Line-up check 2018: Romania
The escgo! team reviews “Goodbye” by The Humans.
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.
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SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Feel Me Now” by Ariadne
Ariadne could be in Kyiv now, representing Estonia with her song “Feel Me Now”. 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, the...
Stage verdict: Italy, Spain and United Kingdom
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.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Petale” by Instinct
Instinct could be in Kyiv now, representing Romania with their song “Petale”. 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, the...
Reviewing semi-final 1: Felix’s top three thoughts
The first of three shows is over at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. Time for me to look back at some of the notable moments from yesterday’s eventful show!
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Wild Child” by Ace Wilder
Ace Wilder could be in Kyiv now, representing Sweden with her song “Wild Child”. 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, the...
Ten countries qualify from semi-final 1
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is over - and ten songs have qualified for the grand final on Saturday. These are: Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma "Epic Sax Guy" is back, and takes the country to the final after three...
ESC 2017: These are the escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1!
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is just a few hours away, and so it’s time for us in the escgo! team to predict the ten qualifiers for the grand final on Saturday.
Semi 1: Three bets to consider
Martin turns his gambler’s eye to the first semi-final of ESC 2017 and picks out some interesting bets that might be worth a look.
The View from San Francisco – Second Semi Final, Second Rehearsals
From all the way in the USA, our Shi turns her attention to the second rehearsals of the second semi-finalists in her regular long read.
Download and print your voting sheet for the first semi-final
Print your voting sheet for the first semi-final! It’s printer-friendly: greyscales only, no flags, no images.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Make Your Way Back Home” by Rúnar Eff
We’re profiling our SongHunt finalists this week – now it’s time to turn our attention to the return of Roger Pontare in Melodifestivalen.
Stage verdict: Lithuania, Estonia and Israel
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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Weekend round-up: Joci Pápai, jury politics and ginormous props
Entries from Germany, Ukraine, Hungary, Denmark and Lithuania joined the ESC 2019 line-up this weekend. Let Martin talk you through all the Friday and Saturday night action!
Comment: Wait, what has Germany actually done?
Felix is shocked by the negative reactions to S!sters’ victory in the German final. But should he be getting all defensive about it? Some personal reflections on an unexpected fan experience.
A confident result: It’s S!sters for Germany!
Causing headaches for typographers all around the continent, the duo S!sters (NB. not actually sisters) won tonight’s German final with the song “Sister”.
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!
SongHunt 2019 – Heat 3
The SongHunt continues with Heat 3 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
SongHunt 2019 – Heat 2
The SongHunt continues with Heat 2 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
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 – Heat 1
The SongHunt begins – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
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