“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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Semi-final 1 results – these are our ten qualifiers
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is over! The ten happy qualifiers are: Albania Armenia Russia Romania Hungary Greece Estonia Georgia Serbia Belgium Moldova, Netherlands, Finland, Macedonia, Belarus and Denmark are out. The second semi-final...
Semi 1: Five bets to consider
With tonight's first semi-final fast approaching, it's time to take a look at some of the betting options available to you for tonight's show. Most of the betting sites are offering pretty similar odds for the various markets this year, meaning there's little in the...
Semi 1: The escgo! team’s predictions
Tonight sees the first semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, and it's time for the escgo! team to predict which ten of the 16 candidates they think will progress to Saturday's grand final! Felix is still in Vienna, taking in everything live, and Martin has...
First Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final One
This post is now in chronological order. 14:40 The final week of Eurovision 2015 has arrived, and my escgo colleague MartinF has left into a well deserved holiday, after been on blogging duty throughout the first week. This means, you will now have to do with me...
Live Rehearsals Day 7 – Italy to Australia
So, with that terribly useful "anything could happen" verdict on Australia, that's the end of my live blogging from Vienna! But fear not - I'll be here throughout the next week with predictions, betting tips and suchlike, and more importantly, Felix will be...
Live Rehearsals Day 6 – Iceland to Poland
And that, dear friends, completes our journey through the second semi-final! Are you any closer to knowing who the ten qualifiers will be? I'm not entirely sure I am, but we're getting there, slowly but surely. And by early afternoon tomorrow we will definitely have...
Live Rehearsals Day 6 – Portugal to Azerbaijan
And that completes our second blog post of the day! Join us very shortly for the run through from Iceland all the way to Poland. We'll be here for you, here for you. AZERBAIJAN The opening shot is now a side-on view of Elnur and his werewolf-like high note, only...
Live Rehearsals Day 6 – Lithuania to Norway
And that completes the first part of today's rehearsals, and hence this particular blog post. We break for lunch for an hour now, and in that time I'm going to do something particularly radical and un-press-centre-like: I'm going to go and sit in the sunshine for a...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Russia to Georgia
So there we have it! The second rehearsals of the first semi-final are complete, and now all that remains is for us to tidy up our stuff and head out for the evening. The San Marino and Nordic parties await (apparently there are separate gatherings for Montenegro and...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Estonia to Belarus
And that completes the middle section of today's rehearsals - join us here for the second set of run-throughs from Russia through to Georgia! BELARUS After the first run-through, I asked our desk if they could answer a simple question: "What is time like? Clue: The...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Moldova to Greece
And that completes our live blog from the "morning session" in Vienna. Join us here as the afternoon continues with Estonia! GREECE I believe it's important to be scrupulously honest as a blogger, so here's the naked truth: I'm buggering off to film a little section...
Live Rehearsals Day 4 – Sweden to Poland
And that completes escgo's live coverage of today's rehearsals! Tomorrow, all 16 songs in the first semi-final will be rehearsed for the second time - and we'll be here to tell you what's changed and try and give you an impression of who's qualifying, and who might be...
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“I’ve been waitin’ such a long time…”: The 10 longest waits to host Eurovision
Some countries have a proud history of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. And others… well, others have to wait a bit longer. As Lisbon 2018 approaches, we look at the ten participating nations that have had to show a lot of patience.
Five things to look out for as rehearsals begin
Rehearsals for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest begin on Sunday. But what in particular should the assembled fan media be watching out for as the 43 participating countries take to the stage for the first time? We take a closer look!
May the forza be with you: One fan’s pursuit of that elusive Eurovision spirit
It was a frustrating season for Shi. And then her country suddenly became the big favourite. The San Francisco ESC pre-party takes in expectations, surprises – and finding a way to care.
Line-up check 2018: Our views on the automatic finalists
Our review of the entries participating in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest concludes with the six songs that will definitely be in the grand final. Catch up on what we think here!
Line-up check 2018: United Kingdom
The escgo! team reviews “Storm” by SuRie.
Line-up check 2018: Spain
The escgo! team reviews “Tu canción” by Amaia & Alfred.
Line-up check 2018: Portugal
The escgo! team reviews “O jardim” by Cláudia Pascoal.
Line-up check 2018: Italy
The escgo! team reviews “Non mi avete fatto niente” by Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro.
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