. It’s probably the most important victory since ABBA. Felix points out what’s so important about Portugal winning with this entry, and why 2017 is a landmark year for Eurovision.
“Wild Child” by Ace Wilder eliminated: Our 11th place in the SongHunt final
Today, Wild Child by Ace Wilder (Swedish final) got eliminated from the SongHunt 2017 final as it had the least amount of votes by 21:00 CET. The song came 11th with a total of 3 votes, and hence has been removed from the SongHunt poll. You can still vote for your...
“Lo que nunca fue” by Paula Rojo eliminated: Our 12th place in the SongHunt final
Today, Lo que nunca fue by Paula Rojo (Spanish final) got eliminated from the SongHunt 2017 final as it had the least amount of votes by 21:00 CET. As there was a tie, the number of votes in the semi-finals decided which song would drop out. The song came 12th with a...
Reviewing Eurovision 2017: Felix’s top three thoughts
Oh Eurovision, oh Europe. It’s 14:00 CET on day 1 after Portugal winning the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s the first day of a new calendar. What a historic night! And impossible to narrow it all down to just three thoughts. Felix tries anyway.
Some of our favourite tweets from last night’s show
Twitter is never more fun than when the Eurovision Song Contest is taking place. We collected some of our favourite tweets from last night’s show!
Portugal wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Congratulations to Portugal, which has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time ever, with Salvador Sobral and his song "Amar Pelos Dois". In the grand final, Portugal was the clear favourite of the juries and televoters alike, amassing a huge total of 758...
Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2017? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2017 will be held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
Shi’s San Francisco final preview
And just like that, this is it. That big day, the one before the PED - but I won’t bring up such depressing topics right now. Instead, how about a preview of sorts? You might have noticed that I have ignored the direct finalists until now. I realized two things: the...
Five interesting bets for tonight’s Eurovision final
Martin turns his gambler’s eye to the grand final of ESC 2017 and picks out some interesting bets that might be worth your attention.
Voting sheet for the final (printer-friendly!)
Print your voting sheet for the second semi-final! It’s printer-friendly: greyscales only, no flags, no images.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Lo que nunca fue” by Paula Rojo
Paula Rojo could be in Kyiv now, representing Spain with her song “Lo que nunca fue”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals,...
Stage verdict: France, Germany and Ukraine
Felix takes a look at how the next three countries are selling their songs on stage at ESC 2017 in Kyiv based on what we’ve seen in the rehearsals so far.
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Line-up check 2019: Poland
The escgo! team reviews “Fire Of Love (Pali się)” by Tulia.
Line-up check 2019: Finland
The escgo! team reviews “Look Away” by Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman.
Line-up check 2019: Montenegro
The escgo! team reviews “Heaven” by D mol.
Line-up check 2019: Cyprus
The escgo! team reviews “Replay” by Tamta.
Say last last last! Running order for ESC 2019 revealed
Serhat gets the “pimp slot” while Armenia and Azerbaijan are kept as far apart as possible – read all about the running order for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
SongHunt 2019 – Quarter-Final 1
SongHunt 2019 enters the quarter-final stage! Things are hotting up – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
ChatVote 2019 season is launched!
It’s nearly time for the 15th annual edition of the 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 2019.
SongHunt 2019 – 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 season!
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