SongHunt 2016: The semi-finals
The SongHunt continues – let’s find the best song from the new national final season! From a total of 96 songs competing in SongHunt 2016, 24 have qualified from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals. Time to launch them – both at the same time! Click on the links...
escgo! Classic #3: Before Serhat, there was Seyyal
The world is still trying to decide what the most remarkable thing about Serhat's participation for San Marino in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was. Was it the willingness with which the microstate now appears to be openly selling its entry to the highest bidder?...
Final Post-Mortem: The View from San Francisco
Well, well, Sweden. What can I say. I know a lot of fans complain about your attempt to take over the Eurovision world, but I have to hand it to you – you are bloody good at it. That was some show. I needed a few days to work out everything in my head. I have to admit...
“1944”: Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Ukraine's entrant Jamala has won the 61st Eurovision Song Contest with the song “1944“, the country's second victory in the competition after Ruslana's "Wild Dances" in 2004. The winner scored a total of 534 points, followed by jury favourite Australia in second place...
The Final Countdown: The View from San Francisco
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! And what better way is there to spend the time between now and Te Deum than going through the finalists for some thoughts, comments and personal wishes? This time I consulted with my friend, the Eurovision sorter, and made a...
What if…? Five possible victory scenarios
Tonight sees the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. It's time to go through some possible scenarios, to speculate how certain possible victories would affect Eurovision in the one or other way, and finally to give you a personal voting recommendation....
Eurovision 2016: Five bets to consider
Tonight sees the grand final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, and as always, one of the ways you can add some extra spice to your own enjoyment of the event is by placing a bet or two. If you've been following my betting blogs this week, you'll know that my tips...
escgo prediction 2016: The Grand Final
Our big day has arrived! Tonight, the grand final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Stockholm, Sweden. For fans around the continent and beyond, it's the climax to the most exciting time of the year, the conclusion of an on-season that can be said to...
Semi-final 2 post-mortem: The View from San Francisco
Another semi final came and went, and just like that, even though it feels like only yesterday we sat through the first day of rehearsals, we now have our full final line-up. Not without putting a third of Europe through a collective heart attack first, though. Not...
Final line-up complete – six more ChatVote finalists qualify
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is over! Time to look at some facts and give a personal verdict on the show. The ten happy qualifiers are: Latvia Georgia Bulgaria Australia Ukraine Serbia Poland Israel Lithuania Belgium The ChatVote analysis...
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Line-up check 2014: Estonia
After a disastrous start to the semi-final era with five straight non-qualifications between 2004 and 2008, Estonia's qualification record has been pretty decent the past few years, having reached four of the past five finals - so will 2014 keep their good record...
Line-up check 2014: Denmark
Denmark joined the Eurovision family in the contest's second edition back in 1957 and has scored three victories, most recently (of course) with Emmelie de Forest's Only Teardrops last year. This means the country is automatically qualified for the grand final in...
Line-up check 2014: Belgium
In Malmö, Belgium just managed to achieve a left-half-of-the-scoreboard result for the second time since nearly winning the contest with Sanomi in 2003, but unfortunately the country is rather used to missing the final. This year, Flemish broadcaster VRT tried a whole...
Line-up check 2014: Belarus
Belarus were one of the first countries to choose their song for Eurovision 2014 way back in January, which seems like a lifetime ago. After a close battle, TEO won the ticket to Copenhagen on his second attempt at going to Eurovision, the first being in 2009. TEO,...
Line-up check 2014: Azerbaijan
Does Azerbaijan want to win Eurovision again? Because if they do, and if they’re willing to put in the usual work behind the scenes to optimise their chances, then we could very easily be heading back to Baku. If you're getting a sense of déjà vu, that's because those...
Line-up check 2014: Austria
After a series of unsuccessful attempts at Eurovision - apart from Nadine Beiler (who at least reached the final) - Austria is now trying their luck again with an internally selected artist. Austria have sent arguably the most controversial artist in this year’s...
Line-up check 2014: Armenia
Still one of the more recent countries to join the contest, Armenia enjoyed an extremely strong start to their ESC career, finishing in the top 10 on each of their first five appearances. However, things have since gone downhill: first there was Emmy's...
Line-up check 2014: Albania
In the past two years, Albania has experienced both extremes - getting stuck in the semi (in 2013) after getting a top 5 result (in 2012). However, the majority of Albanian entries have reached the final, so that should be the more likely fate for the Mediterranean...
Editorial – esc-chat.com says “thank you”!
Another Eurovision Song Contest is over! Every year since Oslo 2010, we have been covering the event on location - but for the first time, Malmö saw us doing so with three editors being accredited. This gave us possibilities we never had before. We used them to offer...
The grey day after
22:19 (Felix) I am one of the last people left in Malmö, with the others from our team at esc-chat.com having already safely landed in their home countries. What's left to say? In my opinion, Denmark is a very well deserved winner. It's that one song that north and...
“Only Teardrops”: Denmark wins ESC 2013
Emmelie de Forest from Denmark has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Only Teardrops". In total, she collected 281 points, ahead of Azerbaijan (2nd, 234 points) and Ukraine (3rd, 214 points). ChatVote favourite Norway ("I Feed You My Love") ended up...
It’s Eurovision Day!
14:18 (Felix) Happy Eurovision! The most important day in the year has arrived, and for many of us it begins quite late, as last night's party at the Euro Fan Café ended quite late as well. We have spent 2 great weeks in Malmö that are now slowly coming to an end, so...
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Weekend round-up: Saara, San Marino and a soaring soprano
The last big Super Saturday of the 2018 national final season has been and gone. Join us and dive into the entries that joined the battle for the ESC crown this weekend!
SongHunt 2018 – Heat 6
The SongHunt continues – and your votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
Waylon decides: “Outlaw In ‘Em” to Lisbon!
After presenting five potential ESC entries on Dutch TV over the past week, Waylon has decided which entry he will take with him to Lisbon in May!
Eleni Foureira reveals her “Fuego” for Cyprus
The title and singer have been known for a while – but today Cyprus officially presented “Fuego”, its entry for ESC 2018.
What a weekend! Seven countries choose their songs for Lisbon
In an incredibly busy weekend, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovenia, Hungary, Latvia, Armenia and Romania all selected their entries for ESC 2018. Join us as we round up all the action!
SongHunt 2018 – Heat 5
The SongHunt continues – and your votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
Michael Schulte goes to Lisbon! But is Germany moving in the right direction?
Our German team member Felix looks back on his country’s national final. Was the revamped preselection concept a success, and are things pointing the right way for the future?
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika to ESC 2018 for Serbia!
Serbia has selected its entry for the 2018 competition and it couldn’t be any more Balkan – right down to the artist name. Find out more here!
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